Specifications

McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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Index
L
large fabric
fabric initialization 3-29
fabric scalability 3-39
high-bandwidth ISLs 3-30
high-port count directors 3-30
problems 4-3
laser transceiver
description 5-4
restrictions 5-5
SFP transceiver 5-8
transmission distance 5-4
latency
dark fiber transport 4-46
directors 1-7
IP transport 4-48
SONET/SDH transport 4-47
WDM transport 4-47
LC duplex connector 5-7
LIM
assigning BB_Credits 4-50
Intrepid 10000 Director 5-2
load balancing 3-22
local area network
comparison to WAN 4-36
latency 4-36
protocol stack 4-36
reliability 4-37
logical port addressing 3-42
M
MAC address
director or fabric switch 6-9
Eclipse 1620 SAN Router 6-9
Eclipse 2640 SAN Router 6-9
management server 6-8
management server
CHAP authentication 5-16
default network address 6-8
description 2-7
Ethernet connectivity 5-10
illustration 2-7
installation planning 6-5
minimum specifications 2-8
plan security measures 6-11
product overview 1-3
recommended specifications 2-9
map, port card 3-43
mesh fabric
description 3-14
illustration 3-15
suitability 3-16
mFCP protocol
comparison to iFCP 4-28
connecting SAN routers 4-20
description 4-20
mSAN routing
allocating Zone_IDs 4-30
description 4-18
mFCP protocol 4-20
proxy Domain_ID 30 4-18
routing domain 4-18
supported limits 4-21
multimode cabling
50/125 5-7
62.5/125 5-7
multiswitch fabric topology
best practices 3-20
connecting FC-AL devices 3-11
description 3-2
domain ID assignment 3-24
E_Port segmentation 3-27
fabric initialization 3-29
fabric performance 3-30
fabric WWN assignment 3-24
FCP and FICON intermix 3-41
frame delivery order 3-26
illustration 3-19
ISL bandwidth 3-22
load balancing 3-22
multiple data transmission speeds 3-51
performance objectives 3-20
planning considerations 6-29
preferred path 3-22
principal switch selection 3-23
topology limits
fabric elements 3-19
hop count 3-20
ISLs 3-20
vendor interoperability 3-20
zoning configurations 3-28