One more question. As far as I understand, I need to order GBICs
        for every slot I intend to use in the FC switch. But do I have to
        order separate GBICs for the FC HBAs and/or HSGs, or do they
        contain those by default?
          Thx a lot!
                                                        Nagyak
> 
> 		Hi all!
> 
> 	  A simple and quick question: what is the maximum theoretical and
> 	practical length of a Fibre Channel SAN solution? As I can read on
> 	Compaq's website on the page describing RA8000, the longest cable
> 	I can order is "FC Short Wave 50-Meter Cable, order no. 234457-B25".
> 	Our customer would like to put the disks away from the server much
> 	farther than this. (Don't ask me why, that's another story.)
According
> 	to this, wouldn't it be possible?
> 	  Any comments are greatly appreciated. The problem seems to be
> 	urgent by now... :-( I will try to summarize. TIA,
> 
> 							Nagyak
> 
> 
Received on Fri Jul 27 2001 - 13:15:23 NZST