Co-Location Initialization - HP 12000 Design Manual

Figure 49 VLS Initialization using the WAN

Co-location Initialization

In circumstances where data centers are within a small distance of each other it may be practical
to co-locate the two VLS units at the same location, directly connect the GbE links from the VLS
nodes together by plugging both source and target device external LAN ports into the same external
LAN switch. Then backup to the source VLS and replicate to the target VLS using the high speed
GbE links at the co-location. This allows high volumes of data to be initialized in a faster time. To
implement this, do not select "Initialize via Tape Transport" when creating the echo copy pools
and configuring replication.
108 Replication