HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 41 (page 78) describes the distance rules for 8 Gb/s FICON connections when using 8
Gb/s FICON director models.
Table 41 8 Gb/s FICON distance rules (B-series and C-series directors)
Supported storage productsSupported distancesInterface/transport
Mainframe CTC
OM3 fiberOM2 fiber
50 µm multi-mode fiber optic
cable and short-wave
SFP/SFP+
1
Mainframe to P9500 and XP
storage system
150 m ISL at 8 Gb/s
380 m ISL at 4 Gb/s
50 m ISL at 8 Gb/s
150 m ISL at 4 Gb/s
500 m ISL at 2 Gb/s300 m ISL at 2 Gb/s
860 m ISL at 1 Gb/s500 m ISL at 1 Gb/s
OM1 fiber
62.5 µm2 multi-mode fiber
nl
21 m ISL at 8 Gb/s
optic cable
2
and short-wave
SFP/SFP+
1
70 m ISL at 4 Gb/s
150 m ISL at 2 Gb/s
300 m ISL at 1 Gb/s
35 m ISL at 8, 4, 2, or 1 Gb/s (B-series only)
9 µm single-mode fiber optic
cable and long-wave SFPs
1
10 km ISL at 8, 4, or 2 Gb/s (C-series only)
300 km ISL at 4, 2, or 1 Gb/s through DWDM (B-series only)FICON using WDM
3
300 km ISL at 10, 4, or 2 Gb/s through DWDM (C-series only)
40 km ISL at 4 Gb/s through Cisco CWDM optics (C-series
only)
100 km ISL at 2 Gb/s through Cisco CWDM optics (C-series
only)
100 km ISL at 10 Gb/s through Cisco DWDM optics (C-series
9200 & 9500 series only)
300 km ISL at 2 Gb/s through Cisco DWDM optics (C-series
only)
HP P9000/XP Continuous
nl
100 m ISL at 4 Gb/s
250 m ISL at 2 Gb/s
Fibre Channel using WDM
4
Access software
500 m ISL at 1 Gb/s
1
SFP transceivers support 4, 2, and 1 Gb/s speeds. SFP+ transceivers support 8, 4, and 2 Gb/s speeds.
2
Information for 62.5 µm fiber optic cable is provided to facilitate use of installed cable. HP recommends 50 µm fiber optic cable
for new installations that require multi-mode fiber.
3
WDM distance is the maximum distance for the WDM link with FICON. Not all WDM products are certified for this distance.
Depending on the application, an IBM request for price quotation may be required for any distance over 100 km. For GDPS
applications, contact IBM.
4
HP P9000/XP Continuous Access software uses FCP (not FICON). For B-series directors, the listed distances are supported with
firmware 4.4x or later.
78 FICON SAN fabric connectivity and director interoperability rules