HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays - XP Continuous Access ESCON Director Configuration; XP Continuous Access ESCON Repeater Configuration; XP Continuous Access ESCON Director and Repeater Distances

ESCON directors and repeaters
Figure 119 and Figure 120 show XP Continuous Access ESCON director and repeater configurations.
Table 172 describes the maximum supported distances.
Local
Remote
25325a
RCP
LCP
RCP
LCP
ESCON director
MME
MME
SME
MME
MME
SME
Figure 119 XP Continuous Access ESCON director configuration
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Local
Remote
25326a
RCP
LCP
RCP
LCP
ESCON repeater/director
MME
MME
SME
MME
MME
SME
SME
SME
Figure 120 XP Continuous Access ESCON repeater configuration
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Table 172 XP Continuous Access ESCON director and repeater distances
Maximum distanceConfiguration
3 km for short-wave, multi-mode ESCON (MME)IBM 9032/9033 director
IBM 9036 repeater
Nbase Xyplex
Note: Supported only in a director-to-director
configuration.
20 km for long-wave, single-mode ESCON (SME)
43 km for director/repeater combination
Note: The ESCON protocol is not converted in this process.
SAN extension342