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CONNECTING SANS OVER METROPOLITAN AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS Internetworking technologies help link Fibre Channel SANs over existing long-distance connections s Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructures continue to expand, so does the need to connect storage devices over Alonger distances in heterogeneous environments. In fact, many organizations are beginning to connect local SAN islands over existing high-speed public and private networks—an approach that enables new types of applications that leverage a geographically dispersed, yet interconnected SAN infrastructure. Typical applications include wide area data replication, high-speed remote centralized backup, cost-effective remote storage centralization, business continu- ity, and storage outsourcing. This paper describes the technologies available for connecting Fibre Channel SANs over Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs)—a concept known as “SAN internetworking.” ® It also highlights the excellent performance of the Brocade Extended Fabric feature at extremely long distances and includes interconnectivity performance results and examples of tested storage solutions. T H E E X PA N S I O N O F S A N S As Storage Area Networks (SANs) become a more strategic component of the IT infrastructure, organizations are seeking new ways to connect existing local SAN islands into larger SAN fab- rics that span the enterprise and beyond. To accomplish this goal, organizations are leveraging existing high-speed public and private networks to connect Fibre Channel SANs over Metropolitan Area Net