Functional Overview - HP StorageWorks M2402 User Manual

Functional Overview

The router translates the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) to and from the SCSI
Protocol. It transfers commands, data, and status information to and from Fibre
Channel (FC) controllers and SCSI devices.
Supported devices include:
The router provides multiple FC to SCSI I/O configurations. A sample
configuration is illustrated in
FC Host
Figure 9: Example configuration
Figure 9
through the appropriate SCSI bus of the router I/O module.
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Initiator Devices – FC and SCSI hosts
Direct Access Devices – RAID Controllers, Disk drives, JBODs
Sequential Access Devices – Tape drives
Changer Devices – Tape and Magneto-Optical Libraries
Fibre Channel
SCSI
shows that a FC host on the FC bus can access a tape drive and library
Figure 9.
SCSI
Tape
Drives
SCSI
Tape
Libraries
StorageWorks
Router
SCSI
Tape
Libraries
SCSI
Tape
Drives
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