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

basic configuration, 47
overview, 36
K
key management, 372
L
labels
cable, 385
HBA, 385
latency
SAN, 162
level 4 high availability, EVA, 231
Linux
B-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 103
C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 136
configuration rules, 200
H-series Fibre Channel Switch fabric rules, 145
multipathing coexistence support, 201
Red Hat supported storage systems, 199
SAN rules, 199
SUSE supported storage systems, 199
login authentication, soft-plus zoning enforcement, 387
LSAN, 35, 48, 49
LUN masking, storage-based, 386
M
M-series switches
EOSL, 151
Mac OS X
B-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 103, 136
configuration rules, 196
supported storage systems, 196
maximum configurations
EVA storage systems, 224
maximum sustained I/O load, 267, 271
maximums
C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric, 136
for SAN fabric topologies, 33
iSCSI Connectivity Option, 351
McDATA switches
SAN extension, 258
McDATA/M-series switches
overview, 151
mergers
connecting independent fabrics, 403
fabric, 402
high-availability redundant fabrics, 403
meshed fabric
benefits, 27
expansion, 401
migrating from, 42
overview, 26
Meta SAN, 48
B-series switches, 35
benefits, 36
fabric topologies, 35
overview, 35
scalability rules, 118
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, iSCSI, 362
Microsoft Windows
B-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 103
C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules, 136
configuration rules, 202
H-series Fibre Channel Switch fabric rules, 145
multipathing coexistence support, 203
SAN rules, 201
supported storage systems, 201
migration
cascaded fabric, 41
cascaded to core-edge fabric, 41
cascaded to meshed fabric, 41
cascaded to ring fabric, 41
meshed fabric, 42
meshed to core-edge fabric, 42
meshed to ring fabric, 42
nondisruptive, 41
ring fabric, 42
ring to core-edge fabric, 42
ring to meshed fabric, 42
topology, 41
mirrored FCIP SAN, 268
mismatches
switch parameters, 403
zone configuration, 403
model names
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 92
C-series Fibre Channel switches, 125
FCoE switches, 84
H-series switches, 141
model numbers
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 92
C-series switches, 126
H-series switches, 141
modified HP standard SAN designs, 20
Modular Smart Array see MSA
MP Router
backbone fabric, 119
basic configuration, 47
fabric rules, 114
firmware version, 93
high-availability configuration, 55
hop count, 119
IP subnets, 294
maximum hop count, 119
overview, 91
scalability, 118
scalability rules, 118
unsupported configurations, 58
use case configurations, 58
MP Router Blade, 290
mpx110, 273
mpx110 gateway
configuration rules, 281
MPX200, 333
configuration options, 333
configuration rules for FCIP, 286
hardware support, 336
422 Index