SAN Design: March 29, 2001 3:18 pm
53-0001575-01 BROCADE Technical Note Page: 19 of 31
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