.SAN design reference guide Vol. 1-5 785350-001

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Contents

I Architecture..............................................................................................15

1 SAN design overview............................................................................16

SAN solutions....................................................................................................................16

HP SAN implementations....................................................................................................17

SAN components...............................................................................................................18

Fibre Channel technology...................................................................................................18

Storage area networks........................................................................................................18

SAN infrastructure..............................................................................................................19

Fabrics.........................................................................................................................19

SAN scaling.................................................................................................................19

Fibre Channel switches.......................................................................................................19

SAN design approaches.....................................................................................................20

SAN design considerations.................................................................................................20

2 SAN fabric topologies...........................................................................23

Fabric topologies...............................................................................................................23

Routed SAN fabrics.......................................................................................................24

FCoE SAN fabrics.........................................................................................................24

Benefits........................................................................................................................24

Single-switch fabric............................................................................................................24

Switch models...............................................................................................................24

Benefits........................................................................................................................25

Cascaded fabric................................................................................................................25

Switch models...............................................................................................................26

Benefits........................................................................................................................26

Meshed fabric...................................................................................................................26

Switch models...............................................................................................................27

Benefits........................................................................................................................27

Ring fabric........................................................................................................................27

Switch models...............................................................................................................29

Benefits........................................................................................................................29

Core-edge fabric...............................................................................................................29

Core-edge fabric types...................................................................................................30

Switch models...............................................................................................................32

Benefits........................................................................................................................32

Topology data access.........................................................................................................32

Topology maximums...........................................................................................................33

B-series switches............................................................................................................33

C-series switches...........................................................................................................34

H-series switches...........................................................................................................34

Routed fabric topologies.....................................................................................................34

B-series Meta SAN........................................................................................................35

B-series Virtual Fabrics with IFR........................................................................................36

C-series VSANs with IVR................................................................................................36

H-series switches with TR................................................................................................37

FCoE fabric topologies.......................................................................................................37

Data availability................................................................................................................38

Levels..........................................................................................................................38

Considerations..............................................................................................................40

Topology migration............................................................................................................41

Nondisruptive migration.................................................................................................41

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