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ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3 - IBM Redbooks

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► Greater unrepeated fiber link distances (from 3 km for ESCON to up to 10 km, or 20 km<br />

with an RPQ, for FICON).<br />

These characteristics allow simpler and more powerful configurations. The ESS supports up<br />

to 16 host adapters, which allows for a maximum <strong>of</strong> 16 Fibre Channel/FICON ports per<br />

machine, as shown in Figure 8-8 on page 458.<br />

Each Fibre Channel/FICON host adapter provides one port with an LC connector type. The<br />

adapter is a 2 Gb card and provides a nominal 200 MBps full-duplex data rate. The adapter<br />

will auto-negotiate between 1 Gb and 2 Gb, depending upon the speed <strong>of</strong> the connection at<br />

the other end <strong>of</strong> the link. For example, from the ESS to a switch/director, the FICON adapter<br />

can negotiate to 2 Gb if the switch/director also has 2 Gb support. The switch/director to host<br />

link can then negotiate at 1 Gb.<br />

Host adapter cards<br />

There are two types <strong>of</strong> host adapter cards you can select: long wave (feature 3024), and short<br />

wave (feature 3025). With long-wave laser, you can connect nodes at distances <strong>of</strong> up to<br />

10 km (without repeaters). With shortwave laser, you can connect at distances <strong>of</strong> up to<br />

300 m. These distances can be extended using switches or directors.<br />

Chapter 8. Storage management hardware 459

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