McDATA 10000 Director

McDATA 10000 Director

Today's enterprise SANs are growing exponentially. To reduce costs and make the best use of storage equipment, companies must find new solutions that enable them to simplify vast and diverse storage networking environments. Introducing the i10K Director, the first backbone director for the enterprise. With the i10K, companies can now securely and efficiently consolidate very large, diverse and geographically distributed networks. The i10K offers up to 256 non-blocking 1 Gb/sec or 2 Gb/sec I/O ports (or a combination of both, including 10 Gb/sec ports) in a compact, 14RU height chassis. The i10K is the highest performance SAN switching device available today.

Key Benefits:

• Simplifies networks with the highest non-blocking port count (256)
• Maintains security between consolidated fabrics with Director FlexPar[tm] technology
• Meets fluctuating bandwidth needs with dynamic port allocation
• Supports multiple protocols and vendor equipment
• Non-disruptively inserts into networks
• Ensures business continuance with carrier-class availability
• Supports business continuity with link distances greater than a 2,000km at 1 Gb/sec ( 190km at 10 Gb/sec)

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