Mesh Topology - Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series Installation Manual

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Mesh Topology

A mesh topology describes a fabric in which each chassis has at least one port
directly connected to each other chassis in the fabric. Using 16-port model 5600
switches, the mesh fabric shown in
Each link contributes up to 212 MB of bandwidth between switches, 425 MB
in full duplex. Because of multiple parallel paths, there is less competition for
this bandwidth than with a cascade or a Multistage topology.
Latency between any two ports is one chassis hop.
40 1/2/4-Gbps Fibre Channel ports are available for devices.
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Figure 3-5
Figure 3-5. Mesh Topology
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
has the following characteristics:
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