because I want to use the high speed of FC to connect directly to the
netapp. as in a direct connection. NFS or not.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "TR Havens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Fibre Channel on Linux?
>
> In a message dated: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 11:13:07 EST
> "TR Havens" said:
>
> >Does linux support "Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters?" if so what ones?
> >
> >I'm considering use of a Linux box with a NetApp.
>
> I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Why would Linux need to
support
> FC to work with a NetApp. A NetApp is an NFS appliance, the Linux system
> would merely NFS mount the filesystems from the NetApp, and would be
> completely unaware of what low-level hw protocols were in use on the NFS
> server.
> --
> Seeya,
> Paul
> ----
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>
>
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