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Required hardware for fiber-optic switching – HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Nomadic Disk Hardware and Software

ServerNet Nomadic Disk User’s Guide425485-001

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Required Hardware for Fiber-Optic Switching

Remote mirroring up to 40 kilometer also requires:

Required Hardware for Fiber-Optic Switching

Fiber-optic switching requires:

Hardware
Component

Function

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Information, refer to:

SEM

Increases the maximum
connection distance of a Gigabit
Ethernet bit stream up to 40
kilometers

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SMF cables

Connects SEMs to each other

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Multimode
fiber-optic
(MMF) cables

Connects an MSEB MMF PIC to
a SEM

Connects a SEM to an IOMF 2
CRU

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Hardware
Component

Function

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Information, refer to:

Switch modules
(at least two)

Increases the maximum
connection distance of a Gigabit
Ethernet bit stream up to 40
kilometers

Section 4, Switch Modules

ServerNet wide
area network
(SWAN)
Concentrator

Connects to a switch module to
provide a connection for the
switch command interface
(SWCI), which controls the
switch controller cards (SCCs).

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Ethernet 4
ServerNet adapter
(E4SA) or a fast
Ethernet
ServerNet adapter
(FESA)

Provides the port for the
connection between a Himalaya
S-series server and the SWAN
concentrator

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