62SAN Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation
Figure 5-3 Initial storage environment
The client has the following requirements for the new solution:
New hardware to replace the current disk system and SAN fabric
Flexibility in allocating ports between different platforms
Scalability to support future applications
Minimize the amount of downtime of servers due to migration
5.2.2 The solution
Our solution has the following new components:
IBM TotalStorage DS8100 disk subsystem
Two IBM TotalStorage SAN256B Directors with 64 ports each
Two IBM TotalStorage SAN18B-R routers
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