Qlogic SANbox 1400 Series Supplementary Manual Download Page 12

 

 

ESG Lab Review

 

 

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Test Bed Configuration Details 

 

 

                                                                           

CORE 

Servers: 

 

Two HP/Compaq DL360’s 

P3, 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, W2K3 Server, SP1 

SANSurfer 2.0.30 
 

 

HBA’s: 

 

QLA2460 (FC) 

F/W: 4.0.0.18, Driver QLogic  SCSI miniport 9.1.2.11 

 

 

Switches: 

 

Three SANbox 5600’s 

F/W: 5.0.0.31 

One SANbox 5200 

F/W: 5.0.0.31 

One SANbox 9000 

F/W: 6.2.0.8 

 

 

Services Platform: 

 

Two SANbox 8202’s  

F/W 1.1.7.4 

SVM (StoreAge Manager) 

QStorage SVM version 4.3 

 

 

iSCSI to FC Router: 

 

SANbox 6140 

F/W: 2.0.5, iSCSI router mgr 2.0.30 

 

 

Storage: 

 

JMR  

StorBlade 

IBM FAST 
InforTrend EonStore 

 

                                                            

EDGE 

Server: 

 

Dell GX280 

P4, 2.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM,XP Pro, SP2 

 

 

HBA’s: 

 

QLA4050(iSCSI) 

F/W: 3.0.0.4, driver 2.1.2.0 

QLA200 (FC) 

F/W: 3.0.3.12, driver 9.0.2.11 

 

 

Switch: 

 

SANbox 1400  

F/W 4.2.0.20 

 

 

Storage: 

 

FibreDrive 

250 GB 7200 RPM SATA 

 
 

 

Enterprise Strategy Group  

 

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Summary of Contents for SANbox 1400 Series

Page 1: ...f fr ro om m Q QL Lo og gi ic c Expanding the Connectivity and Value of Information Assets A A P Pr ro od du uc ct t R Re ev vi ie ew w b by y E ES SG G L La ab b O Oc ct to ob be er r 2 20 00 06 6 Au...

Page 2: ...that end user customers should conduct ESG Lab reports are designed to provide insight to what is compelling about various products and how they can solve customer problems ESG Lab provides third par...

Page 3: ...ging replication and extension Connectivity and data services provide the foundation for the delivery of the networked services needed to implement next generation grid architectures Figure One An Exp...

Page 4: ...site was created using a SANbox 1400 switch and iSCSI adapter enabled access to Fibre Channel storage served from the core of the storage network All in all the test bed provided an excellent means fo...

Page 5: ...es support availability features like non disruptive code load support and redundant hot swappable power supplies Stackable SANbox solutions have been qualified and are now supported by major storage...

Page 6: ...ric Management W Wh hy y T Th hi is s M Ma at tt te er rs s Shared storage is easier to back up and manage than islands of storage so storage networking saves money QLogic offers the most flexible and...

Page 7: ...gether to enable Tiered storage migration which is often referred to as Information Lifecycle Management ILM Server and storage consolidation Troika Networks was acquired by QLogic for the ASIC techno...

Page 8: ...nd user research by ESG running intelligent data service in a heterogeneous storage network saves time and money Early adopters reported hardware savings of 23 8 software savings of 16 2 and managemen...

Page 9: ...evel application and messaging results which provide a better real world indicator of clustered application performance and scalability A pair of high performance servers configured in a cluster as sh...

Page 10: ...letter I A file system copy of the program files directory from the C drive in the remote server to the I drive in the data center completed in a matter of minutes From an end user s standpoint access...

Page 11: ...o third parties as the center for a new and potentially vibrant ecosystem Every market leader in the technology sector is contemplating this challenge The key principles for success are to bring two h...

Page 12: ...0 0 31 One SANbox 9000 F W 6 2 0 8 Services Platform Two SANbox 8202 s F W 1 1 7 4 SVM StoreAge Manager QStorage SVM version 4 3 iSCSI to FC Router SANbox 6140 F W 2 0 5 iSCSI router mgr 2 0 30 Stora...

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