HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Figure 14 FICON SAN extension examples
Local
Remote
Long-wave SFP or GBIC
connection
WDM
connection
IP or
SONET
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FICON and FICON SAN extension technology
HP supports the following FICON and FICON SAN extension technology:
• FICON long-distance technology
• Multi-protocol long-distance technology
Table 81 (page 122) lists the FICON and FICON SAN extension technology and the corresponding
HP extension products.
Table 81 Extension technology and HP extension products
HP extension productsExtension technology
FICON using long-wave
transceivers
• P9500 and XP FICON long-wave channel adapter boards
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• B-series and C-series directors
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See Table 82 (page 131)
WDM
• C-series directors with the HP CWDM solution
• B-series and C-series directors with certified third-party products
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See “Certified third-party WDM and FCIP products” (page 152)
FICON over FCIP
• B-series SN8000B 8-Slot Director, SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director, DC SAN
Backbone Director, and DC04 SAN Director (or Brocade equivalents) using the
MP Extension Blade (FX8-24)
• B-series 1606 Extension SAN Switch
• B-series DC SAN Backbone Director, DC04 SAN Director, and 4/256 SAN Director
(or Brocade equivalents) using the Multi-protocol Router Blade (MP Router Blade)
• B-series 400 Multi-protocol Router (400 MP Router)
• C-series MDS 9506, 9509, 9513, 9216, 9216A, 9216i, and 9222i switches
using the IPS-4, IPS-8, 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module, or 18/4 Multiservice
Module
• B-series and C-series directors with certified third-party products
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See “Certified third-party WDM and FCIP products” (page 152)
B-series and C-series directors with certified third-party products
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FICON SONET
See “Certified third-party WDM and FCIP products” (page 152))
FICON ATM
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