Feature Comparison Of Base And Upgraded Products; Available Licenses; Comparison Of 1606 Extension San Switch Features - HP 1606 Hardware Reference Manual

Feature comparison of base and upgraded products

Table 1 compares the features supported on the base and fully upgraded 1606 Extension SAN Switch.
It also lists the optionally licensed features.
Table 1 Comparison of 1606 Extension SAN Switch features
Feature
Number of Fibre Channel ports
Number of GbE ports
Fibre Channel Routing between re-
mote fabrics for fault isolation
FCIP Tunnel
Number of FCIP tunnels
FCIP Trunking
Adaptive Rate Limiting
FC Frame Compression
SOTCP
FastWrite over FCIP Tunnel
Open Systems Tape Pipelining over
FCIP Tunnel
1
Requires Integrated Routing license
2
Requires Advanced Extension license
• Before installation of the upgrade license, any ports other than the basic four FC ports and two
GbE ports are shown as Disabled when you execute the switchshow command.
• On the base 1606 Extension SAN Switch, you can configure the two GbE ports (ge0 and ge1)
for use with either copper or optical cables (physically separate ports are provided).
• FC frame compression is not the same as IP compression and is disabled by default. To enable
FC frame compression use the portCfg command. For more information, see the Fabric OS
Administrator s Guide.
• FCIP tunnel bandwidth has a minimum rate of 1,544 Kb/s (the T1 rate). Configuration requests
with lower rates are rejected.
• FCIP Trunking is available to virtualize two or more IP address pairs (circuits) as part of a single
FCIP tunnel. You can configure up to four circuits for a single FCIP tunnel. For more information
on configuring circuits, see the Fabric OS Administrator s Guide.
• Multiple FCIP tunnels can share the same GbE port. VE_Ports and VEx_Ports are not associated
with a single physical GbE port.

Available licenses

The following features are available with the purchase of a license key for the 1606 Extension SAN
Switch:
• Advanced Extension
Base product
4
2
1
Yes
Yes
2
2
Yes
2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
8-Gb SAN Switch Hardware Reference Guide
With upgrade license
16
6
1
Yes
Yes
8
2
Yes
2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
23