Fiber Channel Topologies(Slide 1)
Fabric or switched topology
- An arbitrary topology requiring at least one switch to interconnect a number of N_ports.
- The fabric may be a switched network of a number of switches, with or without end nodes.
- Each port in fabric has a unique address.
- Destination address of data from a node is examined by an edge switch and is appropriately forwarded to a node or another switch enroute to the node.