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FS7500 connection paths .............................................................................................................. 13-120
13.2 FS7600/7610 connection paths ................................................................................................... 13-122
14 Data Center Bridging (DCB) .............................................................................................................. 14-126
14.1 DCB Overview .................................................................................................................................. 14-126
14.2 DCB requirements for EqualLogic ............................................................................................... 14-129
14.3 Methods for configuring DCB ....................................................................................................... 14-130
14.4 Basic Deployment Topology Example .....................................................................................14-131
14.5 Tested SAN designs ..........................................................................................................................14-131
14.5.1 Blade IOM switch only ............................................................................................................ 14-132
14.5.2 ToR switch only ....................................................................................................................... 14-132
14.5.3 Blade IOM switch with ToR switch ...................................................................................... 14-133
14.6 Data Center In A Chassis DCB design ..................................................................................... 14-134
14.7 VLANs for iSCSI ................................................................................................................................ 14-135
Appendix A Network ports and protocols ............................................................................................ 14-137
A.1 Required ports and protocols ....................................................................................................... 14-137
A.2 Optional ports and protocols ........................................................................................................ 14-137
Appendix B Recommended switches ................................................................................................... 14-139
Appendix C Supported iSCSI initiators................................................................................................... 14-140
Appendix D Upgrade paths for EqualLogic PS SeriesArrays .............................................................. 14-141
Related publications ....................................................................................................................................... 14-142