[Info-vax] fibrechannel

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 3/23/2012 3:35 PM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> Having recently obtained some new (for me) hardware, I'm wondering if it
> is worth the trouble (now, that means mainly the question whether it can
> be done quickly) to have connections other than ethernet (which
> currently carries everything) among the machines.  Is it simply a matter
> of sticking in a card and having it just work out of the box or does one
> have a lot of configuration to do?
>

You will need, at a minimum, device drivers for every system that will
use fiber optic.

I believe that fiber optic requires special tools to install.