Physical Planning Considerations; Port Connectivity And Fiber-Optic Cabling - McDATA StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Planning Manual

Port Connectivity and Fiber-Optic Cabling

This chapter describes physical planning considerations for
incorporating McDATA directors and switches into storage area
networks (SANs) and Fibre Channel fabric topologies. The chapter
provides planning considerations and recommendations for:
• Port connectivity and fiber-optic cabling.
• Rack-mount management server, Ethernet local area network
(LAN), and remote access support.
• Security provisions for access to directors, switches, or the
management server (password protection), and for customer data
paths through directors, fabric switches, and SAN routers.
• Optional feature keys.
This section provides planning recommendations for:
• Port requirements (number, type, and speed of ports).
• Small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers.
• Extended-distance ports.
• High-availability considerations.
• Cabling and connectors.
• Routing fiber-optic cables.
Physical Planning
Considerations

Physical Planning Considerations

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