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

McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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Contents
Chapter 2 Product Management
Product Management.......................................................................2-2
Out-of-Band Management .......................................................2-2
Inband Management.................................................................2-5
Management Interface Summary............................................2-6
Management Server Support..........................................................2-7
Management Server Specifications.........................................2-8
Ethernet Hub............................................................................2-10
Remote User Workstations.....................................................2-10
Product Firmware...........................................................................2-11
Firmware Services ...................................................................2-12
Backup and Restore Features........................................................2-13
SAN Management Applications...................................................2-15
SANavigator and EFCM Applications.................................2-15
SANvergence Manager Application.....................................2-21
SANpilot Interface..........................................................................2-24
Command Line Interface...............................................................2-26
Chapter 3 Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies
Fibre Channel Topologies................................................................3-1
Characteristics of Arbitrated Loop Operation..............................3-2
Shared Mode Versus Switched Mode.....................................3-3
Public Versus Private Devices..................................................3-6
Public Versus Private Loops.....................................................3-8
FL_Port Connectivity..............................................................3-10
Planning for Private Arbitrated Loop Connectivity..................3-10
Planning for Fabric-Attached Loop Connectivity......................3-11
Connecting FC-AL Devices to a Switched Fabric...............3-11
Server Consolidation...............................................................3-12
Tape Device Consolidation ....................................................3-13
Fabric Topologies ............................................................................3-14
Mesh Fabric ..............................................................................3-14
Core-to-Edge Fabric ................................................................3-16
SAN Islands..............................................................................3-18
Planning for Multiswitch Fabric Support ...................................3-18
Fabric Topology Limits ...........................................................3-19
Factors to Consider When Implementing a
Fabric Topology .......................................................................3-20