Specifications

McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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Index
Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch 1-30
Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch 1-30
Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch 1-30
Sphereon 4700 Fabric Switch 1-30
best practices
cabling 3-20
configuration planning 6-1
connectivity 3-20
distance extension 4-55
FCP and FICON intermix 3-47
FICON cascading 3-54
multiswitch fabric topology 3-20
preventing ISL oversubscription 3-33
SAN routing 4-29
security 5-30
binding
fabric 5-19
persistent 5-29
SANtegrity 5-19
switch 5-19
business continuance
IP versus storage traffic 4-36
operational mode
asynchronous remote
data replication 4-38
synchronous remote
data replication 4-38
requirements
data priority 4-37
distance 4-37
recovery point objective 4-37
recovery time objective 4-37
transport technology
dark fiber 4-39
IP 4-45
SONET/SDH 4-42
WDM 4-40
transport technology comparison 4-48
C
cable routing
Ethernet requirements 5-11
fiber-optic requirements 5-8
planning considerations 6-3
cabling
50/125 multimode 5-7
62.5/125 multimode 5-7
9/125 singlemode 5-7
best practices 3-20
Ethernet cable routing 5-11
fiber-optic cable routing 5-8
planning considerations 6-3
port requirements 5-2
call-home support
description 1-33
telephone connection 6-12
CD-RW drive 2-13
checklist
operational setup tasks 6-36
planning and hardware
installation tasks 6-35
class of service
Class 2 1-8
Class 3 1-8
Class F 1-8
clearances
directors A-5
fabric switches A-5
Fabricenter cabinet A-8
SAN routers A-5
command line interface 2-21
configuration diagram 6-12
connectivity
best practices 3-20
features 1-28
SAN router (logical) 4-12
SAN router (physical) 4-11
connector, LC duplex 5-7
consolidating
iSCSI servers 4-60
iSCSI storage 4-61
SAN islands
FlexPar technology 4-4
SAN routing 4-8
servers 3-12
tape devices 3-13
core-to-edge fabric
description 3-16
illustration, 2-by-14 3-17
suitability 3-16