Fibre channel cables and adapter types

This section provides information about fibre-channel cables and adapter types.

A storage unit fibre-channel adapter and FICON™ host adapter provides four ports with a standard connector. The cables include a standard connector for attachment to the host system with the following items:
  • DS6000™ adapter
  • The four port FC card for DS6000 provides four ports, each using a duplex LC (Lucent) Connector.
  • Lucent connector

See IBM® System Storage™ DS6000 Introduction and Planning Guide for detailed information about fibre-channel cables and adapter types. This document also includes information about cable features and optional cables.

Related concepts
Host systems attachment overview
Fibre-channel architecture
Fibre-channel node-to-node distances
LUN considerations for fibre-channel attachment
LUN access modes for fibre-channel attachment
Fibre-channel storage area networks
Fibre-channel worldwide port name identification
Open-systems hosts with fibre-channel adapters
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