Extended Fabric Settings For Fibre Channel Switches; B-Series Switch Settings; Fully Redundant Wdm Configuration Using Two Long-Distance Fiber Optic Links - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Fabric A1
Local
Fabric B1
Local
Figure 80 Fully redundant WDM configuration using two long-distance fiber optic links
.
The configuration in
HP supports the following third-party WDM products and configurations:
CWDM and DWDM systems supported by the switch vendors.
WDM devices that are configurable to a data rate of 1 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, 8 Gb/s, or 10
Gb/s
Up to 500 km at 1 Gb/s, over a WDM link (switch model dependent). On certain Fibre Channel
switches, there may be reduced performance at this distance. See
"Storage product interface and transport distance
Performance levels depend on the number of buffers available in the switch and the amount of
application data.
For information about HP-certified third-party WDM products, see
"Certified third-party WDM, iFCP, and SONET

Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel switches

When extending fabrics with Fibre Channel long-distance transceivers or WDM, it is important to
maintain the performance of ISL connections. See "Features" on page 100 for information about the
B-series Extended Fabrics license.

B-series switch settings

An Extended Fabrics license is required for B-series switches when extending a fabric beyond 10 km.
See the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3x administrator guide for B-series extended fabric switch
settings, available at
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&
lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=179111&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=1143936.
NOTE:
The HP C-series CWDM solution is not supported on B-series switches. See
"Certified third-party WDM
WDM
connection
WDM
connection
Figure 80 is high cost, but is fully redundant.
products" on page 353 for B-series supported WDM devices.
Fabric A1
Remote
Fabric B1
Remote
rules" on page 171.
products" on page 352.
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