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RequirementsFeature
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 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade FCIP
implementations must have dedicated IP bandwidth configured as a committed
bandwidth, or using the Adaptive Rate Limiting feature. HP does not support the 1606
Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade configurations with FCIP
tunnels configured with nondedicated bandwidth. For more information about configuring
and monitoring FCIP extension services, see HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x
Administrator's 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). This requires a
minimum of firmware 6.3.0.
• FCIP is supported with FCIP FastWrite acceleration.
• The connection to the 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension
Blade FCIP port must be GbE compatible (10-GbE for the 10-GbE ports).
Storage systems
• HP P6000 Continuous Access
• HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access (requires a minimum of firmware 6.3.0a)
• HP 3PAR Remote Copy
For operating system support, see “Heterogeneous server rules” (page 165).
FCIP FastWrite is supported with HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access and is not supported
with HP P6000 Continuous Access.
Supported routing modes:
• HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access—Supported with port-based routing (aptpolicy
= 1) or exchange-based routing (aptpolicy = 3). See Table 165 (page 314).
• HP P6000 Continuous Access—Supported with port-based routing (all XCS versions)
or exchange-based routing (XCS 09534000 or later).
For HP P6000 Continuous Access, see the HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array
Compatibility Reference at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/
conaccesseva/index.html.
FCIP-supported operating systems
For information about the 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension
Blade, see the SAN Infrastructure website http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/
saninfrastructure/index.html.
Documentation
1606 Extension SAN Switch configuration examples
When connecting fabrics through IP, the 1606 Extension SAN Switch serves as an FCIP gateway
with Fibre Channel routing. 1606 Extension SAN Switches that communicate over FCIP links can
be installed in multiple pairs for high availability (Figure 112) or as a single pair (Figure 113).
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