The information in this chapter presumes that your fibre channel option(s) and any fibre channel storage has been set up and initially configured by a qualified and trained installer.
The maximum supported number of XIO fibre channel interfaces in an Origin2000 multi-rack system is 44. Technically, you may configure up to 12 fibre channel XIO boards in a single module. Note that this may not always be practical as other XIO boards may be needed in the module. These maximums are a function of software support and do not reflect the number of XIO fibre boards that will physically fit in a system. The OCTANE workstation supports up to three optional fibre XIO boards.
Future product releases may support a different number of boards; consult your product release notes.
Table 5-1. Configuration Maximums
Maximums | Maximum Value |
|---|---|
Fibre channel XIO boards in an Origin2000 multi-rack system | 44 |
Initiators on an FC-AL loop | 1 standard (multiple initiators only with optional FailSafe configurations) |
Maximum disks on each FC-AL loop | 110 non-RAID or 100 RAID |
RAID storage systems on an FC-AL loop | 1 RAID enclosure plus 9 RAID expansion enclosures |
You can use three methods to obtain system status information from a host controlling a fibre disk array:
Use the command line interfaces (also known as the fccli and ssmcli) to get fibre system status
Use the graphical user interface (also known as the ssmgui) to get RAID array status
Use the IRIX command line to obtain hardware graph or hardware inventory information
These methods are explained in the Origin FibreVault and Fibre Channel RAID Administrator's Guide .