HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 48

C-series switches Table 6 lists the C-series switch and port maximums for specific fabric topologies. Table 6 C-series switch and port topology maximums SAN topology Single-switch fabric Cascaded fabric Number of switches 1 60 Total number of ports 528 Number of user ports 528 3,500 (cascaded with 12 Director switches and 10 Fabric switches) Meshed fabric Ring fabric Ring fabric with satellite switches Core-edge fabric 60 4,000 (maximum of 12 15 Director switches) 60 60 3,500 M-series switches Table 7 lists the M-series switch and port maximums for specific fabric topologies. Table 7 M-series switch and port topology maximums SAN topology Single-switch fabric Cascaded fabric Number of switches 1 24 (maximum of 8 Director switches) Total number of ports Number of user ports 140 140 1,632 1,024 (cascaded with 8 Director switches and 16 Edge switches) Meshed fabric Ring fabric Ring fabric with satellite switches Core-edge fabric N/A 7 N/A 24 N/A 980 N/A 1,632 N/A 966 N/A 1,024 Routed fabric topologies HP standard fabric topologies support Fibre Channel routing, which provides connectivity between devices in multiple fabrics or VSANs. This section describes the following HP Fibre Channel routed fabric technologies: 48 SAN fabric topologies