HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays - XP Continuous Access Direct Storage-To-Storage Configurations for Fibre Channel and ESCON; XP Continuous Access Direct Storage-To-Storage Distances

Direct storage-to-storage
Figure 117 shows an XP Continuous Access direct storage-to-storage configurations for Fibre Channel
and ESCON. Table 170 describes the maximum supported distances.
Local
Remote
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RCU
I
RCU
I
Fibre
Channel
direct
connect
RCP
LCP
RCP
LCP
ESCON
direct
connect
Figure 117 XP Continuous Access direct storage-to-storage configurations for Fibre Channel and
ESCON
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Table 170 XP Continuous Access direct storage-to-storage distances
Maximum distanceConfiguration
150 m at 4 Gb/s
300 m at 2 Gb/s
500 m at 1 Gb/s
Fibre Channel (Fibre CHIP)
Port parameters for direct connect:
• Fabric = Off, Connection = FC-AL
Long-wave SFPs: 10 km at 4 Gb/s
3 kmESCON
SAN extension340