Is it possible to set up a fast LAN using HBA's and a fibre switch? I have a brocade 200e and several emulex LP1150 pcie 4GB cards. Information regarding IP over fiber channel is difficult to find. I can run any OS but I prefer windows and if I had to run and older OS virtualized that is okay too.
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Yes, it's very possible - I even did it once, only once however - it's all documented in RFC 4171 and most if not all HBA manufacturers support it, though obviously not as well as they do 'normal' FC.
By the way I did it with Emulex 1105's on RHEL 5.3x64 and Cisco MDS9509's if that helps.
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Brocade 200E passes IP traffic just fine. Have not tried Emulex cards, though. Qlogic 2300 series (2G) worked well, but 2460 lost packets and nothing could be done about it. AFAIK Qlogic just dropped IP support after 2300.
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