Fibre Channel Long-Distance Technology; Fiber Optic Transceivers; Lc Sfp Transceiver; Sc Gbic Transceiver - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Fibre Channel long-distance technology

This section describes the following Fibre Channel long-distance methodology and hardware for a
SAN extension:
Fiber optic
Wavelength division
Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel

Fiber optic transceivers

Fibre Channel switches use one of the following types of fiber optic transceivers. The transceivers can
be short wave or long wave. Use long-wave transceivers for SAN extension.
The 8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s transceivers are known as SFPs and use LC style connectors
(Figure 77).
Figure 77 LC SFP transceiver
.
The 1 Gb/s transceivers can be LC SFPs
(Figure 78).
Figure 78 SC GBIC transceiver
.
282 SAN extension
transceivers, page 282
multiplexing, page 283
25142a
25143a
switches, page 287
(Figure 77) or GBICs, which use SC style connectors