Walking Through the Module Tree
SimSANs modules are fallen into four categories:
FC Layers,
Host,
Switch, and
Device, each of which can be
found in a common Fibre Channel SAN environment. There are totally
17 compound modules and 32 simple modules – their NED definitions are
included the package. Regarding simple module, compound module,
and NED please refer to
OMNeT++ User Manual.
Current module set supports SCSI/Fibre
Channel protocol families (SAM-2, SPC-2, SBC-2, FCP-2 for
SCSI, and FC-FS, FC-GS-3, FC-SW-2 for Fibre Channel). Future
versions will consider IP/SAN protocols including
iFCP,
iSCSI and MPLS, etc.
A
typical SimSANs application is defined by a root module, usually
representing an enterprise level storage networking environment. The
root module is composed of one or more inter-connected data centre
modules. Each data centre module is formed by inter-connecting
multiple Hosts, Switches, and Devices within that data centre. The
module tree below gives the whole picture – all the leaves (yellow colour boxes) are simple modules and the rest (white colour boxes)
are compound modules. More detailed information regarding the implementation of each
module is given in the web pages of
FC Layers, Host,
Switch, and
Device.
Mouse
over the boxes to view specific modules.
SimSANs Module Tree
Click here to see its VML
version (requiring IE)
