HP StorageWorks IP Storage Router - Manual (Page 58)

Software Overview
58 IP Storage Router SR2122-2 User Guide
Storage Router Overview
The storage router provides universal access to storage over IP networks. Storage
router software controls the operation of the IP Storage Router 2122-2. The
software is configured to provide the following types of access to storage over IP
networks.
■ SCSI routing only
■ FCIP only
■ SCSI routing and FCIP
SCSI routing provides IP hosts with access to Fibre Channel (FC) storage devices,
using iSCSI protocol.
Note: The iSCSI protocol is an IETF-defined protocol for IP storage (ips). For more
information about the iSCSI protocol, refer to the IETF standards for IP storage at
http://www.ietf.org .
With SCSI routing, storage device access is managed primarily in the storage
router.
Figure 29: SCSI routing
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) enables SR2122-2 storage routers to provide
connectivity by tunneling through an IP network between storage area networks
(SANs).
IP hosts
IP
HP SR2122-2
FC storage
Storage access is managed
in the HP SR2122-2
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