ServerNet Nomadic Disk User's Guide
Nomadic Disk Hardware and Software
ServerNet Nomadic Disk User’s Guide—425485-001
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Required Hardware for Fiber-Optic Switching
Remote mirroring up to 40 kilometer also requires:
Required Hardware for Fiber-Optic Switching
Fiber-optic switching requires:
Hardware 
Component
Function For Troubleshooting 
Information, refer to:
SEM Increases the maximum 
connection distance of a Gigabit 
Ethernet bit stream up to 40 
kilometers
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SMF cables Connects SEMs to each other  Contact professional 
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Multimode 
fiber-optic 
(MMF) cables
Connects an MSEB MMF PIC to 
a SEM 
Connects a SEM to an IOMF 2 
CRU
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Hardware 
Component
Function For Troubleshooting 
Information, refer to:
Switch modules 
(at least two)
Increases the maximum 
connection distance of a Gigabit 
Ethernet bit stream up to 40 
kilometers
Section 4, Switch Modules
ServerNet wide 
area network 
(SWAN) 
Concentrator
Connects to a switch module to 
provide a connection for the 
switch command interface 
(SWCI), which controls the 
switch controller cards (SCCs). 
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Ethernet 4 
ServerNet adapter 
(E4SA) or a fast 
Ethernet 
ServerNet adapter 
(FESA)
Provides the port for the 
connection between a Himalaya 
S-series server and the SWAN 
concentrator
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