HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 282

Fibre Channel long-distance technology This section describes the following Fibre Channel long-distance methodology and hardware for a SAN extension: • Fiber optic transceivers, page 282 • Wavelength division multiplexing, page 283 • Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel switches, page 287 Fiber optic transceivers Fibre Channel switches use one of the following types of fiber optic transceivers. The transceivers can be short wave or long wave. Use long-wave transceivers for SAN extension. • The 8 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s transceivers are known as SFPs and use LC style connectors (Figure 77). 25142a Figure 77 LC SFP transceiver . • The 1 Gb/s transceivers can be LC SFPs (Figure 77) or GBICs, which use SC style connectors (Figure 78). 25143a Figure 78 SC GBIC transceiver . 282 SAN extension