HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 115

NOTE: All devices connected to one of the SAN Director's Fibre Channel ports are part of the backbone fabric. • If you want to share up to 256 local devices in a backbone fabric connected to multiple edge fabrics • For FCIP, if there are DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Directors at both the local site and remote site Use a 1606 Extension SAN Switch: • If you do not have a DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director, and do not plan to use one • For FCIP, if there are no DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Directors at the local site or remote site • If you do not have an available slot in your DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director to install a DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade. For use-case configuration examples, see the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade use-case white papers at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/sanwhitepapers.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN. SAN Design Reference Guide 115