Specifications

McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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Index
V
vendor interoperability limitations 3-20
W
WDM distance extension
bandwidth 4-47
description 4-40
illustration 4-41
latency 4-47
recovery point objective 4-47
recovery time objective 4-47
weight
directors A-1
fabric switches A-1
Fabricenter cabinet A-8
SAN routers A-1
wide area network
comparison to LAN 4-36
dedicated bandwidth 4-55
latency 4-36
optimize use
buffering 4-55
data compression 4-55
FastWrite technology 4-56
flow control 4-55
jumbo frames 4-56
protocol stack 4-36
rate limiting 4-51
reliability 4-37
worksheet, planning 6-14
WWN assignment, fabric 3-24
Z
zone FlexPars 4-6
zoned fabrics
configuration rules 3-28
joining 5-28
SAN router
append IPS zones 4-17
no zone synchronization 4-16
SAN routing environment 4-34
zone policy (SAN routers) 4-16
zoning
benefits 5-26
configuring zones 5-26
description 5-25
introduction 1-28
joining zoned fabrics 5-28
planning considerations 5-28
planning requirements 6-30
SAN router
append IPS zones 4-17
no zone synchronization 4-16
SAN routing environment 4-34
zone policy (SAN routers) 4-16
zone sets 5-27
zoning policy (SAN routers)
append IPS zones 4-17
implementing 4-34
no zone synchronization 4-16