Q-Logic 59042-07 A Manuel D’Utilisation
3 – Planning
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
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3.4.3.2
Mesh Topology
A mesh topology describes a fabric in which each chassis has at least one port
directly connected to each other chassis in the fabric. The example mesh fabric
shown in
directly connected to each other chassis in the fabric. The example mesh fabric
shown in
has the following characteristics:
Each link contributes up to 200 MB/s of bandwidth between switches, 400
MB/s in full duplex. Because of multiple parallel paths, there is less
competition for this bandwidth than with a cascade or a Multistage topology.
MB/s in full duplex. Because of multiple parallel paths, there is less
competition for this bandwidth than with a cascade or a Multistage topology.
Latency between any two ports is one chassis hop.
20 Fibre Channel ports are available for devices.
Figure 3-2. Mesh Topology