HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 452

rules B-series fabric, 106 B-series Fibre Channel fabric, 107 C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric, 146 H-series switches, 88 interconnect, 167 iSCSI Connectivity Options, 375 M-series fabric, 161 MP Router fabrics, 121 performance, 180 switch, 31 S SAN B-series addressing mode, 127 bridging, 281 components, 29 configuration practices, 419 congestion, 180 data availability, 53 design approaches, 31 design specification, 418 dual interoperable, 177 expanding an existing topology, 424 extending, 279 heterogeneous interoperable, 177 high bandwidth, 180 high-availability dual redundant routed, 69 homogeneous MSA1000, 243 implementation practices, 417 implementations, 28 infrastructure, 30 interoperable, 179 latency, 180 manageability, 33 merging fabrics, 425 mixed storage types, 232 overview, 29 planning, 417 recommended practices, 417 scaling, 30 scaling and routing, 63 security, 33 solutions, 27 SSP, 33 standard designs, 31 storage management server rules, 257 topology design approaches, 35 XP/VA fabric boot support, 268 XP/VA shared fabric, 265 SAN design configuration rules, 167 interconnect rules, 167 migration, 58 overview, 27 scalability, 58 SAN extension M-series, 289 overview, 279 types, 280 SAN fabric design benefits, 36 routed, 36 topologies, 35 zoning, 33 SAN fabric topologies performance workload, cascaded fabric SAN, 37 congestion, 33 core-edge, 42 data access, 46 design considerations, 32 disaster tolerance, 32 geographic layout, 32 interoperability, 32 layout, 32 maximums, 46 meshed fabric, 39 migration, 32 oversubscription, 32 ring fabric, 40 scalability, 32 single-switch, 36 SAN Virtualization Services Platform See SVSP satellite switch support, 41 scalability migration, 58 MP Router, 124 scaling nondisruptive methods, 424 routing, 64 switch, 63 Secure Fabric OS B-series switches, 101 452