SANbox2 8- and 16-port Fibre Channel Fabric Switches
The SANbox2 fabric switches make it easy for small and medium-sized businesses to connect many new or legacy servers to shared storage devices, fully leveraging the power of storage area networks (SANs).
Applications
- Data warehousing
- High availability environments
- LAN-free backup
- Server and storage consolidation
Key Features
- Supports 1Gb and 2Gb per second speed on every port
- Industry's lowest switch latency for extreme performance
- Faster, cooler, more reliable and scalable ASIC-embedded memory
- Full FC-SW-2 E_Port switch support for heterogeneous SANs
- Space saving full- (SANbox2-16) or half- (SANbox2-8) rack 1U design
- Dual redundant power supplies and fans for high availability (SANbox2-16 only)
- Includes free SANsurfer Management Suite™ for simplified fabric management
- Includes SANguard™ Zoning to safeguard critical data via world-wide name, broadcast and hard zoning
- Auto-sensing and self-configuring ports for easy installation
- Includes I/O Stream Guard, nonblocking full-bandwidth architecture and no-wait routing for maximum performance
- Supports SANbox2 FLS™ (full loop support) for full fabric, public/private loop and switch-toswitch connectivity at every port
- Supports Cascade, Mesh and Multistage™ architecture for scalable SAN fabrics
- FCIA SANmark™ certified for interoperability with servers, storage, switches and software
- Applications - Data warehousing, High availability environments, LAN-free backup, Server and storage consolidation, Remote backup
Overview
The SANbox2 switches enable the highest-performance switched storage networking at affordable prices while protecting investments in 1Gb equipment. With SANbox2 switches, businesses can easily build powerful storage networks that are fully interoperable with any servers, networking equipment and storage subsystems. Certified to work with every major storage management application, SANbox2 switches are fabric-ready out of the box.
Based on the fifth-generation SANbox switch architecture, SANbox2 switches are the industry's fastest Fibre Channel switches that support 1Gb and 2Gb network performance. SANbox2 switches are ideal for new networks or entry-level, hub-based SANs seeking to substantially boost performance. With 8 or 16 ports for scalability, all SANbox2 switches are interoperable with any FC-SW-2 compliant switch. The SANbox2-16 adds dual redundant, hot-swap power supplies and fans for high availability requirements.
INVESTMENT PROTECTION. Compatible with legacy 1Gb hubs and switches, SANbox2 switches can accommodate both 1Gb and 2Gb performance, helping businesses smoothly transition to higher network speeds without abandoning previous investments.
LEADING SINGLE CHIP INTEGRATION. SANbox2 switches have uniquely integrated 16 Fibre Channel ports into a single, efficient chip. Single chip integration results in fewer components, lower power consumption, reduced heat dissipation, a smaller form factor, increased reliability resulting in higher data availability, and higher performance.
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT. Manage all aspects of a SAN fabric using the free SANsurfer Management Suite, a powerful management application, or integrate SANbox2 with SNMP-based MIBs or Telnet.
CUSTOMIZED SERVICE AND SUPPORT. The SANtrack™ service and support program offers flexible service packages designed to meet each customer's unique business requirements ranging from preinstall analysis, installation and on-site service to spare upgrades.
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