In Figure 64 on page 87, the fibre channel switches are connected together via the
inter-switch link (ISL) to form a single SAN fabric.
Host system
with two host
adapters
Host system
with two host
adapters
Host system
with two host
adapters
DS4800
Switch
Switch
Note: Node level
redundancy with
cluster software.
Host system
with two host
adapters
Host system
with two host
adapters
ds48001
DS4800
DS4800
Figure 63. Examples of redundant host direct attached fibre channel configurations
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