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Emulex Fibre Channel
SAN Storage Switch :
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Storage
pooling and consolidation
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High-performance
shared tape library backup and recovery -
Server
clustering -
Streaming
rich media applications
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High
Availability
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InSpeed
FC switch box |
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4Gb |
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2Gb |
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Emulex
SAN switch
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Emulex FC HBA x 2
Hot Sale
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InSpeed
Basics
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InSpeedTM Technology
Emulex
InSpeed
Technology,
is an innovation and market proven Techniques.
SOC
(Switch On a Chip)
has been widely used in
storage systems which makes the "Fully Switched
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storage foundation has become a fact in the
next generation of storage systems.
InSpeed makes "SBOD"
(Switched Bunch of Disks) and "Switched Back-end Architecture"
live
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Switch
Blade
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Switch
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Turbo
charge speed of
RAID, NAS, Tape
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JBOD , SBOD
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RAID
applications: Single integrated RAID storage (EMC Symmetric, IBM Shark,
HDS Lightning) gets improvement in speed from InSpeed
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• Provide fan
out from the host/SAN side connection to the RAID |
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• Provide
connectivity between the front-end and backend modules |
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• Provide
connectivity from the RAID controllers to the drives |
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• Provide
drive isolation within attached JBOD cabinets to convert them into SBODs
(SBOD) |
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| Emulex 870
Datasheet |
FibreSpy®
Model 870 Embedded Storage Switch
Product and
Feature Description
The FibreSpy Model
870 Embedded Storage Switch is a 1U, full-rack form factor,
20-port frame level switch. The FibreSpy Model 870 is a
fully managed switch and based on the Emulex FibreSpy SOC
804. Designed as a compatible replacement for existing
InSpeed Model 370 customers, the FibreSpy 870 offers many of
the same features currently included within the InSpeed
Model 370 switch such as, Stealth Intelligent Change
Manager, Zoning, Trunking, and built in RAS functionality
with the industry's best diagnostic tools. In addition, the
FibreSpy Model 870 is RoHS compliant to meet industry
initiatives as customers move to qualify next generation
storage solutions.
Key
Features
- 4Gb/s frame
switched performance
- Per port
speed agility of 4, 2 or 1Gb/s
- RoHS-5 and
WEEE compliant design
- SCSI
Enclosure Services (SES) capabilities for in-band
management
- Compatible
with InSpeed SBODs and previous generation InSpeed
Embedded Storage Switches
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| Emulex 850
Datasheet |
FibreSpy®
Model 850 Embedded Storage Switch
Product and
Feature Description
The FibreSpy
Model 850 Embedded Storage Switch is a 1U, half-rack form
factor 12-port frame level switch. The FibreSpy Model 850 is
a fully managed switch based on the Emulex FibreSpy SOC 804.
Designed as a compatible replacement for existing InSpeed
Model 350 customers, the FibreSpy Model 850 offers many of
the same features currently included within the InSpeed
Model 350 switch such as, Stealth Intelligent Change
Manager, Zoning, Trunking, and built in RAS functionality
with the industry's best diagnostic tools. In addition, the
FibreSpy Model 850 is RoHS compliant to meet industry
initiatives as customers move to qualify next generation
storage solutions.
Key
Features
- 4Gb/s frame
switched performance
- Per port
speed agility of 4, 2 or 1Gb/s
- RoHS-5 and
WEEE compliant design
- SCSI
Enclosure Services (SES) capabilities for in-band
management
- Compatible
with InSpeed SBODs and previous generation InSpeed
Embedded Storage Switches
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| Emulex 375
Datasheet |
- 20 SFP ports,
2 or 1Gb/s per port speeds
- 1U, full-rack
form factor
- Out-of-band
management through serial or Ethernet ports.
Intuitive embedded web GUI, telnet or SNMP management
interfaces
- Dual
hot-swappable power supply and fan assembly's
for uninterrupted uptime
- Xsan
Qualified
- Smart
Settings ensure the switch configuration is
automatically optimized for performance and stability
- Stealth
Intelligent Change Manager delivers maximum stability by
eliminating state and change configuration notifications
- Automatic
Trunking* fully multiplies bandwidth with failover
pathing
- One-Step
Zoning enables the easiest storage pool partitioning
- Advanced
diagnostics, performance monitoring and fault isolation
ensure maximum availability
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| Emulex 355
Datasheet |
- 12 SFP ports,
2 or 1Gb/s per port speeds
- 1U, half-rack
form factor
- Out-of-band
management through serial or Ethernet ports. Intuitive
embedded web GUI, telnet or SNMP management interfaces
- Xsan
Qualified
- Smart
Settings ensure the switch configuration is
automatically
optimized for performance and stability
- Stealth
Intelligent Change Manager delivers maximum stability by
eliminating state and change configuration notifications
- Automatic
Trunking* fully multiplies bandwidth with failover
pathing
- One-Step
Zoning enables the easiest storage pool partitioning
- Advanced
diagnostics, performance monitoring and fault isolation
ensure maximum availability
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JBOD vs. SBOD Architecture |
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Emulex
acquired Vixel ...
Expands Reach as FC Component Supplier
IDC Oct. 2003
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This IDC Flash provides insight on Emulex's
announced plans to acquire Vixel, a manufacturer of embedded FC switch technology. It also discusses the
implications of this acquisition for the FC component market.
S I T U A T I O N O V E R V I E W
On October 8, 2003, Emulex announced its
intent to acquire Vixel, a supplier of embedded switch ASICs and subsystems for the storage networking
market. Under the terms of the agreement, Emulex will acquire Vixel for a transaction value of approximately
$310 million and expects to close on the acquisition in November.
Emulex is the leading provider of FC host
bus adapters (the cards used to connect servers, tape systems and some storage arrays to FC networks) with
46.7% market share in 2002, however, the company faces continued pressure from its main
competitor, Qlogic (30.8% HBA market share). Combined, Emulex and Qlogic) now control over 75% of the overall
FC HBA market and along with JNI (recently purchased by AMCC) account for virtually all of the
independent HBA market.
Vixel recently made the transition from FC
SAN switch supplier to OEMs to a subsystem and chipset vendor. Along with Qlogic, Vixel is a champion of
single chip FC solutions that serve as components within new FC based storage array architectures (e.g., the HP
EVA that uses Vixel components) and emerging blade server architectures). Most disk array OEMs use
port bypass controller (PBC) chips from Vitesse, Agilent and PMC -Sierra to create the loop interface between
FC HDDs. Today, more OEMs are searching for ways to offer embedded switching in their disk array
designs to improve overall latency performance (i.e. dedicated pathways to each FC HDD), increase problem
isolation (i.e. quickly identify and swap out a failed FC HDD) and advanced monitoring (proactively
predict faults in the future).
Vixel's InSpeed embedded storage switching
addresses this demand and employs as an internal interconnect solution in storage products from companies
such as BlueArc, Fujitsu, HP, Network Appliance, and Xyratex. The company also notes design wins for
storage products not yet announced by OEMs.
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