Example Of Redundant San Fabric Fibre Channel Configuration - IBM DS5100 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

Figure 77. Examples of redundant host direct attached fibre channel configurations
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Figure 78. Example of redundant SAN fabric fibre channel configuration
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.
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Note: Node level
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