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Organic, Orthogonal – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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Organic

The Organic layout distributes the nodes evenly, makes connection lengths uniform, minimizes
crisscrossing of connections, and tries to prevent nodes from touching each other. This layout is
best for the visualization of highly connected backbone regions with attached peripheral ring or
star structures.

Orthogonal

The Orthogonal layout displays the nodes compactly with no overlaps, minimizes crisscrossing of
connections, and tries to prevent nodes from touching each other. This layout is best for
medium-sized sparse graphs since it produces clear representations of complex networks.