McDATA 3000 manual Network Design Criteria, Ethernet Network

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Network Design Criteria

This chapter provides the basic criteria you will need to design and configure your Ethernet or ATM network. It also provides information on the network routing options for the UltraNet Edge 3000, the Switch WWN Proxy software enhancement, E_port Disk Streaming network recommendations, Fibre Channel Frame Level and End to End CRC, as well as MTU Batching.

Network Design

	Specific information regarding each component of your network is
	required for successful design and configuration. The following
	sections for the network design criteria are separated into two
	categories; one for an Ethernet network and one for an ATM network.
	Each section provides the required design information for each
	component of the network.
Ethernet Network	The illustration shown in Figure 3-1 is an example of the UltraNet
Criteria	Edge 3000 in a 1x1 configuration, configured as E_port extension over
	an Ethernet WAN.

Network Design Criteria

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