Introduction To Hp Fibre Channel Products - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Planning Manual

Introduction to HP Fibre
Channel Products
This chapter introduces Hewlett-Packard (HP) Fibre Channel switching products
that allow deployment and implementation of a storage area network (SAN)
topology in a Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) or IBM fiber connection (FICON)
environment. HP offers several switch alternatives to build a robust and scalable
SAN infrastructure that meets the customer's data center requirements. This
chapter contains the following:
SAN High Availability Planning Guide
Product Overview, page 20
Directors, page 22
Edge Switches, page 28
Product Features, page 34
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