HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays, Справочное руководство

Страница: 3 / 456

Contents
I .. Architecture .................................................................................... 25
1 SAN design overview .................................................................. 27
SAN solutions .................................................................................................................... 27
HP SAN implementations .................................................................................................... 28
SAN components ............................................................................................................... 29
Fibre Channel technology .................................................................................................... 29
Storage area networks ........................................................................................................ 29
SAN infrastructure .............................................................................................................. 30
Fabrics ....................................................................................................................... 30
SAN scaling ............................................................................................................... 30
Fibre Channel switches ........................................................................................................ 31
SAN design approaches ..................................................................................................... 31
Design considerations ......................................................................................................... 32
2 SAN fabric topologies ................................................................. 35
Fabric topologies ............................................................................................................... 35
Routed SAN fabrics ...................................................................................................... 36
FCoE SAN fabrics ........................................................................................................ 36
Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 36
Single-switch fabric ............................................................................................................. 36
Switch models ............................................................................................................. 37
Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 37
Cascaded fabric ................................................................................................................ 37
Switch models ............................................................................................................. 38
Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 38
Meshed fabric ................................................................................................................... 39
Switch models ............................................................................................................. 40
Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 40
Ring fabric ........................................................................................................................ 40
Switch models ............................................................................................................. 42
Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 42
Core-edge fabric ................................................................................................................ 42
Core-edge fabric types ................................................................................................. 43
Switch models ............................................................................................................. 45
Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 45
Topology data access ......................................................................................................... 46
Topology maximums ........................................................................................................... 46
H-series switches .......................................................................................................... 47
B-series switches .......................................................................................................... 47
C-series switches .......................................................................................................... 48
M-series switches ......................................................................................................... 48
Routed fabric topologies ...................................................................................................... 48
B-series Meta SAN ....................................................................................................... 49
SAN Design Reference Guide 3