Emulex 370 manual Major Features, Switch From Shared

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MAJOR FEATURES

20 ports are ideal for Root Switch applications and fully switched and trunked infrastructures

High performance 2 or 1Gb/s non-blocking switching

Automatic Trunking fully multiplies bandwidth with failover pathing

Fairness and Prioritization ensures all devices have guaranteed equal access

Advanced Diagnostics continually perform tests and automatically take corrective actions

Compatible with InSpeed SOCs to deliver fully switched infrastructures

InSpeed™

Model 370

Embedded Storage Switch

Enabling New Levels of RAS

& Performance In Back–end

Storage Designs

Switch From Shared

The InSpeed™ Embedded Storage Switch Model 370 is the only storage switch specifically designed for embedded root switch storage system applications. Unlike in–house development efforts that use port bypass circuitry, InSpeed Embedded Storage Switches are designed as a drop–in solution to deliver 6 to 18 month time to market advantage for storage system suppliers who want to improve the Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) and performanceof their systems. And unlike traditional complex fabric switches designed for front–end SAN applications that are too big, too expensive and consume too much power, InSpeed Embedded Storage Switches are specifically designed to meet the compatibility and cost–effectiveness that back–end root switching applications require.

Despite the numerous advances made in storage system drives and controllers, the back–end connectivity designed into many of today’s storage systems is still shared loop technology. While the severe limitations associated with shared connectivity are broadly acknowledged, the expense and complexity of implementing high performance switching technology into the back–end storage arrays was prohibitive and physically impossible. Emulex’s InSpeed technology has changed all that.

InSpeed Model 370 Available to OEMs only

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Contents Switch From Shared Major FeaturesImproved Reliability Higher Availability Embedded Root Switch In Disk and Tape Storage SystemsFaster Time to Market Improved ServiceabilityReduced Product Costs Model