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3-9 Full Mesh Fabric .......................................................................................... 3-15
3-10 2-by-14 Core-to-Edge Fabric ...................................................................... 3-17
3-11 Example Multiswitch Fabric ...................................................................... 3-19
3-12 ISL Oversubscription .................................................................................. 3-32
3-13 Device Locality ............................................................................................ 3-34
3-14 Device Fan-Out Ratio ................................................................................. 3-35
3-15 Fabric Performance Tuning ....................................................................... 3-36
3-16 Redundant Fabrics ...................................................................................... 3-39
3-17 Intrepid 6140 Port Numbers and Logical Port Addresses (Front) ....... 3-43
3-18 Intrepid 6140 Port Numbers and Logical Port Addresses (Rear) ........ 3-44
4-1 Intrepid 10000 Director FlexPar Functionality .......................................... 4-5
4-2 SAN Routing Hierarchy ............................................................................... 4-9
4-3 SAN Routing Concepts .............................................................................. 4-10
4-4 SAN Routing - Physical Connectivity ...................................................... 4-11
4-5 SAN Routing - Logical Connectivity ........................................................ 4-13
4-6 iFCP WAN Extension ................................................................................. 4-24
4-7 Inter-FlexPar Routing ................................................................................. 4-29
4-8 Dark Fiber Extended-Distance Connectivity .......................................... 4-40
4-9 WDM Extended-Distance Connectivity .................................................. 4-41
4-10 SONET Extended-Distance Connectivity ................................................ 4-43
4-11 SoIP Extended-Distance Connectivity ..................................................... 4-46
4-12 SAN Extension Technology Comparison ................................................ 4-47
4-13 WAN Link Performance (No Rate Limiting) .......................................... 4-51
4-14 WAN Link Performance (Rate Limiting Enabled) ................................. 4-52
4-15 iSCSI Server Consolidation ........................................................................ 4-60
4-16 iSCSI Storage Consolidation ...................................................................... 4-61
5-1 SFP Transceiver and LC Duplex Connector .............................................. 5-8
5-2 Typical Network Configuration (One Ethernet Connection) ............... 5-12
5-3 Typical Network Configuration (Two Ethernet Connections) ............. 5-13
5-4 Configure Allow/Prohibit Matrix - Active Dialog Box ......................... 5-21
5-5 PDCM Array - Example Problem ............................................................. 5-22
5-6 Preferred Path Configuration .................................................................... 5-23
5-7 Director Zoning ........................................................................................... 5-25
5-8 OpenTrunking ............................................................................................. 5-37
A-1 Fabricenter Cabinet Footprint .................................................................... A-9