HP Surestore 6164 Switch - Manual (Page 11)

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INTRODUCING REMOTE SWITCH
The Remote Switch feature, in conjunction with a compatible fibre channel
to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) gateway, enables two fabric
switches to be connected over an ATM connection, with a distance of up to
10 km between each switch and the respective ATM gateway. The two
switches are cascaded together to form a fabric that, from the viewpoint of
the connected hosts and storage devices, interact the same as locally
connected switches. The performance limitations depend only on the type
of ATM connection used. Remote Switch supports a maximum of two
switches in a fabric.
Remote Switch provides the following features:
• Any-to-any connectivity - A host connected on either the local or
remote switch can communicate with storage devices at either location.
• Coordinated fabric services - The Remote Switch fabric configuration
fully supports all fabric services, the same as a centralized fabric
configuration. These services include distributed name services,
registered state change notifications, and alias services.