Hitachi 9900 Series - Manual (Page 20)

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Front-end Design of the
Hitachi Lightning 9900
Series
CHIPs Support Fibre Channel Host and ESCON ® or FICON Host Connectivity
and Scalability
The Lightning 9900 ™ Series supports both Fibre Channel for open systems and
ESCON ® or FICON for S/390 ® compatible platforms as shown in Figure 8.
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Figure 8 – Fibre Channel
and ESCON
® or FICON
adapter boards connect
to open systems and
mainframe computers.