Qlogic SANbox 5602 Supplementary Manual

Stackable and Modular Architecture Switches
What it is:
SAN Pro’s scalability allows enterprises to start with the SAN that is right sized for today’s requirements and grow as the business expands. SAN Pro offers the industry’s first 4Gb stackable switch – the SANbox 5602. It features a stackable and module architecture that provides true “pay as you go” scalability.
How competitive solutions work:
Brocade and McData do not offer stackable products due to the limitation of their architecture. Although port licensing is available on some of these products, they do not benefit from stacking when expanding the fabric and licenses can be lost if a unit is reset.
The user benefit:
Customers can now scale from 8 to 64 ports without wasting ports for interconnects. The stack is managed as a single unit to simplify configuration settings and software upgrades.
How it works:
With sixteen 4Gb ports plus a four-pack of high-speed 10Gb ISL ports, and entry as low as 8 ports with 4-port software-keyed increments and included graphical user interface (GUI) wizards, each SANbox 5602 stackable switch provides maximum flexibility for configuring, managing and scaling SANs. The 4 port upgrades can be added at any time without disruption to the existing fabric.
16 Ports
32 Ports
48 Ports
64 Ports
SN0030963-00 Rev A 11/05
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