IBM Total Storage

Virtual SAN Extension over Distance with Inter-Fabric Routing

FICON CTC Connectivity

Global Mirror Over Distance WithStorwize V7000

z10 / z196 ? FICON Express4 Interoperability

Layer 2 Extension

OASIS Monitoring System for IBM BC&RS solutions

PowerHA System Mirror for iSeries

Three (3) Site XRC Replication over 1.000Km

xSeries DiskCopy FAStT-600 (DS-4300)

iSeries Remote Tape Backup LTO

XRC for ESS-800

XRC in Multi-system environment (ESS-800, DS-8300, HDS)
with LightSand i-7100F FICON extension gateways

Solution Description:
The i-7100F FICON extension gateways utilized to extend FICON channel over MAN/WAN. The solution is exercised in customer production environment in cooperation with IBM BCRS, Portugal. The XRC is running between HDS TF-9900 and IBM ES-800.

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xSeries Remote Tape Backup LTO

zSeries DiskCopy for DS-8300 over MAN/WAN

zSeries DiskCopy in Multi-system environment over WAN
with LightSand FICON extension gateways

Solution Description:
The i-7100F FICON extension gateways utilized to extend FICON channel over MAN/WAN. The solution is exercised in customer production environment in cooperation with IBM BCRS, Portugal. The DiskCopy is used to replicate customer's data from STK storage arrays at customer location to ESS-800 on the IBM BCRS recovery site.

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Remote SAN Fabrics Integration / FC Router

Storage Virtualization with SVC for Extended SAN Topologies

SAN Isolation and Internetworking of Heterogeneous SAN Fabrics
over IP Networks (FCIP) with i-8100A Switching Gateway

Solution Description:
The i-8100A switching gateway interconnects disparate storage area networks (SANs) across the wide area for applications such as Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Regulatory Compliance, Data Migration, or other critical projects.

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PtP VTS (Virtual Tape)
over MAN With LightSand FICON extension gateways

Solution Description:
LightSand i-7100F FICON extension gateways used to extend FICON channel over the MAN/WAN. IBM equipment included IBM Tape Libraries 3494, VTS PtP B20 and zSeries servers. Additional equipment included ESS-800 storage subsystems and enterprise class Ethernet switches. The effective extension distance is 44km.

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Metro/Global Copy (Asynchronous Cascading PPRC/PPRC-XD)

Ready for IBM Tivoli software

Product Solutions

XRC FICON over Distance with LightSand's Storage Gateways

Solution Description:
LightSand's S-series and i-Series gateways provide long distance extension for IBM's latest z/OS and OS/390 disk mirroring solution with XRC (eXtended Remote Copy) FICON over Wide Area Networks.

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i-8100B - Eight port FCIP Switching Gateway for Remote SAN Apps

Solution Description:
Allows remote SAN connectivity over routed IP networks with optimized performance.

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