HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

connectivity, ports, 13
control unit
address (CUADD), 107, 116
emulating IBM, 113
number (CUNUMBER), 107, 116
port (CUP), 155
control unit port see CUP
conventions
document, 161
converter mode
CHPID, 87
CSR, 162
CTC
communication, 129
CUP, 12
domain ID, 13
customer self repair, 162
CWDM, 10, 133
D
DASD, 124
installing with tape drives, 155
data access, in FICON SAN fabric topologies, 19
data availability
design considerations, 23
factors affecting, 19
FICON SAN, 19
level 1, 20
level 2, 21
level 3, 22
level 4, 23
NSPOF, 23
data migration, 139
database size, B-series directors, 42
DC Dir Switch Extension Blade, 143
DCFM
B-series director support, 31
dense wave division multiplexer see DWDM
design considerations
congestion, 14
data availability, 13, 23
geographic layout, 13
migration, 14
oversubscription, 14
performance workload, 14
scalability, 14
design rules
B-series directors, 39
C-series directors, 58
McDATA directors, 67
designing a FICON SAN, 154
device port interfaces, 71
direct access storage device see DASD
director
defined, 10, 12
installation recommendation, 154
interoperability, 12
number supported in a fabric, 11
settings, 136
director models
B-series, 30
C-series, 47
for cascaded fabric, 18
for single-switch fabric, 16
McDATA, 64
director switches
B-series, 30
C-series, 47
McDATA, 63
directors
third-party, 83
disaster tolerance, FICON SAN, 14
disk volume
emulating IBM disk array, 104
document
conventions, 161
related documentation, 160
documentation
providing feedback on, 163
domain ID, 13
dual link configuration, 138
dual-redundant fabrics
recommendations, 154
DWDM, 10
E
ECKD, 104, 112
entry switch, 17
ESCON, 8
extended fabric links
buffer-to-buffer credits, 129
settings, 135
Extended Remote Copy see XRC
F
fabric
B-series rules, 39
binding, 13
C-series rules, 58
definition, 11
design rules, 71
high-integrity features, 12
interoperability rules, 82
McDATA rules, 67
performance, 83
topology types, 15
FC-to-ATM, 151
FC-to-SONET, 150
FCIP, 137
fiber optic cables
interconnect rules, 71
loss budgets, 72
fiber optic transceivers, 129
Fibre Channel
architecture, 11
port types, 11
protocol layers, 10
Switching Module, 49
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