HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays - B-Series 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC dir Switch MP Extension Blade

• Enable compression for IP fabrics with an RTT greater than or equal to 50 ms or a guaranteed
WAN bandwidth of less than or equal to 45 Mb/s. For performance-tuning information based
on the link speed and delay, see the HP StorageWorks Multifunction Router User Guide.
For current storage system support, see the SPOCK website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
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Operating system and multipath support
The MPX200 Multifunction Router supports FCIP with all operating systems and multipath software
supported by HP for Continuous Access EVA (see Table 149).
EVA storage system rules
Observe the following EVA storage system rules:
• The MPX200 Multifunction Router configured for FCIP is supported for use with Continuous Access
EVA 4000/4100/6000/6100/6400/8000/8100/8400 using XCS 6 or 09x.x, and EVA4400
using XCS 09x and EVA 3000/5000 using VCS 4.0xx or 4.1xx.
• The MPX200 Multifunction Router is supported for use in all HP-supported Continuous Access EVA
SAN configurations, including the standard two-fabric, five-fabric, and six-fabric configurations.
For more information, see the Continuous Access EVA documentation.
• FCIP is supported for Continuous Access EVA RCS and non-RCS LUNs.
• Supports the minimum IP bandwidth/maximum DR groups (see Table 159 through Table 163).
B-series 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade
The B-series 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade offer FCIP SAN
extension, Fibre Channel routing, and Fibre Channel switching. You can use all of these functions on
the same 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade simultaneously.
A 1606 Extension SAN Switch can have:
• Up to 6 GbE IP ports for FCIP (see “SAN extension” on page 279.)
• Up to 16 F_Ports for FC switching
• Up to 16 EX_Ports for Fibre Channel routing services (see “SAN fabric topologies” on page 35)
A DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade can have:
• Up to 10 1-GbE IP ports for FCIP (see “SAN extension” on page 279)
• Up to 2 10-GbE IP ports for FCIP (see “SAN extension” on page 279)
• Up to 12 EX_Ports for Fibre Channel routing services (see “SAN fabric topologies” on page 35)
• Up to 12 F_Ports for Fibre Channel switching
For the 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade, you can configure a
Fibre Channel port as an F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, or EX_Port (Fibre Channel routing), and configure
a GbE port as a VE_Port (FCIP) or VEX_Port (FCIP with Fibre Channel routing). Traffic switching is
supported between the following port types:
• F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port (Fibre Channel switching)
• F_Port, FL_Port, EX_Port (Fibre Channel switching and Fibre Channel routing)
• F_Port, FL_Port, VE_Port, VEX_Port (Fibre Channel switching and FCIP)
• VE_Port, VEX_Port (Fibre Channel routing and FCIP)
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