Fibre Channel isn't LAN stuff, its SAN (Storage Area Network) stuff... The physical layer for it is the same (or close to) that of Gigabit Ethernet, and is typically over multimode fiber (50/125u), but the upper layers, those that are exposed to the computer, are more closely related to SCSI.
In THEORY you could PROBABLY do some sort of networking with them, IF you had a device driver that supported being both a target and an initiator... but then in theory you can do dentistry at home... ;) I'd be interested in them if I had money (i.e. if I hadn't ... unexpectedly and involuntarily become a man of leisure... on December 10th)... -j. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig McCluskey" <diese...@cnsp.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:04:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: 1Gb fibre channel On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:57:58 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Just offhand is anybody on the list interested in any old 1Gb fibre > channel HBAs or cables? > > I'm cleaning out a storeroom at work and found a huge amount of old > stuff, emulex cards, copper GBICs and copper cables.... > > Just ping me and its yours for shipping, hate to throw this stuff away. What kind of fiber do the fibre channel HBAs use? Are they standalone devices, or do they need to be plugged into something? I'd like to extend our ethernet, but I don't like running Cat V cables outside. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20081222/06bd2ad0/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
