Current situation:

The IT infrastructure of an organization consists of three storage arrays direct-attached
to a heterogeneous mix of 45 servers. All servers are dual-attached to the arrays for high availability. Because each storage array has 32 front-end ports, each could support a maximum of 16 servers. However, each existing storage array has the disk capacity to support a maximum of 32 servers.

Task:

Propose a FC switched fabric topology to address organization’s challenges and
requirements. Justify your choice of the fabric topology.
If 72-port switches are available for FC SAN implementation, determine the minimum number of switches required in the fabric.

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