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transport technology dark fiber 4-39 IP 4-45 SONET/SDH 4-42 WDM 4-40 transport technology comparison 4-48 F fabric availability nonresilient dual fabric 3-38 nonresilient single fabric 3-38 redundant fabrics 3-38 resilient dual fabric 3-38 resilient single fabric 3-38 fabric binding 5-19 fabric element FCP and FICON intermix environment 3-41 limitations in a fabric 3-19 fabric performance device fan-out ratio 3-35 fabric initialization 3-30 fabric scalability 3-39 I/O requirements 3-31 performance tuning 3-35 fabric switch connectivity features 1-26 default network address 6-8 description 1-15 performance features 1-15 product overview 1-2 security features 1-28 serviceability features 1-29 specifications A-1 Fabricenter cabinet footprint A-8 illustration 1-4 product overview 1-3 specifications A-7 fan-out ratio 3-35 FastWrite technology description 1-21 IRL optimization 4-27 optimizing WAN use 4-56 Index FC-AL devices connecting to a multiswitch fabric 3-11 server consolidation 3-12 tape device consolidation 3-13 FCP and FICON intermix best practices 3-47 fabric element management 3-41 impacting features 3-46 management limitations 3-44 port numbering and logical port addressing 3-42 feature key CNT WAN support 5-40 description 5-33 Element Manager application 5-40 Flexport Technology 5-36 FMS 5-35 format 5-35 full fabric 5-39 full volatility 5-38 OpenTrunking 5-37 OSMS 5-35 remote fabric 5-39 SANtegrity Authentication 5-37 SANtegrity Binding 5-37 fiber-optic cabling 50/125 multimode 5-7 62.5/125 multimode 5-7 9/125 singlemode 5-7 overview 5-1 planning considerations 6-3 routing 5-8 Fibre Channel topology arbitrated loop topology 3-2 core-to-edge fabric 3-16 mesh fabric 3-14 multiswitch fabric topology 3-2 SAN island 3-18 FICON cascading best practices 3-55 definition 3-47 general description 3-52 high-integrity fabrics 3-53 minimum requirements 3-54 Index I-5