QLogic SANbox Stackable Switches Qualified by EMC as E-Lab Tested
SANbox 4Gb and 2Gb Stackable Switches Compatible with EMC Storage Solutions
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2006 - QLogic® Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), the leader in Fibre Channel stackable switches, today announced that EMC has qualified QLogic SANbox® 5602 4Gb and 5202 2Gb Fibre Channel stackable switches as EMC® E-Lab™ Tested for use with EMC CLARiiON® AX100 and CLARiiON CX300 networked storage systems. The highly comprehensive E-Lab qualification process tests configurations that replicate real-world environments to help ensure customer satisfaction.
"With the addition of the SANbox 5202 and 5602 to the EMC Support Matrix, QLogic is the only vendor capable of providing end-to-end qualified solutions for EMC customers, which include a wide variety of QLogic SANblade® HBAs and SANbox switch products," said Jesse Parker, vice president of marketing for QLogic switch products. "The stackable approach to Fibre Channel switches provides EMC customers the scalability, ease of use, and high performance necessary to span the enterprise. The SANbox stackable architecture scales from 8 to 64 ports with the ability to manage the entire stack as a single entity via Switch Stack Manager."
QLogic is also bundling the 4Gb SANbox 5602 stackable switch as part of a complete SAN connectivity solution for EMC customers. Available now from all QLogic authorized distributors, the bundled solution includes the switch with all of its 20 ports enabled, four QLogic SANblade QLE2460 Fibre Channel HBAs, cables and connectors.
Leading the Industry with the First and Only Fibre Channel Stackable Switches
Following the successful model of stackable IP switches, QLogic pioneered the category of Fibre Channel Stackable Switches with the introduction of the SANbox 5200 Series, the first stackable Fibre Channel switches and the first products to deliver 10Gb Fibre Channel technology. The SANbox 5202 features dual hot-swappable power supplies, a low cost of entry with an eight-port configuration, breakthrough ease-of-use with wizard-based installation, the ability to scale to 64 ports without losing a single port to inter-switch links, blazing 10Gb performance, and complete stack management from a single application.
Now the benefits of stackable IP switches are available for high performance 4Gb SANs. SANbox 5602 stackable switches deliver the seamless scalability and performance of chassis switches in easy-to-manage, pay-as-you-grow solutions. With sixteen 4Gb ports plus a four-pack of high-speed 10Gb ISL ports, and entry as low as eight ports with four-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 and higher availability with its dual power supply configuration.
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