NOTE:
All devices connected to one of the SAN Director's Fibre Channel ports are part of the backbone
fabric.
• If you want to share up to 256 local devices in a backbone fabric connected to multiple edge
fabrics
• For FCIP, if there are DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Directors at both the local site
and remote site
Use a 1606 Extension SAN Switch:
• If you do not have a DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director, and do not plan to use
one
• For FCIP, if there are no DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Directors at the local site or
remote site
• If you do not have an available slot in your DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director
to install a DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade.
For use-case configuration examples, see the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade use-case white
papers at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/sanwhitepapers.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN.
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