Functional overview, Figure 9: example configuration – HP Network Storage Router m2402 User Manual

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Introduction

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Network Storage Router M2402 User Guide

Functional Overview

The router translates the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) to and from the SCSI
Protocol. It transfers commands, data, and status information to and from Fibre
Channel (FC) controllers and SCSI devices.

Supported devices include:

Initiator Devices – FC and SCSI hosts

Direct Access Devices – RAID Controllers, Disk drives, JBODs

Sequential Access Devices – Tape drives

Changer Devices – Tape and Magneto-Optical Libraries

The router provides multiple FC to SCSI I/O configurations. A sample
configuration is illustrated in

Figure 9

.

Figure 9: Example configuration

Figure 9

shows that a FC host on the FC bus can access a tape drive and library

through the appropriate SCSI bus of the router I/O module.

StorageWorks

Router

FC Host

SCSI

Tape

Drives

SCSI

Tape

Drives

SCSI

Tape

Libraries

SCSI

Tape

Libraries

Fibre Channel

SCSI

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