What would a topology look like that has a maximum meshed switch hop count of 5?
Up to 12 switches are supported in a switch mesh domain (See the Management and Configuration Guide), and a maximum meshed switch hop count of five is allowed in the path connecting two nodes via a switch mesh domain topology. “Hops” refers to inter-switch links, not the number of switches crossed. The limit is 5 meshed links. The rest of this discussion will use the word links instead of hops. In the diagram below, the numbers and arrows above the switches show the link count value in the mesh protocol packets. There are six switches between End Node A and End Node B, but only five links: The switches learn the mesh topology by sending mesh protocol packets to each other. Each switch initiates this learning process by sending a mesh protocol packet with a link count of zero. When its neighbor switch receives this packet, the neighbor increments the link count (for example, from zero to one), then propagates the packet to the next switch. Switches do not send mesh protocol packets with
