HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 45 (page 81) describes the distance rules for FICON connections when using FCIP extension.
Table 45 FICON distance rules with FCIP extension
Mainframe
FICON
Mainframe tape
IBM TotalStorage
z/OS Global Mirror
(XRC)
Mainframe CTC
HP P9000/XP
Continuous Access
software
1
Mainframe to P9500
or XP storage system
Interface/
nl
transport
3,000 km total
with SAN-OS
300 km total
2
100 ms of IP network
delay
300 km total
2
HP C-series
MDS 9216i
3.2(2c) or
later
2, 3
200 km total Fibre
Channel
MDS 9222i
IPS-4, IPS-8
14/2 18/4
(FCIP)
300 km total
2
HP B-series DC
SAN Backbone
nl
SAN Director
4/256 with
FR4-18i (FCIP)
B-series 400
MPR (FCIP)
Several thousand km total
4
300 km total
2
HP B-series
SN8000B 8-Slot
SAN Director
SN8000B 4-Slot
SAN Director
DC SAN
Backbone
DC04 SAN
Director with MP
Extension Blade
(FCIP)
B-series 1606
(FCIP)
See “FICON and FICON SAN extension” (page 120).
Third-party SAN
nl
extension
devices
1
HP P9000/XP Continuous Access software uses FCP (not FICON). For information about HP P9000/XP Continuous Access support
limits, see “FICON and FICON SAN extension” (page 120).
2
Maximum supported distance from CHPID to CHPID or from CHPID to CU. Application and data throughput requirements, as well
as circuit bandwidth and latency, can affect performance at this distance.
3
Requires the FTA feature, which is part of the Mainframe License.
4
Requires the Advance FICON Accelerator License. See “B-series Advanced FICON Accelerator”. Maximum Distance supported is
device- and application-dependant.
NOTE: Fibre Channel inter-SAN routing with the B-series MP Router Blade, B-series MP Router,
or C-series inter-VSAN routing is not supported with FICON.
FICON SAN fabric connectivity rules 81