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Routed SAN fabrics
HP standard fabric topologies support Fibre Channel routing. Fibre Channel routing enables connectivity
between devices in multiple fabrics, Virtual Fabrics, or multiple VSANs. HP supports the following
routed fabric technologies:
"B-series Meta
"C-series VSANs with
FCoE SAN fabrics
HP standard fabric topologies can integrate with FCoE technology. FCoE is deployed in existing
Ethernet and Fibre Channel environments providing convergence at the server and fabric edge using
CNAs and FCoE CN switches. (See
Benefits
With HP standard SAN fabric topologies, you can:
Create a SAN fabric for each department or application in your organization.
Perform centralized management and backups.
Update a SAN fabric to accommodate changing capacity or data access needs. You can also
convert to another SAN fabric topology as needed.
Connect devices over long distances using extended Fibre Channel or IP connections. (See
"SAN fabric connectivity
Connect multiple SAN fabrics using routing technology. (See
Deploy multiple logical fabrics using the Virtual Fabrics feature.
Deploy multiple VSANs. (See
Incorporate a range of SAN availability levels. (See
Single-switch fabric
A single-switch fabric consists of a Fibre Channel switch, server, and storage system
topology forms the basis for all HP standard topologies. For example, you can connect two single-switch
fabrics to create a cascaded fabric. Or, you can connect three or more single-switch fabrics to create
a ring fabric or a core-edge fabric.
Figure 1 Single-switch fabric
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SAN fabric topologies
SAN" on page 49
IVR" on page 51
"FCoE fabric
rules" on page 167 and
"C-series VSANs with
25089a
topologies" on page 52.)
"SAN
extension" on page 279.)
"B-series Meta
IVR" on page 51.)
"Data
availability" on page 53.)
SAN" on page 49.)
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