Figure 79 on page 117 gives an example of two host systems with fibre channel
switches connected by an interswitch link, forming a single SAN fabric configuration.
Host system
with two host
adapters
Host system
with two host
adapters
Host system
with two host
adapters
DS5100 and
DS5300
DS5100 and
DS5300
Figure 77. Examples of redundant host direct attached fibre channel configurations
Host system
with two host
adapters
Host system
with two host
adapters
Switch
Switch
Note: Node level
redundancy with
cluster software.
DS5100 and
DS5300
Figure 78. Example of redundant SAN fabric fibre channel configuration
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