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Table 143 B-series MP Router features and requirements
RequirementsFeature
The MP Router is supported with the B-series switches listed in “B-series switches and
fabric rules” (page 91). The MP Router is not supported for use as a Fibre Channel
Switches for iSCSI and FCIP
switch. Direct device connectivity to MP Router ports (F_Ports) is supported only with
iSCSISee “iSCSI storage” (page 318).
TCP/IP IPv4, Ethernet 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s, and 1,000 Mb/s
IP network protocols
Requires dedicated IP bandwidth, see Table 148 (page 299) and Table 151 (page
301).
Note: You can only use optical GbE compatible connections to the FCIP or iSCSI ports.
Storage systems
• HP P6000 Continuous Access
• HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access
For operating system support, see “Heterogeneous server rules” (page 165).
Supported routing modes:
• HP P9000 (XP) Continuous Access—Supported with port-based routing
(portcfgfcip = 2) or exchange-based routing (portcfgfcip = 1). 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).
Note: Use the portCfgFcip command to set the routing mode.
FCIP portcfgfcip [-m LOAD_BAL (1-exchange, 2-SID_DID, 3-none]
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 MP Router, see the MP Router website:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/mprouter/index.html
Documentation
B-series MP Router configuration examples
This section describes MP Router sample configurations.
Figure 118 (page 293) shows how MP Routers are configured for FCIP and Fibre Channel routing.
Figure 118 MP Routers connecting fabrics in an IP network
IP
MPR
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MPR
Fabric 1
Fabric 2
FCIP with FC routing
Note the following:
• All MP Router FCIP configurations require a minimum level of IP bandwidth for HP P9000 (XP)
Continuous Access and HP P6000 Continuous Access replication (see “HP storage replication
products” (page 295)).
• HP P6000 Continuous Access supports multiple links, but not those that are shared using
dynamic load balancing or exchange-based routing.
Figure 119 (page 294) shows Fibre Channel fabrics connecting through two IP subnets. Each MP
Router uses a Fibre Channel interface to connect to the fabrics and a GbE interface to connect to
the IP subnets.
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