1 HV Installation and Operations Guide

22 HP Surestore Bridge Features Chapter 1

HP Surestore Bridge Features

Fibre Channel Features

■ Fibre Channel target mode

■ Single 1.0625 Gbps FC port

■ Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL) and switched fabric (FC-SW)

topologies, includes point-to-point (PPP) configurations

■ Private Loop Direct Attach (PLDA) profile compliant

■ Class 3 connection with SCSI-FCP protocol

■ Supports FCP-2 error recovery protocol as specified in FCP-2 rev. 03 for

use with streaming devices (such as tape) and medium changers

■ Optical GBIC support

SCSI Bus Features

■ SCSI initiator mode

■ Two or four auto-negotiating SCSI buses (Narrow, Wide, Fast, Ultra)

■ Ultra-2 wide SCSI for data transfer up to 80MB/s per bus (FC 2/1 LV

only)

■ Concurrent commands, tagged command queing and disconnect/

reconnect

■ SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 protocols

■ Connection type is 68-pin D shell, P type connectors

■ Differential (FC 4/1 HV) or LVD/single-ended (FC 2/1 LV) internal

termination

■ Supports tape and medium changer SCSI devices

■ Supports magneto-optical jukebox SCSI devices

■ Middle of bus configuration with external termination for the FC 2/1 LV