Fibre Operation
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Drive IDs:
Supported ways to address a Fibre port include Hard assigned and
Soft assigned. The controller supports automatic loop ID
assignment on drive channels. A hard loop address ID can be
assigned to disk drives by enclosure jumper setting. If the AL_PA
configuration on drive enclosure has been set to a neutral status,
physical IDs will be automatically assigned to drives.
In-band Fibre and S.E.S. Support:
"SCSI Pass-through" commands are supported over host and drive
loops just as they are over SCSI channels. The "in-band Fibre"
protocol for packaging "External Interface" protocol
commands/responses is supported over host Fibre loops (such as
the RAIDWatch Manager). Drive-side S.E.S. device identification,
monitoring and control are likewise supported over drive loops.
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