HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 47

H-series switches Table 4 lists the H-series switch and port maximums for specific topologies. For large fabrics, the number of user ports is determined by use of SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches and making maximum use of their dedicated 10Gb/20Gb stacking port ISLs, which leaves more of the 8 Gb ports available for device connections. Table 4 H-series switch and port topology maximums SAN topology Single-switch fabric Cascaded fabric Meshed fabric Ring fabric Ring fabric with satellite switches Core-edge fabric Number of switches 1 30 30 15 30 30 Total number of ports 20 600 600 300 Number of user ports 20 460 512 264 600 462 600 462 B-series switches Table 5 lists the B-series switch and port maximums for specific fabric topologies. Table 5 B-series switch and port topology maximums SAN topology Number of switches Total number of ports Number of user ports Single-switch fabric 1 Cascaded fabric 56 Meshed fabric 56 Ring fabric 15 Ring fabric with satellite switches 56 Core-edge fabric 56 384 2,560 2,560 2,560 2,560 2,560 384 2,300 2,300 2,300 1,212 2,300 SAN Design Reference Guide 47