San Extension Technology; San Extension Examples - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

You can implement a SAN extension with any Fibre Channel topology.
extension examples.
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Local
Figure 76 SAN extension examples
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This section describes:
SAN extension
SAN-iSCSI bridging

SAN extension technology

HP supports the following SAN extension technologies:
Fibre Channel long-distance
Fiber optic
Wavelength division
Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel
Multi-protocol long-distance
Fibre Channel over Internet
Fibre Channel over
Fibre Channel over
280 SAN extension
Long-wave SFP or GBIC
connection
WDM
connection
IP or
SONET
technology, page 280
technology, page 281
technology, including:
transceivers, page 282
multiplexing, page 283
technology, including:
Protocol, page 290
SONET, page 296
ATM, page 297
Figure 76
Remote
switches, page 287
shows three SAN
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