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    - The organization currently has 3 storage arrays directly attached to 45 servers, but needs to add 45 more servers. Implementing a Fibre Channel SAN would help overcome scalability and utilization issues. - A core-edge topology is recommended, as it provides one-hop storage access for all servers while allowing high scalability. - With 72-port switches available, a minimum of 2 core switches and 3 edge switches would be needed to implement the core-edge fabric and connect all servers and storage arrays.

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    - The organization currently has 3 storage arrays directly attached to 45 servers, but needs to add 45 more servers. Implementing a Fibre Channel SAN would help overcome scalability and utilization issues. - A core-edge topology is recommended, as it provides one-hop storage access for all servers while allowing high scalability. - With 72-port switches available, a minimum of 2 core switches and 3 edge switches would be needed to implement the core-edge fabric and connect all servers and storage arrays.

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    - The organization currently has 3 storage arrays directly attached to 45 servers, but needs to add 45 more servers. Implementing a Fibre Channel SAN would help overcome scalability and utilization issues. - A core-edge topology is recommended, as it provides one-hop storage access for all servers while allowing high scalability. - With 72-port switches available, a minimum of 2 core switches and 3 edge switches would be needed to implement the core-edge fabric and connect all servers and storage arrays.

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    Module 5: Exercise on FC SAN Design

    Scenario:
    The IT infrastructure of an organization consists of three storage arrays direct-attached
    to a heterogeneous mix of 45 servers. All servers are dual-attached to the arrays for high
    availability. Because each storage array has 32 front-end ports, each could support a
    maximum of 16 servers. However, each existing storage array has the disk capacity to
    support a maximum of 32 servers. The organization plans to purchase 45 more servers to
    meet its growth requirements. If it continues using direct-attached storage, the organization
    needs to purchase additional storage arrays to connect these new servers. The organization
    realizes that its existing storage arrays are poorly utilized; therefore, it plans to implement
    FC SAN to overcome the scalability and utilization challenges. The organization uses highperformance applications; therefore, it wants to minimize the hop count for the servers
    access to storage.

    Task:
    Propose a switched fabric topology to address organizations challenges and requirements.
    Justify your choice of the fabric topology. If 72-port switches are available for FC SAN
    implementation, determine the minimum number of switches required in the fabric.

    Solution:
    Full mesh topology is not suitable for environment that requires high scalability. Partial
    mesh, although, provides more scalability than full mesh, but several hops or ISLs may be
    required for the network traffic to reach its destination. Therefore, the recommended
    solution is core-edge topology. The core-edge topology provides higher scalability than
    mesh topology and provides one-hop storage access to all servers in the environment.
    Because of the deterministic pattern (from the edge to the core) of FC traffic movement, it is
    easy to calculate traffic load distribution across ISLs.
    Total number of server ports = 90 servers 2 ports = 180 ports
    Total number of array ports = 3 arrays 32 ports = 96 ports
    Number of switches required at the core = 96 array ports/ 72 ports per switch = 2 switches
    The core switches provides 144 ports of which 96 ports will be used for array connectivity.
    Remaining 48 ports can be used for ISLs and future growth.
    Number of switches at the edge = 180 server ports/ 72 ports per switch = 3 switches
    The edge switches provide 216 ports of which 180 ports will be used for server connectivity.
    Remaining 36 ports can be used for ISLs and future growth.
    Number of edge switch ports used for connecting to core switches = 6, this is less than the
    remaining edge switch ports.
    Number of core switch ports used for connecting to edge switches = 6, this is less than the
    remaining core switch ports.
    So, at minimum, 2 core switches and 3 edge switches are required to implement the coreedge fabric.

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