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CFS Distribution over IP
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
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Figure 7-1
node B over Fibre Channel. Node B forwards the event node C and node D using unicast IP. Node C
forwards the event to node E using Fibre Channel.
Figure 7-1
Node A
Figure 7-2
All processes is the same in this example because node B has node C and node D the distribution list for
IP. Node C does not forward to node D because node D is already in the distribution list from node B.
Figure 7-2
Node A
Figure 7-3
C and node D forward the event to E because the node E is not in the distribution list from node B.
Figure 7-3
Node A
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Distribution for logical scope applications is not supported because the VSAN implementation is
limited to Fibre Channel.
shows a network with both Fibre Channel and IP connections. Node A forwards an event to
Network Example 1 with Fibre Channel and IP Connections
Node B
FC
IP
is the same as Figure 7-1
Network Example 2 with Fibre Channel and IP Connections
Node B
FC
IP
is the same as Figure 7-2
Network Example 3 with Fibre Channel and IP Connections
Node B
FC
IP
Node C
Node D
except that node C and node D are connected using Fibre Channel.
Node C
Node D
except that node D and node E are connected using FC. Both node
Node C
Node D
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Node E
Node E
Node E
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