Qlogic SANbox 5000 Series, Installation Manual

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3 – Planning
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
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Figure 3-5 shows a six-switch stack of model 5000 switches using eight XPAK
switch stacking cables. Ninety-six 1/2/4-Gbps ports are available for devices.
Figure 3-5. Six Switch Stack
3.5.4
Common Topologies
The SANbox 5000 Series switch supports the following topologies using the
1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports:
„
Cascade Topology
„
Mesh Topology
„
MultiStage Topology