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Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
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Directors
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
1-6
Refer to
Chapter 2, Product Management
management applications and the management server. Chapter 2 also
describes switch management through:
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The Internet using a product's SANpilot
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Inband (Fibre Channel) application clients.
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Simple network management protocol (SNMP) workstations.
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A command line interface (CLI) or PC-attached Telnet session.
Directors provide high-performance, dynamic connections between
end devices such as servers, mass storage devices, and peripherals in
a Fibre Channel switched network. Directors also support mainframe
and open-systems interconnection (OSI) computing environments,
and provide data transmission and flow control between device node
ports (N_Ports) as dictated by the Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling
Interface (FC-PH).
Because of high port count, non-blocking architecture, and FRU
redundancy, directors offer high availability and high-performance
bandwidth. Directors should be installed for:
•
Backbone implementation for a large-scale enterprise SAN that
requires centralized storage management, centralized backup and
restore, data protection, and disaster tolerance. Refer to
Fabric Design Considerations
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Mission-critical applications and switched data paths with no
downtime tolerance.
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Performance-intense applications that require any-to-any port
connectivity at a high bandwidth.
Directors also provide connectivity between servers and devices
manufactured by multiple OEMs. To determine if an OEM product
can communicate through connections provided by a director or if
communication restrictions apply, refer to the product publications or
contact McDATA.
for information about SAN
®
interface.
for information.
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