Emulex 350 manual Major Features, Switch From Shared

MAJOR FEATURES

Improves reliability 15% with a field–proven solution

Improves availability 20% by reducing field service time

Lowers in–field service costs 15% with advanced diagnostics and statistics tools

InSpeed™

Model 350

Embedded Storage Switch

Increases overall storage system performance up to 3x while scaling

Automatic trunking improves overall storage system performance up to 5x while scaling

Reduces time to market 6 to 18 months

Reduces product cost/MB 20% by increasing the viable number of drives per controller

Enabling New Levels of RAS

& Performance In Back–end

Storage Designs

Switch From Shared

The InSpeed™ Embedded Storage Switch Model 350 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 350 Available to OEMs only

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