In a full mesh topology, increasing the number of FC switches leads to a higher number of inter-switch links (ISLs). These ISLs consume switch ports that would otherwise be available for node connectivity, thereby reducing the total number of ports available for connecting storage and compute nodes.
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Dell EMC Information Storage and Management V5, Module: Storage Networking
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