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Table 160 describes the network bandwidth requirements and IP gateway support for XCS 6.00 with M-series switches. Table 160 Network requirements for long-distance IP gateways and M-series switches with XCS 6.x Gateway pair Minimum supported firmware version Minimum IP bandwidth1, nl and maximum DR groups2 Dual IP link maximum latency Single or shared IP link maximum latency 0 to 100 ms one-way 0 to 100 ms one-way McDATA Eclipse 1620 SAN Router, Eclipse 2640 SAN Router EOSi 4.6 At least 2 Mb/s for 1 DR group Recommended: At least 5 Mb/s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 4 Mb/s for 1 DR group Recommended: At least 10 Mb/s for 1 to 5 DR groups 1Continuous Access EVA requires a minimum of 2 Mb/s of IP bandwidth per path, or 4 Mb/s for two paths. 2See Table 131 for the maximum number of DR groups supported based on maximum IP bandwidth. SAN Design Reference Guide 331