Fibre Channel HD setup

[benbakelaar]

I promise I have been doing my research on this, things are becoming clearer but if anyone could drop a few explanations or tips they would be much appreciated.

I recently purchased a Seagate 39103FC Fibre Channel (copper) HD. The connector on the back looks like this:

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/fc/st39103fc.html.

I am trying to hook this up to my desktop. It seems what I need is a PCI Fibre Channel host adapter, such as an Emulex 7000/E. There is a great, detailed pic of one on eBay that will be up for 3 more days:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5155845819&fromMakeTrack=true

According to my research there are a few more steps needed to use this in my desktop. I have seen mention of T-cards, DB9, SCA, 3-pin, HSSDC... there is a great Google-cached page here:

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cach...rive+to+my+desktop+PC?&hl=en&client=firefox-a

Can anyone tell me definitively what cable(s)/connector(s)/card(s) I need? I can't figure out what the connector on the Emulex 7000 is. I can't tell if the port on the back of my FC Hard Drive is HSSDC. I'm not sure where I would plug a DB9 cable into inside my computer.

Thanks for any and all help,
Ben Bakelaar

 

[mainegeek]

If you look at the Product Manual on the Seagate link on Page 62 sec 9.5.2 it gives you several venders and part numbers Ie:717431040
Also maybe bring the drive to a PC shop with your PC specs and see what the have for Host Adapters and cables.

 

[mainegeek]

This is interesting. Also some useful links.
Page may take a minute to load as there are several photos
on it.

http://max8888.orcon.net.nz/fc.htm