Does FC60 support Fabric mode

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We have fc60 and VA7400 configured in campus clustering and are being mirrored through fibre switches.
I want to know whether FC60 support fabric mode. THe storage card is A5158A, and I think the card support fabric mode.

Thanks in Advance.
Jawed Akhtar

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Jawed we have used FC60 2 years before and was connected in a Arbitrated Loop with other two server and a Fibre HUB.
I am not sure about the port of the FC60 but it supports FCAL but doubt about Fabric.

You can check the port of FC60, if it is F/NL_port then it is capable of getting connected to both FCAL as well as FAbric. In case if it is only NL_port then it is FCAL capable only.
That is what i can tell you.

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Hi Bharat Katkar,
How could I check the port. Are you talking about the Fiber Port of FC60 if so then two ports says
1. J3 Fiber Host BD1
2. J4 Fibre Host BD2

REgd
Jawed

Do you have FC60 Manual? May be you will be able to find some info there. !!

I am looking into it, i will let you know immediately as soon as i get it.

Regards,

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Jawed,
You will find FC60 User Guide on this link below:
http://search.hp.com/gwuseng/query.html?col=hpcom+ccen+ccenfor&qt=FC+60+Storage&la=en

Hope that helps

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Jawed It only talks about Abritrated Loop and now it is almost clear that it doesn't support Fabric Topology.

All the best.

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Hi Bharat,
THanks but I have gone through FC60 user guide, but I cant find clearly whether fc60 support Fabric mode.

REgd
Jawed

Yes that's right jawed and hence i am saying it doesn't support Fabric Mode as i was doubting it right from the begining.
Regards,

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It's not supported but works fine.
Decide yourself what to do but there are no problems when using Fabric login.
Regards,
Arend

Hi Arend,
Tha is what I was looking for. Could you give me more details on how to use FC60 in fabric mode.
what configuration is required on FC60 and/or FC switches.

Do you have any related document in this regard.

Thanks in advance
Jawed Akhtar