HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Index
Symbols
1-byte destination link addressing, 24
1606 Extension SAN Switch, 143
2-byte destination link addressing, 25
A
active protocol handling, 133
active signal amplification, 133
Advanced FICON Accelerator, 37, 41, 143
ATM network
connecting to, 151
B
B-series
1606 Extension SAN Switch, 143
blades, 32
DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade, 143
B-series directors
database size, 42
edge, 30
extended fabric settings, 136
Fabric Managment versions, 31
fabric rules, 39
features, 36
firmware update, 30
firmware versions, 31
HP Network Advisor versions, 31
interoperability with McDATA directors, 44
ISL maximums, 42
models, 30
multi-protocol modules, 146
zoning enforcement, 42
zoning guidelines, 42
bandwidth considerations, 140
BB_credits, 135
benefits
cascaded fabric, 18
single-switch fabric, 16
best practices, 154
FICON SAN scaling, 157
for data availability, 154
for performance, 156
zoning, 157
blade support
by director model, 34
SAN Directors, 32
bridges, 10
buffer credit
minimum configuration, 156
buffer-to-buffer credits, extended, 129
Business continuance, 8
C
C-series directors
capabilities, 46
extended fabric settings, 136
fabric rules, 58
feature comparison, 58
features, 56
firmware update, 47
firmware versions, 49
ISL maximums, 59
models, 47
multi-protocol modules, 148
zoning enforcement, 61
zoning guidelines, 61
C-series Fibre Channel switches
switching module support matrix, 52, 53
cable
labeling, 156
management, 157
cables
maximum distance
repeated, 96
unrepeated, 94
supported types, 94
cascaded fabric
benefits, 18
director models, 18
cascaded FICON fabric, 17
cascaded switch, 17
channel card
9672 FICON, 86
defined, 86
function, 10
installation recommendations, 155
zSeries, 86
channel path ID see CHPID
Channel-to-channel see CTC
CHPID
configuration, 87
connections, 155
CKD, 104, 112
coarse wave division multiplexer see CWDM
components
FICON SAN, 10
interconnect rules, 71
configuration
number of logical paths, 114
configuration rules
B-series directors, 39
C-series directors, 58
McDATA directors, 67
P9500, 107
XP storage sytem, 116
configurations
data migration, 139
dual link, 138
shared link, 138
single link, 138
congestion, FICON SAN, 14, 83
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