
2 SAN Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation
1.1 SAN routing definitions
It is important that you clearly understand the terms and principles of Fibre
Channel (FC) routing before you learn about designing routed networks.
For an excellent introduction, refer to Multiprotocol Routing for SANs written by
Josh Judd from Brocade. Another book that addresses the topic is IP SANs: An
Introduction to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Network,
written by Tom Clark from McDATA. For details about locating these books, see
“Related publications” on page 547.
1.1.1 Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel is a set of standards for a ser ...