Preliminary
Multistage Topology
SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch
5-16 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev. A Installer’s/User’s Manual
Figure 5-5 SANbox-16 Multistage with eight CC chassis
Figure 5-5 shows a Multistage Switch built from SANbox-16 chassis. One T_Port
on each IO/T chassis (the minimum) connects to each CC chassis. This provides
800 MBytes of bandwidth between each IO/T chassis and failover in case T_Ports
or CC chassis fail. Each IO/T chassis distributes the available T_Port access among