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Shared Storage Cables Fiber Optics, Shared Storage Configurations

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Shared Storage Cables (Fiber Optics) Cables for Short Wave Port of either the Short or Long Wave Hub Cables for Long Wave Port of the Long Wave Hub A3583A 2 meter FC cable, A3531A 16 meter FC cable, A3735A 50 meter FC cable, A3736A 100 meter FC cable, Any cable ≤500 meters per segment that conforms to ANSI X3.2301994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3. Any cable ≤2 kilometers that meets ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3. Shared Storage Configurations Configurations: Basic Redundant Fibre Channel Hubs: Model See "Basic Configuration Cabling Diagrams with Single or Cascaded Hubs." See "Redundant Configuration Cabling Diagrams with Single or Cascaded Hubs." A3724A HP 10-port Short Wave Fibre Channel (FC) Hub A4839A HP 10-port Long Wave FC Hub No. of Hubs Disk Arrays (See Shared Storage.): No. of Disk Arrays No. of Controllers Basic Configuration: 1 or 2 Redundant Configuration: 2 or 4 with 1 min. or 2. max. per FC Arbitrated Loop. 1-8 1 per Disk Array for Basic Configuration. 2 per Disk Array for Redundant Configuration. 4

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Shared Storage Cables (Fiber Optics)
Cables for Short Wave Port
of either the Short or Long
Wave Hub
A3583A 2 meter FC cable,
A3531A 16 meter FC cable,
A3735A 50 meter FC cable,
A3736A 100 meter FC cable,
Any cable
500 meters per segment that conforms to ANSI X3.230-
1994 Fibre Channel Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.
Cables for Long Wave Port
of the Long Wave Hub
Any cable
2 kilometers that meets ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel
Standards Specification (FC-PH) rev 4.3.
Shared Storage Configurations
Configurations:
Basic
See "Basic Configuration Cabling Diagrams with Single or Cascaded
Hubs."
Redundant
See "Redundant Configuration Cabling Diagrams with Single or
Cascaded Hubs."
Fibre Channel Hubs:
Model
A3724A HP 10-port Short Wave Fibre Channel (FC) Hub
A4839A HP 10-port Long Wave FC Hub
No. of Hubs
Basic Configuration: 1 or 2
Redundant Configuration: 2 or 4 with 1 min. or 2. max. per FC
Arbitrated Loop.
Disk Arrays (See Shared
Storage.):
No. of Disk Arrays
1-8
No. of Controllers
1 per Disk Array for Basic Configuration.
2 per Disk Array for Redundant Configuration.