McDATA manual McDATA UltraNet Edge 3000 User Guide

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Introducing the UltraNet Edge 3000

The UltraNet Edge 3000 is designed for ease-of-use and is customer installable, configurable, and maintainable. The UltraNet ConfigManager configuration tool and the UltraNet WebView monitoring tool enable easy setup and monitoring capabilities.

The UltraNet Edge 3000 contains an application (FCSW) which acts as a Fibre Channel switch and eliminates the need for an external Fibre Channel switch.

The UltraNet Edge 3000 interconnects and extends Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs) using a new or existing Ethernet wide area network. The UltraNet Edge 3000 enables the following data replication solutions:

•Remote mirroring — a fault tolerant method in which a backup data storage device maintains data identical to that on the primary device and replaces the primary if it fails.

•Disaster recovery — a set of rules and procedures that allow a computer site to be put back in operation after a disaster has occurred. The concept of moving back-ups off-site constitutes the minimum basic precaution for disaster recovery. The remote copy is used to recover data when the local storage is inaccessible after a disaster.

•Data migration — the ability to move data from one storage subsystem to another.

•High availability clustering — supports mass storage subsystems for Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) including RAID, CDROM, DVDROM and tape devices.

•Content Distribution — enables a cost-effective solution to distribute data, program updates, etc. to your remote offices or business partners, leveraging the IP infrastructure to access current information.

•SAN Switch Management — allows current settings of switches utilizing an E_port configuration to remain unchanged, regardless of distance requirements.

•Disk/SAN Extension — Allows Disk or Servers to be connected either directly or through a Storage Area Network, using an existing IP or ATM network, either locally or remotely over extended distances.

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