HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 26)

Table 13 Link speed, maximum distance to 10 km (continued)
Maximum distance for best performance Link speed
3 km 4 Gbps
1.5 km 8 Gbps
Your HP account team can provide the latest information on the availability of serial-channel
Continuous Access Synchronous connections.
Supported data path configurations
Three Fibre Channel configurations are supported for Continuous Access Synchronous. LUN
Manager is used to set port topology.
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Direct connection—two devices are connected directly together, shown below.
Figure 6 Direct connection
Set port topology to: Fab off, FC-AL.
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Switch connection—up to three optical fibre cables are connected using switches. Up to two
switches can be used, as shown below.
Figure 7 Switch connection
Set port topology to the following:
NL port: Fab on, FC-AL
N port: Fab on, Point-to-Point
Some switch vendors require F port (for example, McData ED5000).
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Extender connection—channel extenders and switches are used to connect the devices across
large distances, as shown below.
Figure 8 Extender connection
26 Planning for Continuous Access Synchronous