.SAN design reference guide Vol. 1-5 785350-001

supported blade servers, 167
Virtual Connect, 169
c-Class BladeSystem server environment
supported switches, 167
C-series features
IVR, 36
VSANS with IVR, 36
C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches
overview, 123
C-series switches
capabilities, 123
dividing, 48
extended fabric settings, 265
fabric rules, 136
features, 132
iSCSI, 356
ISL maximums, 137
maximum topology, 34
MDS 9216i, IPS-4 IP Storage Services modules, IPS-8,
and 14/2 services modules, 294
models, 126
routing, 50
SAN extension, 258
switching module support matrix, 129, 130
usage, 134
VSAN, 47
VSAN configuration, 139
zoning enforcement, 139
cables
dressing, 386
high-availability options for P6000, 231
labeling, 385
record keeping, 385
tie wraps cautions, 386
cascaded fabric
benefits, 26
expansion, 401
migrating from, 41
overview, 25
case sensitivity, fabric identifiers, 389
certified
FCIP vendor products, 317
CHAP, 370
Cisco converged network switch, 84
Citrix Xen
B-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 103
C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 136
coarse wave division multiplexing see CWDM
Compaq switch models
default settings (B-series), 102
components
interconnect rules, 152
SAN, 18
confidentiality
data encryption, 373
data separation, 373
traffic separation, 373
configuration rules
3PAR Storage, 250
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 102
C-series Fibre Channel switches, 135
ESX, 207
EVA, 222
HP OpenVMS, 193
HP Tru64 UNIX, 195
HP-UX, 191
IBM AIX, 198
Linux, 200
Mac OS X, 196
Microsoft Windows, 202
Oracle Solaris, 204
P6000, 222
P9000/XP storage systems, 236
routing, 52
storage management server, 230
Xen, 208
configuration, SAN best practices, 385
configurations
data migration, 268
mirrored FCIP SAN, 268
shared link, 267, 271
unsupported, 58
congestion, SAN, 20, 162
connections, record keeping, 385
connectivity
increasing, 41
ports, 21
Continuous Access
SVSP support, 243
conventions
document, 406
text symbols, 406
converged network, 24, 62
Converged network switches
C-series, 84
features, 86
high-availability feature comparison, 87
C-series expansion modules, 85
Cisco, 84
core switch, 19
core-edge fabric
benefits, 32
expansion, 402
H-series switches, 140
numeric representation, 31
overview, 29
recommended ISL ratios, 31
routing connection, 52
tree topologies, 30
types, 30
uses, 29
custom SAN design, HP recommendations, 20
customer self repair, 407
CWDM, 263
D
data access types, 32
data access, in SAN fabric topologies, 32
418 Index