HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 451

NSPOF data protection, 56 NSPOF, EVA, 258 NX-OS, 152 O operating system rules B-series fabric, 107 C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric, 147 H-series switches, 87 heterogeneous, 186 HP-UX, 212 IBM AIX, 220 iSCSI Connectivity Options, 374 Linux, 222 M-series fabric, 162 Mac OS X, 219 Microsoft Windows, 223 NetWare, 225 OpenVMS, 214 Sun Solaris, 227 Tru64 UNIX, 217 VMware ESX, 230 operating system support FCoE C-series switches, 153 operating system, zoning method , 422 optical add/drop multiplexers (OADMs), 285 oversubscription, design considerations, 33 overview B-series switches, 93 C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches, 135 Fibre Channel routing, 61 H-series switches, 83 HP SVSP, 271 M-series switches, 157 SAN design, 27 SAN extension, 279 P p-Class BladeSystem Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch, 103, 128 supported blade servers, 186 passive systems, 285 performance guidelines, 180 maintaining beyond 5/10 km, 282 recommendations, 179 PID parameter bit, B-series switches, 127 ports covering, 419 setting, 10 to 100 km, 289 zoning method, 422 Q Quality of Service, 293 QuickLoop, interconnect, 167 R recommendations SAN best practices, 417 SAN designs, 31 record keeping, connections, 419 Red Hat Linux SVSP support, 272 redundancy, routing, 69 redundant active components B-series Fibre Channel switches, 102 M-series switches, 160 redundant control processor B-series Fibre Channel switches, 102 M-series switches, 160 regulations security, 402 related documentation, 430 Remote Switch B-series switch feature, ring fabric benefits, 42 expansion, 425 migrating from, 59 uses, 40 ring fabric SAN M-series switches maximum, 163 overview, 40 routed fabric topologies, 48 routed SAN fabric, 36 router connecting core-edge fabrics, 71 connecting fabrics through IP network, 73 routing comparing B-series, C-series, and H-series, 67 configurations, 71 features, 61 Fibre Channel implementations, 64 Fibre Channel integration FCIP, 76 methods, 67 overview, 61 SAN island consolidation, 76 SAN scaling, 76 summary, 76 table, 62 tape backup consolidation, 78 techniques, 62, 64 technology, 61 SAN Design Reference Guide 451