HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 70 XP FICON SAN support
Mainframe operating
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systems
2, 3
Mainframe models
FICON
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directors
1
Storage system
firmware
Storage
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system
IBM:
IBM:
B-series
C-series
McDATA
60x
XP24000
XP20000
•
•
z/OS
S/390 9672 G5
•
•
S/390 9672 G6
z/VM
•
•
z/VSE
z800
•
•
z890
Linux SUSE for zSeries
•
•
OS/390
z900
•
•
z990
VM/ESA
•
•
VSE/ESA
z9 BC
•
•
z9 EC
Linux SUSE for S/390 (FCP)
•
•
ALCS
z10 BC
•
•
z10 EC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for zSeries
HDS: S/390 compatible
4
ADL: Millennium 2000c
4
B-series
C-series
McDATA
50x
XP12000
XP10000
• OS/390
4
• VM/ESA
• VSE/ESA
21x
XP1024
XP128
• z/VSE
• z/OS
• z/VM
• RHA: Red Hat Linux for S/390 and
zSeries
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM
zSeries (FCP only)
• ALCS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for zSeries
1
For more information about supported director models, see “B-series FICON directors and fabric rules” (page 29), “C-series FICON
directors and fabric rules” (page 46), and “McDATA FICON directors and fabric rules” (page 63).
2
For the latest information on supported Mainframe operating system support with XP, see the HP SPOCK website at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access. On the left side of the home page, under
Other Hardware, click Mainframe Connectivity to access the mainframe streams. The XP FICON streams are located under the
Mainframe FICON Streams heading.
3
Not all mainframe operating systems can run on all listed mainframe models.
4
Cascaded directors are not supported for ADL, OS/390, or S/390-compatible mainframes.
Table 71 (page 111) lists the FICON channel interface specifications for the XP storage systems,
and maximum unrepeated distances from the FICON port on the XP disk array.
Table 71 XP FICON channel interface specifications
Link data rate
Maximum
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Cable type
Connector
type
Channel
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feature
Ports per
systemXP model
unrepeated
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distance
1 Gb/s500 m
MM 50 µm
LC duplex
8 MFS
1
112
(XP24000)XP24000
XP20000
2 Gb/s300 m
24
4 Gb/s150 m
(XP20000)
1 Gb/s300 m
MM 62.5 µm
2 Gb/s150 m
XP storage systems 111