[rescue] Cheap PCI Fibre Channel?

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Yeah, I'm fairly well aware of runnig ip over fibre channel.  I was just
curious if the firmware on this card was flexible enough to run ethernet
as well.  It could be done (no clue why, but it could) as the optics are
the same.  A fc GBIC can be swapped with a Gig-e GBIC with no problems
(haveing that running right now <Grin>).
	Nick

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, David Passmore wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 03:34:47PM -0500, nick at snowman.net wrote:
> > Wait, you can use them as GIG-E addaptors?  HOW!?!?!?  They use the same
> > signaling, but wouldn't that require a funky as hell card?
> 
> Most fibre channel cards support IP riding on top of the protocol, which is
> gigabit speed, but this only works when you have a fibre channel switch or
> hub. It may work with direct-connect between two hosts but I've never tried
> it. It is certainly not Ethernet and you cannot plug it into a GigE switch
> and expect it to function as a GigE card.
> 
> The objective behind adding IP support to the fibre channel protocol was so
> that your SAN and back-end IP network could be the same physical wiring to
> cut down on cost.
> 
> David
> 
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