Limitations associated with Direct Connecting arrays to UCS FIs.

I understand that in order to direct connect an array to UCS, the FIs have to be put into Switch mode(NPIV). But once the FI's are in Switch Mode, is it impossible to attach other SAN switches to the fabric interconnects?
It is my understanding that you could accomplish this because it wouldn't be much different then an extended SAN fabric in which an array's traffic would have to travel through 2 FC switches to arrive at a host. But perhaps I'm missing something.
Thanks in advance.

You can have directly attached storage and FC switches at the same time, in fact until recently it was required since UCS did not do zoning.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-infrastructure-ucs-manager-software/116082-config-ucs-das-00.html
The questions is whether you really want to do it that way, I think for 95% of deployments, if not more, end host mode is recommended.
If you're already planning to attach FC switches, best to place storage on them.
Have a look at FlexPod (of Vblock) designs.

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