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i'm new to fibre channel switches and experimenting with older storage that supports FC hook up.<br />
have a Qlogic FC switch but are you not supposed to hook up FC cables directly into FC switches? Do you have to have an SFP adapter on one end?
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i'm new to fibre channel switches and experimenting with older storage that supports FC hook up.
have a Qlogic FC switch but are you not supposed to hook up FC cables directly into FC switches? Do you have to have an SFP adapter on one end?

fibre channel switch - sfp needed?

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