Addendum: Fibre Channel maximum length

From: Nagy Ákos <anagy_at_eastron.hu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:14:25 +0200

          One more question. As far as I understand, I need to order GBICs
        for every slot I intend to use in the FC switch. But do I have to
        order separate GBICs for the FC HBAs and/or HSGs, or do they
        contain those by default?
          Thx a lot!

                                                        Nagyak

>
> Hi all!
>
> A simple and quick question: what is the maximum theoretical and
> practical length of a Fibre Channel SAN solution? As I can read on
> Compaq's website on the page describing RA8000, the longest cable
> I can order is "FC Short Wave 50-Meter Cable, order no. 234457-B25".
> Our customer would like to put the disks away from the server much
> farther than this. (Don't ask me why, that's another story.)
According
> to this, wouldn't it be possible?
> Any comments are greatly appreciated. The problem seems to be
> urgent by now... :-( I will try to summarize. TIA,
>
> Nagyak
>
>
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