SteelFusion Edge Installation and Configuration Guide
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Migrating Data from the SteelHead EX Appliance
Introducing the SteelFusion Edge Appliance
The Edge appliance ports support these connection types and speeds.
The Edge appliance supports VLAN Tagging (IEEE 802.3 - 2008). It does not support the Inter-Switch Link
(ISL) protocol.
The Edge appliance autonegotiates speed and duplex mode for all data rates and supports full duplex mode
and flow control (IEEE 802.3 – 2008).
Migrating Data from the SteelHead EX Appliance
There is no upgrade path from SteelHead EX appliance to the Edge appliance as they are different products
that run on different hardware platforms.
If your SteelFusion deployment previously consisted of a BlockStream-enabled SteelHead EX appliance
and a SteelFusion Core appliance, and if your data is backed by a SteelFusion Core, you can migrate your
data to the SteelFusion Edge appliance.
To migrate the data, you unmap the LUN from the SteelHead EX appliance and rejoin that LUN to the new
Edge appliance.
Gigabit Ethernet over Copper 1000BASE-T (All copper interfaces
are autosensing for speed and duplex.)
IEEE 802.3 - 2008
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 1000BASE-SX (LC connector)
IEEE 802.3 - 2008
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 1000BASE-LX
IEEE 802.3 - 2008
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber 10GBASE-LR Single Mode
IEEE 802.3 - 2008
Gigabit Ethernet over 10GBASE-SR Multimode
IEEE 802.3 - 2008
Port
Speed
Primary (PRI)
10/100/1000BASE-T, auto-negotiating
Auxiliary (AUX)
10/100/1000BASE-T, auto-negotiating
LAN
10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SX or 1000BASE-LX or 10GBASE-LR or
10GBASE-SR, depending on configuration
WAN
10/100/1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-SX or 1000BASE-LX or 10GBASE-LR or
10GBASE-SR, depending on configuration
Hypervisor Data Interfaces
(ethX_Y)
10/100/1000BASE-T, autonegotiating
BlockStream Data Interfaces
(gbeX_Y)
10/100/1000BASE-T, autonegotiating
Ethernet Standard
IEEE Standard
