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example shows, you only need to connect one cable to one of the ports set to Initiator/External MIX
mode, which means that you do not need to connect cables to each port of different port attributes.
Figure 68 Using XP Continuous Access or XP Continuous Access Journal with remote command devices
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Using Initiator/External MIX mode
This section describes the procedure to use Initiator/External MIX mode and the procedure to stop
using Initiator/External MIX mode.
To use Initiator/External MIX mode:
1. Prepare the initiator ports of the Standard mode and external ports of the Standard mode in one
port block.
For the procedure to set the port attribute to initiator, see the HP StorageWorks XP Continuous
Access user guide for XP12000/XP10000 Disk Arrays and SVS 200 or the HP StorageWorks
XP Continuous Access Journal user guide for XP12000/XP10000 Disk Arrays and SVS 200.
For the procedure to set the port attribute to external, see Setting a local array's port attributes .
2. Set the Initiator/External MIX mode to the port block consisting of the initiator ports of the Standard
mode and external ports of the Standard mode.
For the procedure to set the Initiator/External MIX mode, see the HP StorageWorks XP LUN
Configuration and Security Manager user guide: HP XP12000 Disk Array, HP XP10000 Disk
Array, HP 200 Storage Virtualization System.
3. Connect the cable to the port, and connect an array to be used as an MCU and local array and
an array to be used as an RCU and external array.
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