Host

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host

(Primary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Secondary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NL_Port

 

 

 

 

NL_Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCU

RCU

*1 Fabric OFF

* To set ports, use LUN Manager and set port topology to: Fabric off, FC-AL.

Initiator port

RCU target port

Ordinary fibre-channel interface port (target port)

Figure 3-2 Direct Remote Copy Connections

Host

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host

 

(Primary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Secondary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NL_Port

 

 

Max. 2 switches

 

 

 

NL_Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCU

 

 

RCU

 

E_Port

 

*1 Fabric ON

 

 

 

FL_port

NL_port

*1

FL_port

or

or

or

F_port

N_port

 

F_port

Initiator port

RCU target port

Ordinary fibre-channel interface port (target port)

Switch

Figure 3-3 Switch Remote Copy Connection

Host

(Primary)

Host

 

Initiator port

(Secondary)

 

 

 

NL_Port

MCU

*1

NL_Port

or

N_Port

NL_Port

RCU

*1 Fabric ON

RCU target port

Ordinary fibre-channel interface port (target port)

Switch

Channel extender

Figure 3-4 Extender Remote Copy Connection

Caution: When a MCU and RCU are connected via switches with channel extender, and multiple remote copy paths are assembled, the capacity of data to be transmitted may concentrate on particular switches, depending on the configuration and the settings of switch routing.

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