McDATA ULTRANETTM EDGE STORAGE ROUTER 3000 - Manual (Page 55)

Network Design Criteria 3-1
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Network Design Criteria
This chapter provides the basic criteria you will need to design and
configure your Ethernet or ATM network. It also provides
information on the network routing options for the UltraNet Edge
3000, the Switch WWN Proxy software enhancement, E_port Disk
Streaming network recommendations
, Fibre Channel Frame Level
and End to End CRC, as well as MTU Batching.
Network Design
Specific information regarding each component of your network is
required for successful design and configuration. The following
sections for the network design criteria are separated into two
categories; one for an Ethernet network and one for an ATM network.
Each section provides the required design information for each
component of the network.
Ethernet Network
Criteria The illustration shown in Figure 3-1 is an example of the UltraNet
Edge 3000 in a 1x1 configuration, configured as E_port extension over
an Ethernet WAN.