SAN scaling .................................................................................................................... 424
Cascaded fabric expansion ........................................................................................ 425
Meshed fabric expansion ............................................................................................ 425
Ring fabric expansion ................................................................................................. 425
Core-edge fabric expansion ........................................................................................ 425
SAN fabric merging ........................................................................................................ 425
Fabric segmentation errors .......................................................................................... 426
Switch configuration parameters .................................................................................. 426
Independent fabric merge ........................................................................................... 427
High-availability redundant fabric merge ...................................................................... 427
20 Support and other resources ..................................................... 429
Contacting HP ................................................................................................................. 429
HP technical support .................................................................................................. 429
Subscription service ................................................................................................... 429
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................ 429
New and changed information in this edition ...................................................................... 429
Related information .......................................................................................................... 430
Typographic conventions ................................................................................................... 431
Customer self repair ......................................................................................................... 432
Glossary .......................................................................................... 433
Index ............................................................................................... 443
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