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McDATA STORAGE NETWORK SOLUTIONS
| McData Equipment | Active Ports | Speed | Switch Latency | Distance |
| Intrepid Director i10K | 256 | Duplex 10Gb/s | <2 microsec | 2000KM/2Gb/s |
| Intrepid Director 6140 | 140 | Duplex 10Gb/s | <2 microsec | 35KM/2Gb/s |
| Intrepid Director 6064 | 64 scaleable | Duplex 2Gb/s | <2 microsec | 35KM/2Gb/s |
| Sphereon Fabric Switch 4500 | 8, 16, 24 | Duplex 2.125Gb/s | <1 microsec | 10KM/2Gb/s |
| Sphereon Fabric Switch 4300 | 4, 8, 12 | Duplex 2.125Gb/s | <1 microsec | 10KM/2Gb/s |
| Sphereon Fabric Switch 3232 | 16, 24, 32 | Duplex 2.125Gb/s | <2 microsec | 60KM/2Gb/s |
| Eclipse SAN Router 4300 | 16FC/GE, 4TCP/IP | Duplex 1Gb/s | Wire speed | N/A |
| Eclipse SAN Router 3300 | 8FC/GE, 2TCP/IP | Duplex 1Gb/s | Wire speed | N/A |
| Eclipse SAN Router 2640 | 12FC, 4GE | Duplex 1Gb/s | Wire speed | N/A |
| Eclipse SAN Router 1620 | 2FC, 2TCP/IP | Duplex 1Gb/s | Wire speed | N/A |
| IPS Storage Switch 4300 | 16FC/GE, 4TCP/IP | Duplex 1Gb/s | Wire speed | N/A |
| IPS Storage Switch 3300 | 8FC/GE, 2TCP/IP | Duplex 1Gb/s | Wire speed | N/A |
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Intrepid Directors
Built on 20 years of networking experience, McDATA Intrepid™ 6000
Series Directors are the unsurpassed platform for building powerful, reliable
and flexible storage networks. Designed for organizations with extremely
large data needs, Intrepid™ Directors extend uncompromised connectivity
(up to 140 ports per device) within SANs, 2Gb/sec. protocol speeds (upgradeable
to 10Gbs/sec.) and ultra-high availability to larger storage networks
and mainframe FICON environments.
Today's growing enterprise needs to reduce costs and make the best use of storage equipment—and
they must find new solutions to simplify diverse storage networking environments. The Intrepid® i10K,
the first True Backbone Director, delivers the solution.
- Ensure business continuance through 99.999%
- Maximize system administrator resources with centralized management
- Deliver consistent high performance
- Provide investment protection
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Intrepid i10K Director
The i10K acts as the "backbone" of the enterprise data center—it delivers the unmatched
availability, performance and scalability you need to support your most important data and
carry the highest data traffic. With Director FlexPar™ technology (hard partitioning), you
can consolidate your multi-vendor fabrics while maintaining secure separation by data,
management and Fibre Channel Services. With "carrier-class" availability, dynamic port
allocation and intelligent fabric services, it's the ideal backbone for your enterprise.
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- Highly scalable architecture only pay for what you need
- Any-to-any connectivity
- Redundant components for ultra-reliability
- 64 ports fit within a 9u footprint for space efficiency
- All components hot-swappable
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Intrepid 6064 Director
The 64-port Intrepid 6064
Director is a cost-effective solution for businesses needing director-class
performance and reliability with fewer connection requirements. It offers
pay-as-you grow scalability and ultra-high availability.
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- Highly scalable architecture only pay for what you need
- Any-to-any connectivity
- Redundant components for ultra-reliability
- 64 ports fit within a 9u footprint for space efficiency
- All components hot-swappable
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Intrepid 6140 Director
Availability, scalability, reliability—the 140-port Intrepid 6140 Director is
the ideal high-performing, flexible building block for today’s
very large, data-dependent enterprises.
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- 4-port increments for unbeatable scalability (up to 140 ports/unit)
- Support for 2Gb/s FICON and Fibre Channel
- Robust, reliable software for management of heterogeneous environments
- Exclusive HotCAT™ technology for hot-loading and activation of microcode
- Built to last, with future support for emerging technologies
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Sphereon Fabric Switches
McDATA Sphereon™ Fabric Switches: Connecting the storage resources
of today’s leading organizations. For companies that want unprecedented connectivity
on demand, McDATA Sphereon™ Fabric Switches are the preferred
choice. These cost-effective switches give customers the fabric-level
features of a large enterprise SAN in a small package. And because all
McDATA switches, including the award-winning Sphereon™ 4500, let
customers pay for only the ports they use, they’re the perfect
building blocks for today’s small and mid-sized enterprise applications.
- High value, cost-effective switches with more standard features
- Connectivity on demand
- Nondisruptive management and upgrading
- Superior scalability
- Unique functionality
- Best-in-class availability
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Sphereon™ 4300 Fabric Switch
The 12-port Sphereon™
4300 extends the advantages of the award-winning Sphereon 4500 to the
entry level with premium functionality priced right for first-time SAN
installations or at the edge of the enterprise. The Sphereon™
4300 is the only entry fabric switch to provide unique features such
as HotCAT™ online code activation and FlexPort Technology capacity
on demand.
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- Pay-as-you-grow connectivity
- Exceptional reliability
- Exclusive HotCAT™ technology
- Non-disruptive installation
- FlexPort technology
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Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch
The 24-port
Sphereon™ 4500 offers unprecedented connectivity on demand with
McDATA's exclusive FlexPort Technology. Minimize your initial SAN investment
by purchasing only the ports you need today, while having standby capacity
for tomorrow. Additional connectivity can be added quickly and non-disruptively
to any Sphereon 4500 in your storage network.
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- Pay-as-you-grow connectivity
- Exceptional reliability
- Exclusive HotCAT™ technology
- SANpilot™ management tool
- Loop Fibre Channel support
- Non-disruptive installation
- FlexPort technology
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Sphereon™ 3232 Fabric Switch
The 32-port Sphereon™ 3232 offers high performance with 2Gb/s non-blocking
bandwidth for every port. The Sphereon 3232 is the only 32-port switch offering
McDATA's exclusive FlexPort Technology for connectivity on demand.
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- 2Gb/s non-blocking connectivity
- 120 km distance support
- Hot-plug redundant power and cooling
- High port density
- Flexport technology
- Exclusive HotCAT™ technology
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Eclipse SAN Routers
McDATA's Eclipse™ line of multi-protocol SAN routers unify storage and IP networking architectures to
deliver unprecedented scalability, distance-independence and multi-protocol access to traditional SANs.
Whether companies are looking for greater data center storage consolidation, streamlining backup operations
across the global enterprise, or implementing business continuance and disaster recovery strategies,
McDATA's Eclipse™ switches are the best-in-class products to get the job done. The multi-protocol switches
provide the performance and scalability required for large enterprise applications, while also being
cost-effective for small and mid-sized enterprise applications.
- High value, cost-effective switches with more standard features
- Flexibility via multi-protocol connectivity
- Higher availability through fault isolation
- Superior scalability
- Unique functionality
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Eclipse™ 4300 SAN Router
The Eclipse™ 4300 multi-protocol SAN routers use standards-based IP, Gigabit Ethernet (GE)
and Fibre Channel (FC) for wire-speed storage fabric connectivity with the millions of
IP-based LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches already installed and mastered by IT
professionals. Eclipse™ 4300 SAN Routers are qualified with all major storage plat-forms,
including EMC, HDS, HP, IBM, XIOtech, Sun, StorageTek and LSI Logic.
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- FC, GE, iSCSI and iFCP connectivity
- Support for full fabric, private and public loop FC devices
- E_Port for integration into existing FC fabrics
- SAN internetworking to build large, stable FC fabrics
- Integration of multi-vendor FC fabrics
- Maximized throughput across long distances
- Quality of Service (QoS): Bandwidth Management
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Eclipse™ 3300 SAN Router
The Eclipse™ 3300 multi-protocol SAN routers use standards-based IP, Gigabit Ethernet (GE)
and Fibre Channel (FC) for wire-speed storage fabric connectivity with the millions of IP-based
LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches already installed and mastered by IT professionals. Eclipse™
3300 SAN Routers are qualified with all major storage plat-forms, including EMC, HDS, HP, IBM,
XIOtech, Sun, StorageTek and LSI Logic.
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- FC, GE, iSCSI and iFCP connectivity
- Support for full fabric, private and public loop FC devices
- E_Port for integration into existing FC fabrics
- SAN internetworking to build large, stable FC fabrics
- Integration of multi-vendor FC fabrics
- Maximized throughput across long distances
- Quality of Service (QoS): Bandwidth Management
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Eclipse™ 2640 SAN Router
The McDATA Eclipse™ 2640 SAN Router is the next generation of multi-protocol storage solutions.
It delivers multi-vendor, multi-protocol connectivity within the data center and beyond.
The Eclipse™ 2640 supports industry standard protocols such as iSCSI, iFCP and E_Port and
can be used for SAN island integration, business continuance/disaster recovery planning,
storage consolidation, remote tape vaulting, content distribution and iSCSI access to Fibre
Channel storage.
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- FC, Ethernet, iSCSI and iFCP connectivity
- Broadest range of E-Port interoperability with multi-vendor fabrics
- True FC routing for maximum scalability and fault isolation
- Compression to lower WAN bandwidth costs
- Fast Write technology maximizes throughput across long distances
- Offers both Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
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Eclipse™ 1620 SAN Router
The Eclipse™ 1620 is a multi-protocol switch with unprecedented
functionality and cost-effectiveness. Part of McDATA’s family
of open storage networking products that uses standards-based IP, Gigabit
Ethernet (GE) and Fibre Channel (FC) for wire-speed storage fabric connectivity.
Can be deployed for multiple, concurrent applications, including business
continuance/disaster recovery, storage consolidation, remote tape vaulting,
content distribution, and iSCSI access to FC storage.
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- FC, Ethernet, iSCSI and iFCP connectivity
- Compression to lower WAN bandwidth costs
- Fast Write technology maximizes throughput across long distances
- E_Port for integration into existing multi-vendor fabrics
- Offers both Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
- Support for full fabric, private and public loop FC devices
- High performance with an affordable price
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SANavigator
Today's complex storage area networks (SANs) require sophisticated software applications to plan,
discover, configure and monitor the many components and technologies that make up the storage
network infrastructure. McDATA's SANavigator® software allows you to better manage your storage
networking assets. This comprehensive and intuitive application lets IT administrators manage their
entire fabric, improve their operational efficiencies and secure their data.
- Manage your entire fabric
- Improve your SAN efficiencies
- Make your data more secure
- Proactively increase data availability
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Features and Functions
Performance Monitoring
Measure the performance trends of every switch port in the SAN and pinpoint bandwidth bottlenecks with SANavigator Performance Monitoring. Real-time link throughput, error rate, and latency monitoring provide instant awareness of any storage network degradation or failure. Maximize the performance of your storage network with the SANavigator Performance tool.
Planning
Widely acknowledged as the best planning tool in the industry, SANavigator Planning helps you design a scalable, cost-effective storage network that's perfectly suited to your needs. Verify storage network models before you implement them to increase your ROI and save valuable time and money.
Event Management
Provides a compelling return on investment with powerful event and schedule-driven automation reduces manual intervention and helps make the most efficient use of your storage network. Once the policies are in place, SANavigator can automate routine tasks such as report generation and device failure response so that you have faster response time and can be freed up to focus on other issues.
Industry standard open interfaces are provided to effectively consolidate and share SAN events with any third-party management application. SNMP traps may be generated based on any user-defined event, and a standard MIB is provided for interpretation.
LUN Management
The SANavigator LUN Management tool gives you the ability to manage the LUNs on storage arrays from EMC, HDS and IBM. With this tool, you'll get the increased data security features associated with LUN masking as well as the ability to create new LUNs on supported storage arrays. Simplify your SAN by using a single application for complete end-to-end management.
SANtegrity Security Center
Extend the security of your fabric through increased and simplified management of the SANtegrity Security Suite. Security Center manages the administration of device secrets for authentication, automates all of the security device settings, generates logs and reports based policies, and much more.
Group Configuration Manager
Allows you to streamline configuration, troubleshooting and analysis on selected groups of McDATA devices, saving you time by reducing repetitive tasks.
SAN Management Foundation Software
While storing your organization's data and information can be complex, managing it all can be inherently
more difficult. To help reduce these challenges, McDATA software solutions, including SANavigator®
Management Software, SANvergence® Management Suite, Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) and
SANpilot®, provide comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for seamless SAN management. With these powerful
solutions, you can keep a close eye on all multi-protocol SAN devices and connections, configure them to
meet the individual needs of your business and even resolve problems before they actually occur. McDATA
network storage management software can help you:
- Proactively increase data availability
- Improve network response time
- Increase storage network security
- Move intelligence into the network
Network Security Software
For IT executives, there is a balancing act between providing access to data and providing data security.
They must increase access to information to improve business performance, but also limit access to that
same data to increase security. McDATA has the software tools IT executives need to protect data and manage
rights for optimal data access. McDATA software applications can:
- Enhance business continuity by reducing the impact of human influences on your networked data
- Deliver unsurpassed SAN protection for significantly decreased risk
- Allow you to build more secure SANs by providing end-to-end security features for McDATA fabrics
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IPS 3300 Internetworking Switch
The IPS 3300 multi-protocol switches use standards-based IP, Gigabit
Ethernet (GE) and Fibre Channel (FC) for wire-speed storage fabric connectivity
with the millions of IP-based LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches
already installed and mastered by IT professionals. IPS 3300 switches
are qualified with all major storage plat-forms, including EMC, HDS,
HP, IBM, XIOtech, Sun, StorageTek and LSI Logic.
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- FC, GE, iSCSI and iFCP connectivity
- Support for full fabric, private and public loop FC devices
- E_Port for integration into existing FC fabrics
- SAN Internetworking to build large, stable FC fabrics
- Integration of multi-vendor FC fabrics
- Maximized throughput across long distances
- Quality of Service (QoS): Bandwidth Management
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IPS 4300 Internetworking Switch
The IPS 4300 multi-protocol switches use standards-based IP, Gigabit
Ethernet (GE) and Fibre Channel (FC) for wire-speed storage fabric connectivity
with the millions of IP-based LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches
already installed and mastered by IT professionals. IPS 4300 switches
are qualified with all major storage plat-forms, including EMC, HDS,
HP, IBM, XIOtech, Sun, StorageTek and LSI Logic.
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- FC, GE, iSCSI and iFCP connectivity
- Support for full fabric, private and public loop FC devices
- E_Port for integration into existing FC fabrics
- SAN Internetworking to build large, stable FC fabrics
- Integration of multi-vendor FC fabrics
- Maximized throughput across long distances
- Quality of Service (QoS): Bandwidth Management
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Fabricenter Cabinet
McDATA offers its sleek rack-and-stack cabinet designed to optimize space and connectivity for Fibre
Channel and FICON environments. The FC-512 Fabricenter® is available in various configurations to meet
data center requirements. The Management Fabricenter® includes a notebook PC, an Ethernet hub and EFCM
software, which provides a fabric-wide view of the entire storage network from a single console.
The FC-512 Fabricenter® is an efficient and cost-effective way for IT managers to get a handle on the raised floor
space demands in their data centers.
- Dual power connections with independent supply lines to support high-availability equipment
- Sleek, industrial design provides maximum airflow, security and visibility of equipment
- Space-saving footprint
- SAN management, performance, and diagnostics software available with every Fabricente