San Fabric Switch Interoperability Rules; Interoperable Routed Fabric; Dual Interoperable, Heterogeneous San Fabrics; Iscsi Bridging Fibre Channel Distance Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Table 85 describes the distance rules for iSCSI bridging Fibre Channel connections.
Table 85 iSCSI bridging Fibre Channel distance rules
Interface/transport
HP B-series iSCSI Director Blade
HP C-series MDS 9216i, IPS-4, IPS-8, 14/2,
18/4
HP EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option
HP MPX200 Multifunction Router iSCSI
HP SR2122–2
Table 86 describes the distance rules for Fibre Channel routing connections.
Table 86 Fibre Channel and IP network routing distance rules
Interface/trans- Heterogeneous SAN Fibre Channel
port
HP B-series 400 See Table 80
MP Router, MP
Router Blade, and
MP Router
HP C-series IVR
(inter-VSAN
nl
routing)
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SAN fabric switch interoperability rules

HP supports three heterogeneous switch SAN configurations:
Interoperable routed fabrics

Dual interoperable, heterogeneous SAN fabrics

Interoperable, heterogeneous switch fabrics

Interoperable routed fabric

Connecting B-series and M-series edge fabrics through an MP Router allows for an interoperable
routed fabric. You can share devices between these fabrics with the LSAN feature of the MP Router.
See Table 33
Dual interoperable, heterogeneous SAN fabrics
A dual interoperable, heterogeneous SAN consists of two fabrics, with each fabric comprised
exclusively of switches from a different series.
HP supports dual interoperable SAN fabrics for the following switch-series combinations:
A SAN with one fabric containing B-series switches only and a second fabric containing C-series
switches only
See Table 79
distances
through Table 82.
"SAN
on page 121 for supported fabric modes and firmware versions.
Heterogeneous SAN Fibre Channel distances
through Table 82.
HP Continuous Access EVA and XP
Continuous Access
See Table 80 through
84.
extension" on page 279.
SAN Design Reference Guide
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Table 82 and Table See
Table 82
EBS
Table 80 through
and Table 84.
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