topic 2 Gbps FCP Host Talking to 4 Gbps Netapp? in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/2-Gbps-FCP-Host-Talking-to-4-Gbps-Netapp/m-p/59299#M5436 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>This is more of a general SAN/FCP question but does anybody know if there would be any potential issues with a host connecting to a SAN switch at 2 Gbps talking to our NetApp that is connected at 4 GBps?</P><P></P><P>The concern is that when the host needs to read data from a NetApp LUN the Netapp will attempt to send data back to the host at 4 Gbps which will cause issues because the host is connected to the SAN at 2 Gbps.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>MRJG</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:52:46 GMT MRJORDANG 2025-06-05T05:52:46Z 2 Gbps FCP Host Talking to 4 Gbps Netapp? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/2-Gbps-FCP-Host-Talking-to-4-Gbps-Netapp/m-p/59299#M5436 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>This is more of a general SAN/FCP question but does anybody know if there would be any potential issues with a host connecting to a SAN switch at 2 Gbps talking to our NetApp that is connected at 4 GBps?</P><P></P><P>The concern is that when the host needs to read data from a NetApp LUN the Netapp will attempt to send data back to the host at 4 Gbps which will cause issues because the host is connected to the SAN at 2 Gbps.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>MRJG</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:52:46 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/2-Gbps-FCP-Host-Talking-to-4-Gbps-Netapp/m-p/59299#M5436 MRJORDANG 2025-06-05T05:52:46Z Re: 2 Gbps FCP Host Talking to 4 Gbps Netapp? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/2-Gbps-FCP-Host-Talking-to-4-Gbps-Netapp/m-p/59304#M5437 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No problems at all. Having a higher capacity connection on the NetApp will be good as it can handle requests from multiple clients without issue. No communication going to the client will exceed 2 Gbps, the switch will handle any buffering required.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:19:14 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/2-Gbps-FCP-Host-Talking-to-4-Gbps-Netapp/m-p/59304#M5437 rwelshman 2013-10-10T16:19:14Z