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To: KJ. Moy who wrote (162)11/28/1997 11:24:00 PM
From: George Dawson  Read Replies (1) of 4808
 
K.J. and all the engineers out there. Take a look at this diagram:

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Is there any reason why the ATM switches here couldn't be replaced with FC switches or a switched fabric? It would greatly increase the FC Lan diameter, and some of these devices support 80 channels over a single fibre ( 2 fibres for duplex ). This would mean you could mux all the channels from 2, 64 port non-blocking fabrics (64 channels muxed) over a single fibre to an equal number of FC ports at the other end. The advantages are two-fold, greatly increased distances (up to 150 km instead of the FC limit of 10 km) and savings on fiber - 2 opposed to 128. That would have to be balanced against the cost of the multiplexer.

Any thoughts?
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