Specifications

DATA CENTER BEST PRACTICES
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Consolidated SAN Snapshot
SAN Requirements Data (Complete for each SAN)
Fabric Information
Target # of user ports per fabric
Target # of total ports per fabric
Target # of switches per fabric (# switches/switch
type, total switches)
Number of fabrics
Number of sites in environment
Topology (core-edge, ring, mesh, other)
Maximum hop count
Expected growth rate (port count)
Fabric licenses
SAN Device Information
Number/types of hosts and OS platforms
Number/types of storage devices
Number/types of tapes
Number/types of HBAs
Other devices (VTL/deduplication appliance)
Total number of SAN devices per fabric
Customer requirement for failover/redundancy,
reliability of SAN (multipathing software utilized)
Application Details
SAN Application (Storage Consolidation, Backup and
Restore, Business Continuance)
Fabric management application(s)
Performance
Maximum latency (ms)
Targeted ISL oversubscription ratio
(3:1, 7:1, 15:1, other)