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Figure 12 HP FlexFabric 5900CP FCF Maximum FC Hop Count Use-Case 4B
5900CP4B
IRF*
2
3
4
5900CP FCF
Native FC
2
3
4
Expand switches
horizontally as
required.
1
1
LAN
Expand switches vertically as
required, up to 4 switches
(3 hops) total; each hop
optionally an IRF pair
Converged Ethernet/FCoE
Native FC
Native Ethernet
FCoE
IRF* between hop pairs
of 5900CP’s
(Optional, Ethernet
connection only)
Rack Server/CNA
Rack Server/HBA
E_Ports
E_Port
E_Port
E_Ports
N_Port
F_Port
N_Port
F_Port
FC
Storage
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