A customer with a B series fabric needs to establish FC IP connected between their primary data center fabric and DR data center fabric to enable replication. However they are concerned that fabric…

An HP SN6000 FC Switch is a standard Fibre Channel switch primarily used within a single SAN fabric, not for robust, isolated FCIP connectivity between distant data centers with fabric isolation capabilities.

While an HP 1606 Extension SAN switch supports FCIP, its classification as a 'SAN switch' suggests it's more tightly integrated into the SAN fabric, potentially offering less isolation than a dedicated 'multifunction router' designed for robust fabric separation.

An HP C-Series MD5 9222i is a Fibre Channel switch that can support FCIP with specific modules, but the 'Multifunction router' (D) is engineered to provide the kind of fabric isolation desired to prevent instability propagation.

The HP MPX200 Multifunction router is specifically designed for SAN extension over IP (FCIP) and acts as a router, providing crucial network isolation between different SAN fabrics. This design allows it to encapsulate Fibre Channel traffic for transport while keeping the underlying SAN fabrics logically separate, thus preventing instability in one fabric from affecting the other.