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2 SAN fabric topologies
This chapter discusses HP standard SAN fabric topologies. It describes the following topics:
Fabric
topologies, page 35
Routed SAN
FCoE SAN
Single-switch
Cascaded
Meshed
fabric, page 39
Ring
fabric, page 40
Core-edge
Topology data
Topology
Routed fabric
FCoE fabric
Data
availability, page 53
Topology
Fabric topologies
A SAN fabric topology defines the arrangement of Fibre Channel switches in a fabric. This section
describes the HP-supported SAN fabric topologies.
There are three approaches to designing a SAN. You can implement:
An HP standard SAN fabric topology design
A subset or variation of an HP standard SAN fabric topology design
A custom SAN fabric topology design
Regardless of which approach you use, the SAN design must adhere to the SAN design rules described
in the following chapters:
"H-series switches and fabric
"B-series switches and fabric
"C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric
"M-series switches and fabric
"SAN fabric connectivity and switch interoperability
"Heterogeneous server
"MSA storage system
"EVA storage system
"XP and VA storage system
fabrics, page 36
fabrics, page 36
fabric, page 36
fabric, page 37
fabric, page 42
access, page 46
maximums, page 46
topologies, page 48
topologies, page 52
migration, page 58
rules" on page 83
rules" on page 93
rules" on page 157
rules" on page 185
rules" on page 235
rules" on page 247
rules" on page 263
rules" on page 135
rules" on page 167
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