RE: How far away can a 3573 Tape library with LTO7 HH FC drives be connected to ENOA PCIe3 16Gb Fiber Channel Adapter -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: RE: How far away can a 3573 Tape library with LTO7 HH FC drives be connected to ENOA PCIe3 16Gb Fiber Channel Adapter
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:59:15 -0400
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If you have dedicated fiber from your provider it should be feasible.
My network guy just showed me a 1GB SFP labeled good up to 40km. IDK if
that was a FC SFP. Based on the "1GB" I'm guessing it was ethernet as FC
normally is rated either 4GB or 8GB.

Rob Berendt

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