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Figure 6–12: Meshed Fabric with Three Cascaded Switches
KGPSA
Member
System
1
Memory
Channel
KGPSA
Memory
Channel
Memory
Channel
Interface
Member
System
2
HSG 80
Controller A
HSG 80
Controller B
RA8000/ESA12000
Port 1
Port 2
Port 1 Port 2
Fibre Channel Switch
HSG 80
Controller A
HSG 80
Controller B
RA8000/ESA12000
Port 1
Port 2
Port 1 Port 2
Fibre Channel Switch
Fibre Channel Switch
ZK-1795U-AI
Figure 6–13 shows an example meshed resilient fabric with four cascaded
interconnected switches. This configuration will tolerate multiple data path
failures, and is an NSPOF configuration.
6–22 Using Fibre Channel Storage