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Topologies for Windows NT and Windows 2000
The topology of a network or a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (Fibre Channel-AL) is the
physical layout of the interconnected devices; that is, a map of the connections between
the physical devices. The topology of a Fibre Channel-AL is extremely flexible because of
the variety and number of devices, or nodes, that can be connected to the Fibre Channel-
AL. A node can be a host system or server, a Fibre Channel hub or switch, or the controller
modules in a disk array.
The tested topologies supported on Windows NT and Windows 2000 are illustrated in this
section. Included are the error handling capabilities of the topologies.
Note
Unsupported Single Hub Topologies on Windows. Due to limitations in the
RDAC driver included with the HP Storage Manager 60 (SM60) software, some
topologies that use a single hub are not supported. The RDAC driver supports
only two data paths to the FC60 Disk Array, so any topology that provides more
than two paths will not work. This is most common is topologies using a single
hub. Topologies using a Fibre Channel switch are supported.
Any topology that is configured in the following manner is not supported with
the SM60 software:
A host with dual Fibre Channel adapters both connected to a single hub,
with the hub then connected to both controllers on the disk array.
Figure 44
shows a sample of an unsupported Windows topology.
Summary of Contents for Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60
Page 16: ...16 ...
Page 36: ...36 Array Controller Enclosure Components Figure 9 Controller Enclosure Front View ...
Page 41: ...Array Controller Enclosure Components 41 Product Description Figure 13 Controller Fan Module ...
Page 44: ...44 Array Controller Enclosure Components Figure 15 Power Supply Fan Module ...
Page 68: ...68 Capacity Management Features ...
Page 117: ...Topologies for HP UX 117 Topology and Array Planning Figure 39 High Availability Topology ...
Page 122: ...122 Topologies for HP UX Figure 40 High Availability Distance and Capacity Topology ...
Page 126: ...126 Topologies for HP UX Figure 41 Campus Topology ...
Page 130: ...130 Topologies for HP UX Figure 43 Four Hosts Connected to Cascaded Switches ...
Page 142: ...142 Topologies for Windows NT and Windows 2000 ...
Page 158: ...158 Installing the Disk Array FC60 Figure 54 Enclosure EIA Positions for System E Racks ...
Page 161: ...Installing the Disk Enclosures 161 Installation Figure 56 Disk Enclosure Contents ...
Page 172: ...172 Installing the Controller Figure 62 Controller Enclosure Package Contents ...
Page 174: ...174 Installing the Controller Figure 63 Mounting the Controller Enclosure ...
Page 234: ...234 Adding Disk Enclosures to Increase Capacity ...
Page 274: ...274 Managing the Disk Array Using SAM Unassigned disks selected as hot spares ...
Page 345: ...HP UX Diagnostic Tools 345 5 HP UX DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS Overview 346 Support Tools Manager 347 ...
Page 350: ...350 Support Tools Manager Figure 90 mstm Interface Main Window ...
Page 358: ...358 Support Tools Manager ...
Page 440: ...440 FCC Statements USA Only ...
Page 466: ...466 Index ...