HP Fibre Channel Fabric Migration Guide

Fabric Migration Guide

Supported Fabric Conﬁgurations

HP currently supports the following SAN conﬁgurations with the

A5158A PCI Tachyon TL adapter, the A6684A and A6685A HSC Tachlite

adapters and the A6795A PCI 2Gb XL2 adapter.

• Private Arbitrated Loop (with hubs)

• Direct Fabric Attachment

• Public Loop

• QuickLoop Fabric Attachment (with Brocade switches)

• QuickLoop Attachment for private devices (with Brocade switches)

For a list of supported platforms, switches and devices for these

conﬁgurations, please contact your HP representative or visit the ITRC

web site, mentioned on page 6, to access Fibre Channel HBA support

information.

Isolated Private Arbitrated Loop

Figure 0-1 shows a typical Isolated Private Loop conﬁguration without

fabric. This is most likely your current conﬁguration.

Figure 0-1 Isolated Private Arbitrated Loop Conﬁguration