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Features of the Fibre Channel Interface
The Ultrium Tape Drive Model T200F (Fibre Channel drive) is an
Arbitrated-Loop-only device (also known as an NL port). The drive supports Fibre
Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) protocol, and uses Class 3 Service frames. The
drive also supports both public (switch-attached) and private loops.
The World Wide Node Name and Port Name used by an Ultrium Tape Drive follows
the format of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
The IBM Ultrium Tape Drive is compliant with the FC-Tape standard that is
proposed for the Technical Report of Accredited Standard Committee NCITS. IBM
recommends that your servers software use the Class 3 Error Recovery of this
proposed standard.
Chapter 5. Attachment Features 101
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