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

FC-SONET gateway, 270
FC-SP, 371
FC-to-ATM, 272
FC4-16IP see B-series iSCSI Director Blade
FCIP
B-series switches, 97
managing bandwidth, 268
protocol, 266
routing, 58
third-party QoS products, 270
FCIP extension, Fibre Channel distance rules, 160
FCoE
described, 62
end-to-end solution, 62
fabric-edge solution, 62
HP products, 63
HP solutions, 62
technology, 63
FCoE SAN fabrics, 24
FCoE switches
C-series, 84
high-availability feature comparison, 87
C-series expansion modules, 85
C-series fabric rules, 87
C-series features, 86
FCoE technology, 24, 37
fiber optic cables
interconnect rules, 152
loss budgets, 154
fiber optic transceiver, 259
Fibre Channel
distance rules, 158
iSCSI comparison, 318
long-distance technologies, 259
over Internet protocol, 266
routing, 43
routing distance rules, 161
routing implementations, 46
routing techniques, 46
routing, B-series switches, 97
technology overview, 18
Fibre Channel over Ethernet see FCoE
Fibre Channel SAN security technologies, 371
Fibre Channel switch models
C-series, 126
Fibre Channel switches
function, 19
interface, 152
firmware updates
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 92
firmware versions
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 93, 94
Fabric Manager, 93, 94
H-series switches, 142
FlexAttach, 175
G
GBIC, 259
geographic layout, SAN fabric topologies, 20
H
H-series
maximum topology, 34
port topology, 34
H-series switches
extended fabric settings, 266
fabric routing, 48
fabric rules, 144, 145
features, 142
firmware update, 141
firmware version, 142
high-availability features, 143
ISL maximums, 146
models, 141
overview, 140
TR feature, 57
usage, 144
with TR, 37
zoning enforcement, 149
zoning limits, 149
hard zoning enforcement, 387
HBA NPIV, 177
connectivity guidelines, 177
considerations, 177
HBA port, zoning method, 388
HBAs
common, 209
dual channel configuration, 233
labeling, 385
zoning method, 388
help
obtaining, 405
heterogeneous SAN
3PAR, 249
fabric design configuration rules, 152
integration with HP P6000 Continuous Access, 228
MSA20000fc support, 166
platforms and operating systems, 21
server configuration rules, 165
high availability
and merging redundant fabrics, 403
C-series VSAN, 139
data availability types, 39
EVA, 231
MP Router configurations, 55
routed SAN, 51
high-availability features
B-series switches, 99
hops
count for 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade, 114
limits per fabric, 26
minimizing counts, 22
MP Router, 119
host-based volume shadowing, OpenVMS, 194, 316
host-based zoning, 387
HP
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 94
BladeSystem c3000 enclosure, 176
C-series Fibre Channel switches, 133
420 Index