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Slingshot ES
2Gb Embedded Fabric Switch
The Gadzoox Networks Slingshot-ES Platform offers an embedded, full-featured 2Gb Open Fabric FC switch that dramatically lowers the cost and complexity of Storage Area Networks (SAN) while enabling storage system vendors to create differentiated and compelling storage solutions. The Slingshot-ES reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) of storage through solutions that are easier to install, manage, and support while also reducing rack space, cabling and power consumption. Storage vendors can use a Slingshot-ES embedded switch to deliver high-performance systems designed to deliver solutions focused on the needs of particular applications such as high availability data base and messaging systems, storage consolidation, LAN-free backup, streaming media and video editing. Slingshot-ES Platform customers can achieve quick time to market with a proven design, or can exploit their access to the world-class Gadzoox Networks Engineering team to create a custom switch tuned to their application.
Features
- Fabric services based on industry standards for interoperability
- Full duplex 2Gb ports for high performance
- Auto-sensing port types & auto-speed negotiating ports for advanced ease of use
- Support for mixed speed environments
- Interoperability with fabric and loop devices at 2Gb and 1Gb
- Advanced device management (in-band or out-of-band)
- Flexible, self-healing trunks for growth capabilities
Expand Market
By bringing a full-featured 2Gb fabric switch into their offering, the Slingshot-ES Platform enables storage system vendors to provide custom solutions with the competitive advantages of greater performance, scalability, and connectivity.
Enhance Front-end Connectivity
The Slingshot-ES Platform can be deployed between storage controllers and application servers or NAS heads, enhancing performance and scalability by providing multiple 2Gb FC ports in the controller. In addition, such offerings consume less space and power than those with discrete switches, and offer the added benefit of unified management of system and switch.
Enhance Back-end Performance and Scalability
The Slingshot-ES Platform can also be deployed between storage controllers and disk trays to create a SAN within a storage system. By changing cabling from daisy chained drive trays to switched direct connections, the Slingshot-ES dramatically improves performance, scalability, and fault isolation capabilities. In addition, the Slingshot-ES Platform allows vendors to exploit Fibre Channel performance, distance and connectivity advantages to create enhanced features such as data migration between systems, multiple controller fail over, and LAN-free backup.
Scalable & Customizable Architecture
The Slingshot-ES Platform leverages the proven technology deployed in the Slingshot Family of 2Gb Open Fabric Fibre Channel Switches that have been shipping since April 2001. The scalable chipset and firmware provide the flexibility to quickly customize port count and feature set. A robust set of APIs and support for industry standard MIBs provides the option to unify management of switch and storage system to reduce TCO by creating a solution that is easier to install and support.
Quick Time to Market and Custom Solutions
Custom switches can vary port count, FC media, and board connection, and also deploy advanced technology such as FCIP, iSCSI, and 10Gb FC.
Technical Specifications
- UNIVERSAL FIBRE CHANNEL PORTS; 2.1250 OR 1.0625 GBPS FULL-DUPLEX DATA RATE ON EACH PORT
- SELF-HEALING, LOAD-SHARING TRUNKS
- PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED: FC-AL, FC-AL-2, FC-FLA, FC-GS-2, FC-GS-3, FC-FG, FC-MI, FC-PH, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, FC-SW, FC-SW-2
- FABRIC SERVICES: FC-SW-2 DISTRIBUTED NAME SERVER, REGISTERED STATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION (RSCN), FC-SW-2 ZONING
- FABRIC PORT TYPE: SELF-CONFIGURING UNIVERSAL PORTS (F, FL, E)
- MANAGEMENT ACCESS: ETHERNET RJ-45 10/100 BASE-T; SERIAL DB-9, ANSI TERMINAL
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