Q-Logic 6140 manual Planning, Devices

3 Planning

This section describes how to plan for the SANbox 6140 router. Consider the following when planning to use the SANbox 6140 router:

„Devices (see page 3-1)

„Device Access (see page 3-2)

„FC Performance (see page 3-2)

„iSCSI Performance (see page 3-3)

„Performance Tuning (see page 3-4)

„Multiple Routers (see page 3-7)

„Management (see page 3-7)

„Recovery (see page 3-8)

„Services (see page 3-8)

„Security (see page 3-8)

Devices

When planning to use the router, consider the number of devices and the anticipated demand. This determines the number of ports required and in turn the number of routers.

The router uses SFP transceivers in the 1-Gbps/2-Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) ports, but some FC devices may not use the same transceivers. Consider whether the FC device you want to connect the router to uses SFP or gigabit interface converters (GBIC) transceivers, and choose fibre optic cables accordingly. Use LC-type cable connectors for SFP transceivers and SC-type cable connectors for GBIC transceivers. Also consider the transmission speed compatibility of your devices, host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, and SFPs.

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