FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual (620-000124-500, April 2005)

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Index
Index
transport technology
dark fiber 4-39
IP 4-45
SONET/SDH 4-42
WDM 4-40
transport technology comparison 4-48
F
fabric availability
nonresilient dual fabric 3-38
nonresilient single fabric 3-38
redundant fabrics 3-38
resilient dual fabric 3-38
resilient single fabric 3-38
fabric binding 5-19
fabric element
FCP and FICON intermix environment 3-41
limitations in a fabric 3-19
fabric performance
device fan-out ratio 3-35
fabric initialization 3-30
fabric scalability 3-39
I/O requirements 3-31
performance tuning 3-35
fabric switch
connectivity features 1-26
default network address 6-8
description 1-15
performance features 1-15
product overview 1-2
security features 1-28
serviceability features 1-29
specifications A-1
Fabricenter cabinet
footprint A-8
illustration 1-4
product overview 1-3
specifications A-7
fan-out ratio 3-35
FastWrite technology
description 1-21
IRL optimization 4-27
optimizing WAN use 4-56
FC-AL devices
connecting to a multiswitch fabric 3-11
server consolidation 3-12
tape device consolidation 3-13
FCP and FICON intermix
best practices 3-47
fabric element management 3-41
impacting features 3-46
management limitations 3-44
port numbering and logical
port addressing 3-42
feature key
CNT WAN support 5-40
description 5-33
Element Manager application 5-40
Flexport Technology 5-36
FMS 5-35
format 5-35
full fabric 5-39
full volatility 5-38
OpenTrunking 5-37
OSMS 5-35
remote fabric 5-39
SANtegrity Authentication 5-37
SANtegrity Binding 5-37
fiber-optic cabling
50/125 multimode 5-7
62.5/125 multimode 5-7
9/125 singlemode 5-7
overview 5-1
planning considerations 6-3
routing 5-8
Fibre Channel topology
arbitrated loop topology 3-2
core-to-edge fabric 3-16
mesh fabric 3-14
multiswitch fabric topology 3-2
SAN island 3-18
FICON cascading
best practices 3-55
definition 3-47
general description 3-52
high-integrity fabrics 3-53
minimum requirements 3-54