The fibre channel adapter is equipped with four ports, called loops. You can connect your storage enclosure
to the fibre channel cards using either 2 loops or 4 loops. A 2-loop device can be connected to either the
inner pair of ports or the outer pair of ports. A 4-loop device requires both the inner pair and the outer pair.
FC port 1
FC port 2
FC port 3
FC port 0
To storage assembly
(Optional) To storage (4 loop),
archiving device or SAN
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NOTE If you are not using all the ports of a fibre channel adapter, terminate the two unused ports with the FC
loopback couplers that shipped with your system. Terminating these ports significantly decreases the time required
to boot the system.
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