This section describes the connection of storage systems for the various server types:
Properties of the type FC channel
Data transfer is serial via a fiber-optic cable.
The essential features of the type FC channel are:
full-duplex operation
a maximum of eight I/O operations (of different control units) can be executed simultaneously
connection of FC devices possible via FC switch (HNC and SKP can also be connected directly
maximum distance of an FC switch: 550 m
distances of up to 100 km are bridged without any major performance losses
only disks with FBA formatting are supported.
The following storage systems and devices are supported via the type FC channel:
ETERNUS DX and AF
Symmetrix VMAX
ETERNUS CS8000
MTC devices LTO-x in the Scalar MTC archive systems
High-Speed Net Connect HNC
Service/console processor SKP
Figure 4: Type FC channel