Sun Microsystems FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 816-0830-12 User Manual
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Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Installation and Configuration Guide • October 2001
In a cascaded configuration, two switches are connected together via
InterSwitchLinks (ISL). A hard zone and a nameserver zone span both switches. All
hosts connected to these zones must be on one switch, and all storage must be on the
other. Cascaded switches are supported only for long distance, and long wave
GBICS are required between switches.
Note –
Only long wave Gigabit Interface Converters (LW GBIC) and cables are
supported for connecting the cascading switches. You must use LW GBIC and
corresponding LW fiber cable if you cascade more than 500 meters.
TABLE 2-1
Supported Hardware
Part Number
Description
540-4026
Sun StorEdge A3500FC FC-AL controller for Sun StorEdge
A3500FC array (with Sun StorEdge D1000 tray)
540-4027
Sun StorEdge A3500FC FC-AL controller for Sun StorEdge A3000
array (with Sun StorEdge RSM tray)
Sun StorEdge A5200 array
Sun StorEdge T3 array
X6799A
Sun StorEdge PCI Single Fibre Channel Network Adapter
X6727A
Sun StorEdge PCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter+
X6798A
Sun StorEdge CPCI Dual Fibre Channel Network Adapter
X6731A
Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC)
X7637A
Long Wave (LW) GBIC
X978A
15m fiber optic cable
X6746A
Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16
SG-XSW16-
32P
Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-16
Sun StorEdge L180 or L700 FC Tape Library