FICON Channel Extension Guidelines

Figure B-4. VTSS-to-RTD Channel Extension – Direct Attachment

z/OS

HostVTSSTape Silo with RTDs

Channel

Extender

A502_051

Figure B-5. VTSS-to-RTD Channel Extension – Between Cascaded FICON Switches / Directors

FICON

 

Channel

 

FICON

Director/Switch

 

 

Director/Switch

 

Extender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

z/OS Host

Local

Local

Remote

Tape Silo

VTSS

Tape Silo

with RTDs

 

 

A502_052

 

 

 

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Sun Microsystems 96257 manual Figure B-4. VTSS-to-RTD Channel Extension Direct Attachment