HP StorageWorks 2/24 FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Env - Page 29

Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 - 32-port Sphereon 3232 Switch. - 12-port Sphereon 4300 Switch. The switch provides both switched fabric and Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL) connectivity. - 24-port Sphereon 4500 Switch. The switch provides both switched fabric and FC-AL connectivity. Refer to Fabric Switches for detailed information about each product. • Eclipse™-series SAN routers - A SAN router is a low port count, high-bandwidth product that unifies storage and networking architectures and provides metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN) extended distance access and multiprotocol access to traditional Fibre Channel SANs. McDATA offers the: - Four-port Eclipse 1620 SAN Router. - 16-port Eclipse 2640 SAN Router. Refer to SAN Routers for detailed information about each product. McDATA products (except the Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch) are managed and controlled through a rack-mount management server with a SAN management application installed. Multiple products and the management server communicate on a local area network (LAN) through one or more 10/100 Base-T Ethernet hubs. Each hub provides 24 Ethernet connections. Hubs are daisy-chained as required to provide additional Ethernet connections as more directors and switches are installed on a customer network. Per customer request, directors and switches are delivered separately or installed in a McDATA FC-512 Fabricenter® equipment cabinet. The rack-mount management server is mounted at the cabinet center, and one Ethernet hub is mounted at the cabinet top. Figure 1-1 illustrates two Fabricenter equipment cabinets populated with the following: 1. Ethernet hub. 2. Sphereon 3232 Switch. 3. Intrepid 6064 Director. 4. Rack-mount management server. 5. Sphereon 4300 Switch. Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1-3