Connecting To Hp M-Series Or Mcdata Sans; Supported Platforms And Configurations; Configuring The Fabrics For Interconnectivity - HP AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V Administrator's Manual

Connecting to HP M-Series or McDATA SANs

Fabric OS 5.2.x lets you connect an HP StorageWorks B-Series fabric to an HP M-Series or McDATA fabric.
Because of the high degree of connectivity, the devices across the remote fabrics can be shared. Fabric OS
5.2.x furnishes the FC router with the ability to connect to HP M-Series fabrics in Open mode and
McDATA Fabric mode.
NOTE:
HP M-Series and McDATA fabrics are supported in Open mode.
Connected SANs provide additional functionality not possible with segregated SANs. Some of these
include:
Island consolidation—Use the Fabric OS 5.2.x FC router to connect HP B-Series, M-Series or
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McDATA fabrics to isolated B-Series fabrics and share devices.
Backup consolidation—Consolidate backup solutions across HP B-Series, M-Series or McDATA
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fabrics.
Manageable large scale storage network—Use the Fabric OS 5.2.x FC router to localize
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traffic while connecting devices in the metaSAN. This provides a large number of fabrics with a large
number of devices.
Sharing across a FCIP link— share devices between HP B-Series, M-Series or McDATA fabrics
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over campus Ethernet or over long-distance IP link beyond 1000 km.
Sharing across a long-distance FC link—share devices between HP fabrics over long-distance
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FC links as far as 300 km.
• LUN sharing—use your high-end RAID array connected to HP M-Series or McDATA Directors to
share targets with a B-Series HP fabric; just connect one M-Series or McDATA Director port to an FC
router EX_Port and the one EX_Port to the HP fabric.
The connectivity limitations of a metaSAN comprising HP B-Series, M-Series or McDATA fabrics are
defined by the scalability of each individual fabric.
See the HP SAN Design Guide for the latest scalability support information at:
www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide

Supported platforms and configurations

Connection to McDATA SANs through an FC router is supported for the following hardware platforms:
• HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router
• 4/256 SAN Director with a B-Series MP Router blade (FR4- 1 8i)
See the HP SAN Design Guide for the latest support information at:
www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide

Configuring the fabrics for interconnectivity

When connecting an HP fabric with a McDATA fabric using an FC Router, you must configure the switch on
both fabrics as well as router described in:
• "Connectivity
• "Configuring the FC
• "Configuring M-Series or McDATA for
• "Completing the
228 Using the FC-FC routing service
modes" on page 229, next
router" on page 229
configuration" on page 236
interconnection" on page 232