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Is the QLogic QLE2562 a Network or Storage card?

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That's a Fibre Channel card, so... both!

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So in a server i bought there where 2 QLogic QLE2562 and they look like the network things from ltt's server videos.

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The case is used for Fibre channel, It's used for SAN storage. You'd usually connect to a fibre channel switch like this one and then you'd have other devices connected to the same switch.

 

 

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That's a Fibre Channel card, so... both!

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On 9/5/2022 at 3:53 PM, Sir Asvald said:

The case is used for Fibre channel, It's used for SAN storage. You'd usually connect to a fibre channel switch like this one and then you'd have other devices connected to the same switch.

 

 

Brocade 300 Sm-310-0000 310 24-port 8gb Fibre Channel San Switch 8 Ports Active for sale online | eBay

can i also just directly connect one card to another?

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On 9/6/2022 at 12:00 PM, Needfuldoer said:

That's a Fibre Channel card, so... both!

Ok Cool. 

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On 9/6/2022 at 6:00 AM, Needfuldoer said:

That's a Fibre Channel card, so... both!

Not exactly.

It's a storage card, it doesn't do Ethernet frames like a standard 10Gb NIC and will NOT work with a normal switch nor can it be used to connect two hosts.

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On 9/9/2022 at 4:17 PM, Lurick said:

Not exactly.

It's a storage card, it doesn't do Ethernet frames like a standard 10Gb NIC and will NOT work with a normal switch nor can it be used to connect two hosts.

ok thanks
looks like i can basicly toss them out

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