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Table 69 Fibre Channel distance rules for 2 Gb/s switch models (B-series and C-series switches)
Supported storage productsSupported distancesInterface/transport
Heterogeneous SAN servers, Fibre
Channel switches, and storage
systems
OM3, OM3+ fiber
500 m at 2 Gb/s
OM2 fiber
300 m at 2 Gb/s
500 m at 1 Gb/s
50 micron multi-mode fiber optic
cable and short-wave SFPs
HP P6000 Continuous Access and
HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access
OM1 fiber
62.5 micron
1
multi-mode fiber optic
cable and short-wave SFPs
EBS
150 m at 2 Gb/s
10 km ISL at 2 Gb/s
9 micron single-mode fiber optic
cable and long-wave SFPs
35 km ISL at 2 Gb/s (B-series)
9 micron single-mode fiber optic
cable and extended-reach SFPs
200 km (B-series, C-series)
Total distance
2
100 km at 2 Gb/s
Fibre Channel using WDM
3
240 km at 1 Gb/s
1
Information for 62.5 micron fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of installed cable. HP recommends 50 micron fiber optic
cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.
2
Total distance is the sum of all cable segments.
3
WDM distance is the maximum distance for the WDM link.
Table 70 (page 159) describes the distance rules for 1 Gb/s Fibre Channel connections when using
1 Gb/s Fibre Channel switch models.
Table 70 Fibre Channel distance rules for 1 Gb/s switch models (B-series and C-series switches)
Supported storage productsSupported distancesInterface/transport
Heterogeneous SAN servers, Fibre
Channel switches, and storage
systems
500 m at 1 Gb/s
50 micron multi-mode fiber optic cable and short-wave
GBICs and GLMs
200 m at 1 Gb/s
62.5 micron multi-mode fiber optic cable and short-wave
GBICs
1
HP P6000 Continuous Access and
HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access
10 km ISL at 1 Gb/s
9 micron single-mode fiber optic cable and long-wave
GBICs
EBS
35 km ISL (C-series)
100 km ISL (B-series) at 1 Gb/s
9 micron single-mode fiber optic cable and very long
distance GBICs
200 km (B-series, C-series)Total distance
2
240 km at 1 Gb/s
Fibre Channel using WDM
3, 4
1
Information for 62.5 micron fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of installed cable. HP recommends 50 micron fiber optic
cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.
2
Total distance is the sum of all cable segments.
3
WDM distance is the maximum distance for the WDM link.
4
Up to 240 km at 1 Gb/s, over a WDM link. Certain Fibre Channel switches may have reduced performance at this distance.
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