Fibre Channel GIO Interfaces
Fibre Channel interfaces to the GIO bus, a bus found in Silicon
Graphics machines, exist from the following manufacturers:
Prisa Networks
Features
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Network line rates up to 1062.5 megabit/sec
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Disk transfer rates up to 100 megabytes/sec
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Plug-and-play with high-speed 64-bit GIO busses
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Single or dual channel options
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Protocols for SCSI, IP and "Transporter" block data
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Electrical and optical media interfaces
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Plug & play installation
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Self-configuring
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Protocols
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N-port driver
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IP
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SCSI initiator
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SCSI disk driver
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Dual SCSI disk driver
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"Transporter" block data transfer
Contact: Prisa
Networks Contact Information - 15-Aug-1996
Transoft
StudioBOSS FC uses 200 MB/s Transoft FC-GIO-64 Adapter cards at each workstation.
StudioBOSS FC cabling maybe either copper twin-ax (30 meters between nodes)
or fibre optic (10 km between nodes). Each adapter card also includes a
Gigabit Link Module (GLM). - 24-Jul-1997
Contact: Transoft Technology Corporation
(Transoft)
CERN - High Speed Interconnect
- FCS
Erik van der Bij - 6 January
1998 - Disclaimer