Technical information

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• A minimal number of switches will be illustrated to allow for the design concept to be
understood. Actual implementations will vary depending on your network infrastructure
requirements.
• If sharing physical switches with other non-SAN traffic, we assume all switches are VLAN
capable.
4.5.1 Redundant SAN Configuration
In a redundant iSCSI SAN, each component of the SAN infrastructure has a redundant connection or
path. The following figures show example connection paths necessary to create a Redundant SAN.
Figure 18 Redundant SAN Connection Paths: PS3000 to PS6000 Family Arrays