HP StorageWorks B-Series Remote Replication Solution Best Practices Guide (5697-6731, June 2007)

Figure 9 Contin u ous A cces s EVA ﬁve-fabric FCIP-router conﬁguration

Figure 1 0 shows a combination of a 4-port EVA 8000 and 2-port EVA 6000/5000/4000/3000

conﬁguration of a Continuous Access six-fabric solution. In this conﬁguration, two dedicated fabrics

are implemented for replication trafﬁc. It eliminates the fabric merging issue with a traditional FCIP

implementation and the scaling limitation of an integrated backbone fabric solution. Half the EVA

controller ports are connected to each dedicated replication fabric. Since the only devices in this

replication fabric are the replication ports of the local and remote site, Fibre Channel Routing is not

required. The beneﬁt of the MP Router over traditional FCIP gateways is that it elim inates the need for a

separa

te Fibre Channel switch as the MP Router has both c apabilities in one device.

NOTE:

HP recommends that the primary or local site in this conﬁguration be a 4-port EVA 8000 and the

secondary or remote site can be either a 4-port EVA 8000 or 2-port EVA 6000/4000 /5000/3000.

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