
28 Understanding the IBM TotalStorage Open Software Family
Figure 1-7 ESS Seascape architecture
These new 2 Gb Fibre Channel/FICON host adapters, which double the
bandwidth and instantaneous data rate of the previous adapters available with
the F Model, have one port with an LC connector for full-duplex data transfer
over long-wave or short-wave fiber links. These adapters support the SCSI-FCP
(Fibre Channel Protocol) and the FICON upper-level protocols.
The IBM TotalStorage ESS provides un-matchable functions for all the
IBM ^ server family, and also for the non-IBM families of servers. Across
all of these environments, the ESS features uni