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Figure 8 HP FlexFabric 5900CP NPV Use-Case 3A
FC Storage
IRF
IRF*
NP_Port
NP_Port
F_Port
F_Port
N_Port
N_Port
Expand
switches
horizontally
as required
Server/HBA Server/CNA
5900CP NPV
FCoE/FC
Fabric-A, Fabric-B
HP 5900CP, HP Brocade,
Cisco, or QLogic FC Switches
Fabric-B
Converged Ethernet/FCoE
Native FC
Native Ethernet
IRF* between 5900CP’s
(optional)
5900CP3A
Fabric-A
LAN
Figure 9 HP FlexFabric 5900CP NPV Use-Case 3B
FC Storage
IRF
IRF*
NP_Port
NP_Port
F_Port
F_Port
N_Port
N_Port
Expand
switches
horizontally
as required
5900CP NPV
FCoE/FC
Fabric-A, Fabric-B
HP 5900CP, HP Brocade,
Cisco, or QLogic FC Switches
Fabric-B
Converged Ethernet/FCoE
Native FC
Native Ethernet
IRF* between 5900CP’s
or 6125XLGs (optional)
5900CP3B
Fabric-A
LAN
Blade Server/CNABlade Server/CNA or HBA
14 Storage use-cases