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Fiber Optic Cables
Compaq fiber optic cables are available in 2, 5, and 15 meter
lengths. Fibre Channel cables are thin, flexible and easy to
install. Industry Standard SC connectors can be installed by
contractors to meet enterprise design requirements. The EBS
has been tested to support 500 meter lengths of 50 micron
multimode fiber and 300 meter lengths of 62.5 micron
multimode fiber.
Fibre Channel Tape Controller
Fibre Channel Storage Hub 12
A Fibre Channel Storage Hub 12
enables multiple servers and tape
devices to connect to a Fibre Channel
loop. A single storage hub allows up to
12 GBIC direct Fibre Channel
connections for a centralized backup
solution. For example, eight servers
can be connected to the storage hub,
leaving four available ports for
connections to Fibre Channel Tape
Controllers. The storage hub is a rack-
mountable unit with a 1U form factor.
A Fibre Channel Tape Controller (FCTC)
translates the Fibre Channel protocol to a SCSI
protocol between the Fibre Channel Network and
the Differential SCSI devices. This allows sharing
of the tape libraries. The controller handles
single-port fiber channel in/single-bus out SCSI.
The FCTC is a rack-mountable unit in a 1U form
factor. To maximize throughput, Compaq
recommends attaching up to two DLT drives per
FCTC.
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