There are four ports for each interface board or a total of 32 host interfaces for a fully configured system. An ESCON interface board is shown in Figure 14. A FICON interface board has a similar appearance. The FICON interface card is available with 1Gbit/sec or 2Gbit/sec transfer rates.
Figure 14 – An ESCON host adapter board and its major hardware components.
A Lightning 9900 V Series system can connect to both mainframe and open system hosts, thereby consolidating the storage for an enterprise under one roof for consistent performance, availability, and ease of management. This is shown in Figure 15.
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