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One more IMPORTANT thing ... if you are using optical GBICs or SFPs &nbsp;make darned sure that the ones attached to the HBA and external enclosure are all supported with each other, and you get the right cabling.<br />
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If distance is short, you may be able to get away with using copper cabling. That is cheaper and there are less compatibility issues.
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We have a storage array with two controllers that ONLY support Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop connections.<br />
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Is there an HBA available that we can put into a Linux box that will support FC-AL?
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We have a storage array with two controllers that ONLY support Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop connections.

Is there an HBA available that we can put into a Linux box that will support FC-AL?

One more IMPORTANT thing ... if you are using optical GBICs or SFPs  make darned sure that the ones attached to the HBA and external enclosure are all supported with each other, and you get the right cabling.

If distance is short, you may be able to get away with using copper cabling. That is cheaper and there are less compatibility issues.

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