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NOTE: HP does not recommend the ring fabric for applications requiring many-to-many connectivity. 25093a Figure 5 Ring fabric . If the ring fabric has fewer than 12 switches, you can add switches (called satellite switches) outside the ring to create more user ports (Figure 6). M-series switches have a 3-hop maximum, reducing the total number of switches that can be configured in a ring to 7; satellite switches are not supported. NOTE: Adding satellite switches slightly reduces fabric availability. For more information on switch fabric maximums, see: • "H-series switches and fabric rules" on page 83 • "B-series switches and fabric rules" on page 93 • "C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules" on page 135 • "M-series switches and fabric rules" on page 157 SAN Design Reference Guide 41