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High Performance Fibre Channel Solution With SONET/SDH
Overview This paper discusses the factors that need to be considered when extending FC SANs over existing MAN/WAN infrastructures, and summarizes the three options in extension technologies: IP/Ethernet networks, Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks, and SONET/SDH networks. It also briefly describes three ways enterprises can choose to implement multi-site FC SANs over SONET/SDH infrastructures.
| Publisher | Ciena | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | December 2003 | Downloads | 64 |
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