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KEY FEATURES
- Modular scalability to
64/128 ports per chassis
- Ideal for core, edge or
stand-alone use
- Non-blocking
architecture — redundant data paths within chassis
- Redundant chassis
controller, backplane and power supply options
- Non-disruptive
maintenance, firmware loads and upgrades
- Auto-sensing,
self-configuring ports eliminate downtime during
system change
- Full fabric, loop and
switch-to-switch connectivity at every port
- SANbox FLS™ —
public/private loop bridging
- ASIC-embedded memory —
faster, cooler, more reliable and more scalable than
shared memory architecture
OVERVIEW
The SANbox-64/128 Director
is a highly scalable Fibre Channel switch offering all the
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS)
features required in today's 24 x 7 data center
environment. Providing robust, mainframe-class
connectivity for mission-critical open systems storage
applications, the Director creates an intelligent backbone
infrastructure of unprecedented capacity and resilience.
Hot-swappable 8-port
plug-in modules allow IT managers to grow the Director to
64 ports per chassis. For further expansion, two chassis
can be joined via an independent high-speed backplane
interconnect module to form a single 128-port switch. In
either configuration, the Director appears as a single
point of information to the fabric management system and
can be combined with other 8-, 16-, 64- or 128-port SANbox
switches to form even larger fabrics.
Comprehensive SAN services,
including those listed below, are automatically
distributed across multi-switch fabrics. Redundant parts,
a powerful non-blocking internal architecture and
ANSI-standard interoperability make the Director an
essential component of today's large-scale SANs.
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RAS
Features
The SANbox Director builds enterprise reliability
for the open systems world. N+1 redundancy at all
critical points of design, automatic internal
failover and extensive hot-swapability ensure
uninterrupted full-bandwidth service during
periods of failure, repair, maintenance and system
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QLogic
Scalability
SANbox products expand to support high-performance
fabrics of virtually unlimited size. In cascade,
mesh, Multistage™ or combination configurations,
QLogic's innovative scalability features let you
implement the topologies that make sense for your
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SANsurfer™
Open Management System
Manage all aspects of your SAN using QLogic's
embedded Web-based browser interface — or
integrate your GUI of choice. Either way, QLogic's
flexible OSI-based management architecture lets
you access powerful features including SANguard™
hard zoning. |
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