Full Technical Specifications

 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.