3.4.0 Matrix Server Administration Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction 10
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Single FC Port, Dual FC Switch, Single Fabric
In this example, the fabric includes two FibreChannel switches. Servers
1–3 are connected to the first FC switch; servers 4–6 are connected to the
second switch. The FC switches are connected to two RAID arrays, which
contain multiported disks. If a switch fails, the servers connected to the
other switch will survive and access to storage will be maintained.
FC SwitchFC Switch
Server
1
Server
2
Server
3
Server
4
Server
5
Server
6
RAID Array
RAID Array