Fusion RX1600Vfibre
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IDArticle TitlePost Date
570 My VFibre system is not booting. I get "A disk read error occured".Jun-27-11
718 I'm unable to save FCP project files onto the SAN volume, getting an "Unknown File" error message.Oct-18-12
719 My performance is lower than I expected. Does the drive order matter?Nov-02-12
In a 16-drive Fusion chassis, Sonnet formats, tests, and builds a RAID at the factory, then removes and numbers (as of Nov 2012) the drives for safe shipping. It is important to install the drives in the numbered order left-to-right. If you don't do this, the performance will suffer because the drive sequence gets scrambled through the SAS expanders to the RAID engine.

If you used the original RAID group built by Sonnet which did not have numbered drives or which numbered drives were not installed in sequential order, then back up your data, delete the RAID group and build a new RAID and your performance will improve.

This note does not apply to the DX800RAID.
 
728 My MetaLAN performance from the VFibre is less than I expect. What can I do?Dec-05-12
729 If I'm upgrading or swapping a VFibre system, is there anything special I need to know?Dec-05-12
738 What kind of fibre patch cables are needed for the Sonnet Fibre Channel controllers?Mar-29-13
The cable length depends on fiber speed.

For 8Gb connections:
LC 62.5/125 OM1 Multimode Duplex cables...up to 20m (Sonnet cables TCB-FBR-xxM)
LC 50/125 OM2 Multimode Duplex cables......up to 50m
LC 50/125 OM3 Multimode Duplex cables......up to 150m
LC 50/125 OM4 Multimode Duplex cables......up to 190m

For 16 Gb connections:
LC 62.5/125 OM1 Multimode Duplex cables...up to 15m
LC 50/125 OM2 Multimode Duplex cables......up to 35m
LC 50/125 OM3 Multimode Duplex cables......up to 100m
LC 50/125 OM4 Multimode Duplex cables......up to 125m

Each fibre cable represents two MMF (Multimode Fiber) fiber optic cables: one for transmit and one for receive (the color of the cables are usually orange). A LC duplex style connector is needed to plug into Sonnet-supplied fibre channel cards.

LC stands for Lucent Connector. The LC is a small form-factor fiber optic connector. A duplex LC connector takes two simplex LC connectors and attaches them together. The term \u8220 LC cable\u8221 is generally used to describe a fiber patch cable with two fiber strands, and a LC duplex connector at each end.
 
849 Which 10Gb Ethernet Switch is compatible with the Sonnet Vfibre?Jun-18-15