that sets the wavelength (short or long) and connects the adapter board to
the fiber optic cables. A two-controller system supports the following
maximum number of connections via the FEDs:
• 192 Fibre Channel ports (16 Gbps, 16-port)
• 192 Fibre Channel ports (8 Gbps, 16-port)
• 96 Fibre Channel ports (16 Gbps, 8-port)
• 176 FICON ports (16 Gbps, 16-port) available in longwave and shortwave
versions
• 176 FICON ports (8 Gbps, 16-port) available in longwave and shortwave
versions
• 192 FCoE ports (10 Gbps, 16-port)
• 88 iSCSI ports (10 Gbps, 8-port)
See
Site preparation on page 73, for information on port configurations.
Host connectors
A host connector is an LC type optical transceiver that converts electrical
signals from the FED to light pulses that are supported by the fiber optic
cables. Host connectors are either shortwave or longwave. Fibre Channel
FEDs are configured with shortwave host connectors by default. Longwave
host connectors are available and may be substituted as needed.
Item
Description
1 - Host connector lock lever Black lever = shortwave
Blue lever = longwave
Protocols
An FED supports Fibre Channel for open systems and FICON for mainframe
systems. For more information, see the following table
FED
System Ports Mode Description
16-port, 16 Gbps Fibre
Channel, shortwave and
longwave adapter.
Open 16 Target
and
Initiator
1
• Contains two 8-port channel boards. Each port contains
an LC-type short wavelength, multi-mode host
connector. These are installed by default.
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