Installation guide

4 Sun StorEdge SAN 4.0 Release Installation Guide • July 2002
FCIP can be used in any supported topology and can be used for traditional IP
applications and IP file access at the same time. Simultaneous SCSI and IP traffic in
the same switch zone is not currently supported.
Support for More, Heterogeneous Storage Devices
Block, sequential, and file access protocols are supported with this product. A
variety of SCSI devices can be attached to the SAN, such as block-storage disks,
intelligent RAID controllers, sequential FC-tape devices, robotic tape libraries and
SCSI enclosure services. File-access devices, such as Network Attached Storage
(NAS) and NFS devices can be attached to the SAN, as well.
Support for New Hardware and Software
This version of the StorEdge Network provides support for new Fibre Channel host
adapters, such as the Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+ and
CPCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter. New software support includes
Multiplexed I/O Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager, allowing management and load
balancing across multiple paths between a host and storage device, the newest
release of Sun’s Solstice Disk Suite volume manager, SDS 4.2.1, and the StorEdge
Network Data Replicator (SNDR).
Software and Hardware Upgrade
Upgrading from previous versions of the Sun StorEdge Area Network (SAN)
product involves new hardware—2Gb switches. If you have 1Gb switches, and you
install this software, your 1Gb functionality goes away.
Building Blocks for More Complex Topologies
This version of the StorEdge Area Network introduces configurations with
interconnected switches. Cascaded switches allow more reliabe, faster, and larger
SANs.