Table 160 describes the network bandwidth requirements and IP gateway support for XCS 6.00 with M-series
switches.
Table 160 Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and M-series switches with XCS 6.x
Minimum IP bandwidth
1,
nl
and maximum DR groups
2
Minimum
supported
firmware
versionGateway pair
Single or shared IP link maximum
latencyDual IP link maximum latency
0 to 100 ms one-way0 to 100 ms one-way
At least 4 Mb/s for 1 DR group
Recommended: At least 10 Mb/s for
1 to 5 DR groups
At least 2 Mb/s for 1 DR group
Recommended: At least 5 Mb/s for 1 to 5 DR
groups
EOSi 4.6
McDATA Eclipse 1620
SAN Router, Eclipse
2640 SAN Router
1
Continuous Access EVA requires a minimum of 2 Mb/s of IP bandwidth per path, or 4 Mb/s for two paths.
2
See Table 131 for the maximum number of DR groups supported based on maximum IP bandwidth.
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