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• Unless otherwise stated, all reference designs will provide end-to-end host to volume redundant
paths
• A minimal number of switches will be illustrated to allow for the design concept to be understood.
Actual implementations will vary depending on your network infrastructure requirements.
• If sharing physical switches with other non-SAN traffic, we assume all switches are VLAN capable.
7.3.4 Redundant SAN configuration
In a redundant iSCSI SAN, each component of the SAN infrastructure has a redundant connection or
path. The following figures show example connection paths necessary to create a Redundant SAN.
Figure 23 Redundant SAN Connection Paths: PS3000 to PS6000 Family Arrays