StorCase Technology Fibre-to-SCSI Single RAID - Manual (Page 23)

S10C100 User's Guide - Rev. A01 StorCase Technology, Inc.
Installation 11
Figure 6A: Typical Single FC-AL Loop Connection to Two InfoStations
(One Hub)
To other FC
devices
IFS_RAID25FC
FC-AL Host #1
Loop Back
Plug
N+1 N-1 N+1 N-1
InfoStation #1
FC-SCSI RAID Module
N+1 N-1 N-1 N+1
InfoStation #2
Port #1 Port #2 Port #3 Port #4 Port #5 Port #N
Loop Back
Plug
Loop Back
Plug
Loop Back
Plug
Fibre Channel Hub
FC-SCSI RAID Module
Figure 6B: Typical Dual FC-AL Loop Connections to Two InfoStations
(Two Hubs)
IFS_RAID26FC
FC-AL Host #1
Loop Back
Plug
N+1 N-1 N+1 N-1
InfoStation #1
FC-SCSI RAID Module
N+1 N-1 N-1 N+1
InfoStation #2
Port #1 Port #2 Port #3
Loop Back
Plug
Loop Back
Plug
Loop Back
Plug
FC-SCSI RAID Module
FC-AL Host #2
Port #2 Port #3 Port #1
Fibre Channel Hub #2 Fibre Channel Hub #1