Qlogic SilverStorm 9000 Instruction Manual

Why SANbox 9000 for open system environments?
Designed to the Core™ for Open Systems
Datacenter managers in mainframe environments are responsible for connecting large
numbers of servers and storage systems. They pay a premium for servers, storage and
Director switches that support proprietary mainframe protocols.
Datacenter managers in open system environments want high availability, high
performance and scalability too. However, they expect products built on open
standards to be substantially more cost effective: less complex, more flexible, easier to
use.
Reliable, fast, modular, and incredibly cost effective, the QLogic SANbox line of fabric
switches, routers, and storage services platforms are designed to the core for the open
enterprise.
Open Systems Enterprise
With hundreds of ports, 99.999% availability, 1.6TB of bandwidth, intelligent storage
routing and storage virtualization, the QLogic SANbox 9000 is designed to the core for
the open systems enterprise.
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SANbox® Product Family
The new look for powerful, easy to manage fabrics
The SANbox 9000 is the flagship in the SANbox line of fabric switches, intelligent
storage routers, and storage services platforms. As individual components, every
QLogic delivers the advantages of a best-in-class product. Working together as an
intelligent network solution, they are easy to deploy and administrator and they make
your SAN perform better, too. That’s why the entire QLogic SANbox line won the
Windows IT Pro “Readers Choice” award. For your switched fabric, you can count on
QLogic for exactly the right switch…from the core, to the distribution layer, to the edge.
For low-cost local and remote server connectivity, QLogic Intelligent storage Routers
boost utilization while driving down cost and complexity. And for storage virtualization,
the QLogic Storage Services Platform offers network-based command and control of
your heterogeneous storage. By virtualizing storage from within the fabric, you greatly
simplify management. More importantly, you ensure an open environment that can
accommodate multiple vendors, new solutions and future flexibility.
SANbox Family
SANbox®
The new look for powerful easy to manage fabric
•SANbox 9000 stackable Chassis
•SANbox 8000 storage services Platform
•SANbox 6000 Intelligent
•SANbox 5000 stackable switch
•SANbox 1000 Fixed Port
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