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Efficient 1U design |
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- High-density 8, 16 and 24-port configurations
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Auto-sensing 8, 4, 2 and 1 Gbps ports |
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- Enable high performance and improved utilization
- Enable rapid switch deployment with minimal set-up
- Prove easy installation and manageability
- Offer future readiness for 8 Gbps capable servers and storage devices
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Hot swappable SFPs |
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- Provides fast and easy replacement of optical transceivers with no tools required
- Support for both short wave and long wave optical transceivers
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Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking |
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- Support for up to 8-port ISLs provides total bandwidth of 128 Gbps
- Helps eliminate packet rerouting and possible application failure due to link failure
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Advanced Zoning |
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- Hardware-enforced zoning helps protect against non-secure, unauthorized and unauthenticated network and management access and World Wide Name spoofing
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N_Port ID Virtualization |
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- Allows each host image behind the same physical Host Bus Adapter (HBA) to connect to an F_Port using a unique N_Port ID to help maximize port usage in a virtualized server environment
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EZSwitchSetup and Web Tools |
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- Quickly guides novice users through setup
- Helps simplify administration and configuration
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Hot firmware activation |
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Designed to: |
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- Significantly reduce firmware installation time
- Enable fast firmware upgrades
- Help elimination disruption to existing fabric
- Help reduce administrative overhead
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N+1 cooling |
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- Helps maximize fabric uptime when a fan fails
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Upgradeable architecture for scalable SAN fabrics |
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- Optional features enable upgrades to support more complex fabrics
- Modular upgrades enable a “pay as you grow” approach to adding features when needed
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Backward compatibility with IBM SAN b-type and m-type fabrics |
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- Helps provide investment protection for existing fabrics
- Allows inter-operation with other SAN products manufactured by Brocade
- Supports Native Interoperability with m-type products manufactured by McDATA (running current firmware)
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