HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router Installation Guide (A7437-96003, September 2005)

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1Overview

The MP Router is a high-performance, 8-port or 16-port, 2 gigabit (Gb) router that passes data

between storage devices, hosts, and servers in a Storage Area Network (SAN). The MP Router

integrates XPath OS 7.4.x, and is compatible with the HP StorageWorks switch product family.

MP Router models include:

• HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router Base—An 8-port multi-protocol router providing FC

Subnet Routing, FCIP Tunneling and iSCSI Gateway service.

• HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol Router Full—A 16-port multi-protocol router providing FC

Subnet Routing, FCIP Tunneling and iSCSI Gateway service.

NOTE: See the

HP StorageWorks Multi-protocol XPath OS 7.4.x release notes

for a complete list of

management features enabled on your specific model.

This chapter provides the following information:

• Hardware features, page 13

• Software features, page 18

• User interfaces, page 19

• Upgrading an 8-port base model to a 16-port full model, page 19

• Optional hardware kits, page 21

Hardware features

The MP Router uses a multiple-board design. Below the system board in the chassis is a DC-power

printed circuit board (PCB) that provides the required system voltages. These voltages are derived

from and regulated by redundant power supply units. This regulated power is bused via a connector

to the main system PCB.

Mounted on top of the system board is a daughter board with a highly integrated PowerPC-family

CPU (800MHz PowerPC 745x). It contains a high-performance RISC processor core with SDRAM

controller, PCI bus interface, peripheral local bus for external ROM and peripherals, DMA, I

interface, and general-purpose I/O.

The system uses four types of memory devices in the design—SDRAM, kernel flash, compact flash

(user flash), and boot flash. The fabric application and switching section of the system board, the

XPath per-port processing ASIC and memory chip sets, the XPath fabric ASIC, and the small form

factor pluggable (SFP) media are the key components to provide high-speed data manipulation and

movement.

SFP media interface to external devices and support any combination of short wavelength (SWL)

and long wavelength (LWL) optical media.