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• “1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade fabric rules” (page 108)
• “Fibre Channel routing, 400 MP Router, and MP Router Blade fabric rules” (page 110)
• “MP Router fabric rules” (page 114)
• “Core switch addressing mode” (page 120)
• “Zoning limits and enforcement” (page 120)
• “Zoning guidelines for B-series Fibre Channel switches” (page 121)
Operating systems and storage products
The fabric rules for B-series switches and MP Routers apply to SANs that include the operating
systems and storage products listed in Table 26 (page 103).
Table 26 B-series Fibre Channel switch operating system and storage system support
Storage productsOperating systems
• MSA2000fc G2 (MSA2300fc)/MSA2000fc
• HP-UX
•
•
OpenVMS
EVA8400/6400
•
•
EVA4400/4400 (embedded switch)
Tru64 UNIX
•
•
Apple Mac OS X
HP StoreVirtual 4000 FC
•
•
P6550/P6500/P6350/P6300 EVA
Citrix Xen
•
•
IBM AIX
P9500
•
•
P2000 G3 FC
Linux
•
•
Microsoft Windows
XP24000/20000
•
•
XP12000/10000
Oracle Solaris
•
•
VMware ESX
XP7
• 3PAR StoreServ 10000/7000
• 3PAR F-Class, T-Class
• 3PAR Remote Copy
• HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access
• HP P6000 Continuous Access
See “HP P6000 Continuous Access SAN integration” (page 228)
The operating systems listed in Table 26 (page 103) might not be supported with all the storage
systems listed. For current operating system and storage system support, see the SPOCK website
at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access.
See “Heterogeneous server rules” (page 165) and the following storage system rules chapters:
• “MSA storage system rules” (page 211)
• “P6000/EVA storage system rules” (page 221)
• “P9000/XP storage system rules” (page 235)
B-series Fibre Channel switch and fabric rules
The following fabric rules apply to all B-series Fibre Channel SANs. They also apply, in general,
to HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access and HP P6000 Continuous Access (formerly HP StorageWorks
Continuous Access EVA) configurations. However, additional rules apply to HP P6000 Continuous
Access implementations. For more information, see the HP P6000 Continuous Access Implementation
Guide.
Table 27 (page 104) describes the rules for creating a Fibre Channel SAN with B-series Fibre
Channel switches.
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