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Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
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Eclipse 1620 SAN
Router
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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High-availability - To ensure an availability of 99.9%, multi-
protocol SAN router design provides a redundant configuration
of power supplies and cooling fans. High availability is also
provided through concurrent firmware upgrades and spare or
unused multi-protocol ports.
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Multi-protocol support - SAN routers support the following
protocols:
— FCP, including first, second, and third editions of the Fibre
Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH, PC-PH-2, and
FC-PH-3), arbitrated loop (FC-AL), and R_Port. Refer to
R_Port Operation
— IP networking protocols, including mFCP, iFCP, iSCSI, and
Internet storage name service (iSNS). The iSNS protocol
provides intelligent storage device discovery and
management services comparable to those found in Fibre
Channel SANs. Network protocols operate at up to full-
duplex GbE bandwidth at 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps).
The Eclipse 1620 SAN Router is a first-generation product that
provides extended-distance, multi-protocol fabric connectivity. The
primary function of the Eclipse 1620 SAN Router is to implement
iFCP-based BC/DR solutions.
Eclipse 1620 SAN Router
Figure 1-8
for a discussion about R_Port operation.
Figure 1-8
illustrates the SAN router.
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