DATA SHEET
3810 Fibre Channel Switch
An Affordable Solution for Small SANs
Overview
The QLogic 3810 Fibre Channel Switch offers a simple and affordable solution to share the capacity of Fibre Channel storage devices
among multiple servers. To simplify SAN deployment, the QLogic 3810 Switch also provides flexibility to build and manage a new
departmental fabric inexpensively with a seamless, nondisruptive connection to existing multivendor fabrics.
• An affordable 8-port solution for entry level SANs
• 100 percent nonblocking 8Gb performance in a 1U rack-mountable unit
• Backward compatible with 4Gb and 2Gb devices
Highlights
DATA SHEET
What’s new?
• 8Gb/ “8Gb-ready” performance at affordable prices
• Easy expansion of any SAN with the flexible transparent routing (TR)
feature, which is based on N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV)
• SANdoctor
®
now included
Easy to Deploy and Use
• Configuration wizards for fast setup
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• QuickTools
on-board GUI
Why Install a SAN?
• Share storage resources among servers
• Reduce hardware and management costs
• Improve application performance and availability
• Accelerate server backups and disaster recovery
• Increase storage capacity
Connect your first SAN with today’s highly advanced
technology.
• CLI
• I/O StreamGuard™—guaranteed stability for tape, video, and other
streaming applications
• NPIV support for virtualized environments
• Advanced fabric security included
• Drag-and-drop zoning
Hassle-Free Interoperability
• Deploy with 8Gb, 4Gb, or 2Gb optics
• Compatible with all leading adapters and storage
Best of all, QLogic’s 8Gb Fibre Channel technology ensures that this reliable,
entry-level switch will continue to meet the most demanding requirements
far into the future, while maintaining full backward compatibility with 4Gb
and 2Gb devices. Increase the long-term impact of your mission-critical
storage infrastructure with today’s best SAN-switch value.
Servers
Link up to eight devices in a single-switch configuration with quick
installation wizards and an easy-to-use, on-board, management user
QLogic 3810
interface. Perfect for high-speed server backup or departmental SAN
islands, the QLogic 3810 Switch helps busy IT managers centralize storage
control and reduce infrastructure costs, all while improving data access.
Tape
Library
Storage Arrays
Cost-conscious companies no longer need to sacrifice strategic IT goals
to meet budgetary goals. With the 3810 Switch, standard features, such
as I/O StreamGuard and NPIV, provide all the enterprise-class performance
that QLogic’s larger customers depend on—at a price that can produce an
Experience the cost-saving benefits of shared storage: maximize
return on RAID/tape investments; scale storage independent of servers;
centralize access management
immediate return on investment even for the smallest businesses.
For information about supported SAN standards and classes of service,
refer to the QLogic 3810 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide that is
available through the Downloads page at www.qlogic.com.
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