.Part 4 SAN Extension and Bridging HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785354-001

B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade
The B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade offer FCIP SAN extension, Fibre Channel routing,
and Fibre Channel switching. You can use all three of these functions on the same 400 MP Router
or MP Router Blade simultaneously. A 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade can have:
• Up to 2 GbE IP ports for FCIP. For more information, see “SAN extension” (page 257).
• Up to 16 EX_Ports for Fibre Channel routing services. For more information, see “SAN fabric
topologies” (page 23).
• Up to 16 F_Ports for Fibre Channel switching.
For the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade, you can configure a Fibre Channel port as an F_Port,
FL_Port, E_Port, or EX_Port (Fibre Channel routing), and configure a GbE port as a VE_Port (FCIP)
or VEX_Port (FCIP with Fibre Channel routing). Traffic switching is supported between the following
port types:
• Fibre Channel switching (F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port)
• Fibre Channel switching and Fibre Channel routing (F_Port, FL_Port, EX_Port)
• Fibre Channel switching and FCIP (F_Port, FL_Port, VE_Port, VEX_Port)
• Fibre Channel routing and FCIP (VE_Port, VEX_Port)
NOTE: VEX_Ports and EX_Ports cannot connect to the same edge fabric.
Using FCIP and Fibre Channel routing, you can connect to local and remote fabrics without fully
merging them. This prevents unauthorized access to all devices on the local and remote fabrics.
400 MP Router and MP Router Blade features and requirements
Table 142 (page 290) lists the features and requirements for the 400 MP Router and MP Router
Blade.
Table 142 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade features and requirements
RequirementsFeature
The 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade are supported with the B-series switches
listed in “B-series switches and fabric rules” (page 91).
Fibre Channel switches for FCIP
These products are also supported for use as Fibre Channel switches. This provides
both Fibre Channel switch connectivity for hosts and storage systems and FCIP
connectivity for SAN extension.
TCP/IP IPv4, Ethernet 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s, and 1,000 Mb/s
IP network protocols
All 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade FCIP implementations must have dedicated
IP bandwidth. HP does not support 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade configurations
with FCIP tunnels configured with nondedicated bandwidth. For more information,
see “Configuring and monitoring FCIP extension services” in the HP StorageWorks
Fabric OS 6.x Administrator Guide.
For more information on dedicated IP bandwidth requirements. see Table 148 (page
299) and Table 151 (page 301).
Notes:
• HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access storage systems require a minimum of 16 Mb/s
IP bandwidth.
FCIP is supported with IPsec data encryption (license required) or FCIP FastWrite
acceleration. This requires a minimum of firmware 5.2.0a. For firmware version
6.3.x, version 6.3.0c (or later) is required for FCIP FastWrite.
• IPsec and FCIP FastWrite are mutually exclusive and cannot be configured
simultaneously.
• The connection to the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade FCIP port must be GbE
compatible.
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