HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Fibre Channel Internet Protocol see FCIP
Fibre Channel ports
types supported, 87
Fibre Channel Protocol mode
CHPID, 87
FICON
and FCP on the same ISL, 155
architecture, 11
channel cards, 86
defined, 8
director functions, 12
director port interfaces, 71
distance rules, 75
extension overview, 120
Fibre Channel switching, 143
long-distance extension, 123
long-distance technologies, 129
ports in an intermix environment, 155
switch, 12
technology overview, 10
zoning, 157
FICON directors
B-series, 29
interoperablity, 15
FICON Express channel cards, 86
FICON extension
example, 120
FICON SAN
architecture, 7
components, 10
configuration rules, 71
congestion, 83
customizing, 9
data availability, 19
design overview, 8
dual interoperable, 82
expanding, 157
extension overview, 121
features, 8, 9
implementations, 9
infrastructure, 11
interconnect rules, 71
interoperability, 9, 82
latency, 83
manageability, 14
planning, 154
routing, 23
scaling, 8, 11, 157
security, 14
solutions, 8
topology design, 15
zoning rules, 96
FICON SAN design
best practices, 154
power source, 154
FICON SAN fabric topologies
cascaded FICON fabric , 16
congestion, 14
data access, 19
design considerations, 13
disaster tolerance, 14
layout, 13
migration, 14
oversubscription, 14
performance workload, 14
scalability, 14
FICON support rules
IBM S/390, 87
IBM z9/z10 processor, 89
IBM zSeries processor, 88
firmware updates
B-series directors, 30
C-series directors, 47
McDATA directors, 64
firmware versions
B-series directors, 31
C-series directors, 49
fabric management, 31
McDATA directors, 64
FTA, 149
G
gateways, 10, 143
GBIC, 130
GDPS, 123
configurations, 124
network components, 123
XP storage system support, 115
GDPS/Global Mirror, 124
GDPS/PPRC, 124
GDPS/XRC, 124
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex see GDPS
gigabit interface converter see GBIC
H
help
obtaining, 159
heterogeneous storage system, 118
hop count
FICON maximum, 12, 14
HP
technical support, 159
HP Network Advisor, 31
HP P9000 Continuous Access Journal software, 124
HP P9000 Continuous Access software, 69, 124, 152
HP P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous software, 124
HP XP Continuous Access Journal software, 124
HP XP Continuous Access software, 69, 124, 152
HP XP Continuous Access Synchronous software, 124
Hyper PAV, 107, 115
I
IBM
file structure, 104
IBM disk arrays
emulating, 104
IBM S/390
FICON support rules, 87
175