User`s guide

322 Implementing an Open IBM SAN
5.1 SLIC Router features
The Instant Copy function can create a separately addressable copy of mirrored
data that can be used for tape backup. After the backup has completed, data is
resynchronized with the primary copy.
The Vicom Fibre Channel SLIC Router also can create composite drives by
concatenating up to 16 physical disks.
Using these functions, physical drives become members of larger or more
complex logical drives.
A diagram to depict a single host to Router configuration is shown in Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1 SLIC Router with a single host
Server
Vicom SLIC
Router
SSA Disk Loop
A1 A2
Fibre Channel