HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 60 (page 104) lists the FICON channel interface specifications for the P9500 storage systems,
and maximum unrepeated distances from the FICON port on the P9500 disk array.
Table 60 P9500 FICON channel interface specifications
Link data rate
Maximum
unrepeated
distanceCable type
Channel
featureConnector type
Ports per
nl
system
Storage
nl
system
2 Gb/s500 m
MM 50/125
μm (OM3)
16 MUS
LC duplex
80 with 1 DKC
176 with 2 DKCs
P9500
4 Gb/s380 m
8 Gb/s150 m
2 Gb/s150 m
MM 62.5 μm 4 Gb/s70 m
8 Gb/s21 m
2, 4, and
nl
10 km
1
SM 9 μm16 MUL
8 Gb/s
1 Gb/s860 m
MM 50/125
μm (OM3)
16 MFS
2 Gb/s500 m
4 Gb/s380 m
1 Gb/s300 m
MM 62.5 μm 2 Gb/s150 m
4 Gb/s70 m
1, 2, and
nl
10 m
1
SM 9 μm16 MFL
4 Gb/s
1
20 km with RPQ
Emulating IBM disk arrays and control units
P9500 storage systems in a mainframe environment are configured to emulate IBM disk arrays.
All disk volumes must emulate an IBM disk array and follow IBM standard formatting.
The IBM file structure standard for disk volumes is CKD or ECKD. This standard specifies the record
format of volumes, and ensures that each record consists of a count field and, optionally, a key
field and data field. The standard also uses the EBCDIC character set (not the ASCII character set
used in open systems).
P9500 storage is configured to emulate IBM standard CU and volume types. The emulated standard
volumes present the same number of cylinders and capacity to the mainframe as the native S/390
volume type of the same name.
Table 61 (page 105) lists the CU and volume types that P9500 storage systems can emulate in a
mainframe environment.
104 P9500 storage system rules