Network Router User Manual
SAN Design: March 29, 2001 3:18 pm
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FIGURE 15. Twenty Switch Three Tier Design (also a Star configuration)
• 192 user ports total; total of 64 ISLs
• Multiple equal cost paths between end nodes via a redundant switch
• Maximum of two hops between devices
• Any to any connectivity however data flow from top to bottom and vice versa is expected
usage
• Core switches for interconnect only, no user devices
• Start with fewer switches and can grow to final configuration