Explanation:

There are six steps to prepare the state of all the mirrors involved in SRDF/AR Single Hop prior to running the symreplicate command. To begin a replication session in the single-hop configuration, the mirrors must be in the following states:
- The local STD/BCV pairs must be fully synchronized
- The RDF pairs must be in a suspended state
- The remote BCV pairs must be in a split state
Note: The user must wait and check for full synchronization before proceeding to the next step and issuing the next command. In step (1), if it is the first time that the STD devices are paired with these R1/BCV devices, a full establish operation is required. The establish operation in step (1) automatically suspends the RDF links between the R1/BCV R2 device pairs. After verifying that the STD R1/BCV pairs are in a synchronized state, they can be split in step (2). The RDF link between R1/BCV R2 device pairs is resumed in step (3). After R1/BCV R2 device pairs are synchronized, the R2 BCV device pairs can be established in step (4). Again as this is the first time these devices are paired, a full establish operation has to be performed. After synchronization of R2 BRBCV pairs, they can be split in step (5). Finally the STD BCV device pairs can now be incrementally established in step (6).