Installation guide

3 – Planning
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
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Figure 3-5 shows a six-switch stack of model 5600 switches using eight XPAK
switch stacking cables. Ninety-six SFP ports are available for devices.
Figure 3-5 Six Switch Stack
Common Topologies
Although QLogic recommends using the XPAK stacking ports to achieve the
highest cabling efficiency and bandwidth, you can also create multiple switch
configurations using the SFP ports. The SANbox 5600 Series switch supports the
following topologies using the SFP ports:
 Cascade Topology
 Mesh Topology
 MultiStage Topology