SAN Design: March 29, 2001 3:18 pm

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

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