HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 40 (page 77) describes the distance rules for 10 Gb/s FICON ISLs when using 10 Gb/s
FICON director models.
Table 40 10 Gb/s FICON distance rules
Supported storage productsSupported distances at 10 Gb/sInterface/transport
Mainframe CTC
OM3 fiberOM2 fiber
50 µm multi-mode fiber optic
cable and short-wave XFPs
Mainframe to P9500 and XP
storage system
300 m ISL
(B-series only)
82 m ISL
(B-series only)
HP P9000/XP Continuous
Access software
1
OM1 fiber
33 m ISL
62.5 µm multi-mode fiber optic
cable
2
and short-wave XFPs
(B-series only)
10 km ISL
9 µm single-mode fiber optic
cable and long-wave SFPs
(B-series, C-series, and McDATA)
3
35 km ISL
(McDATA)
3
40 km ISL
(C-series ER optics)
1
HP P9000/XP Continuous Access software uses FCP (not FICON).
2
Information for 62.5 µm fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of installed cable. HP recommends that you use 50 µm fiber
optic cable for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.
3
The M6140 and M6064 have a sustained data rate of 6.5 Gb/s using the 10 Gb/s port.
NOTE: Use 10 Gb/s ports for ISLs only.
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