Chapter5
Fibre Channel SAN
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- What a Fibre Channel SAN is
- HBAs and CNAs
- Switches and directors
- Cabling
- Fabric services
- Zoning
- SAN topologies
- FC routing and virtual fabrics
- Flow control
- Troubleshooting
This chapter gets under the hood with the important technologies that make up a Fibre Channel SAN. It covers the theory and the practical applications, and shares tips that will help you in the real world. You'll learn the basics about redundancy; cabling; switch, port, and HBA configuration; as well as more-advanced topics such as inter-switch links, virtual fabrics, and inter-VSAN routing.
By the end of the chapter, ...
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