HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 39 16 Gb/s FICON distance rules (B-series only)
Supported storage
productsSupported distancesInterface/transport
Mainframe CTC
Mainframe to P9500
and XP storage system
HP P9000/XP
Continuous Access
software
2
OM4 fiber
125 m at 16 Gb/s
1
190 m at 8 Gb/s
400 m at 4 Gb/s
OM3, OM3+ fiber
100 m at 16 Gb/s
1
150 m at 8 Gb/s
380 m at 4 Gb/s
OM2 fiber
35 m at 16 Gb/s
1
50 m at 8 Gb/s
150 m at 4 Gb/s
50 micron multi-mode
fiber optic cable and
short-wave SFP+
transceivers
OM1 fiber
21 m ISL at 8 Gb/s
62.5 micron
3
multi-mode fiber optic
cable and short-wave
SFP+ transceivers
10 km ISL at 16, 8, or 4 Gb/s9 micron single-mode
fiber optic cable and
long-wave SFP
1
16 Gb/s speed is supported for ISLs only with FICON.
2
HP P9000/XP Continuous Access software uses FCP (not FICON).
3
Information for 62.5 µm fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of the installed cable. HP recommends that you
use 50 µm fiber optic cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.
76 FICON SAN fabric connectivity and director interoperability rules