D A T A S H E E T
SANbox 5600Q/5602Q
Fibre Channel Stackable Switch
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includes the Configuration Wizard and QLogic’s exclusive Drag-
and-Drop Zoning – the industry’s most intuitive zoning method.
Enterprise Fabric Suite
– Control software costs while managing
the SAN
your way with unprecedented granularity. Enterprise
Fabric Suite bundles high-value enterprise features such as
Fabric Tracker, Performance View, Port Threshold Alarms, Stack
Management, and mPort Technology™ movable port activation
into a single site-licensed package. You’ll spend less time and
money licensing individual features or worrying about “balloon
payment” per-switch fees as your SAN grows.
SANdoctor
– Comprehensive set of diagnostic tools for trouble-
shooting problems in your fabric. Includes SFP digital diagnostics,
fabric traceroute, and fabric ping.
Fabric Security
– Provides the right mix of protection features
for user, connection, and device security. Supports RADIUS
authentication, Secure Shell (SSH), and Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) encryption. Device connection security support using Fibre
Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), DH-CHAP, and FC-GS-4 CT.
Interoperability
Fully compatible with other SANbox switches
– Mix and match
in stacks with all 5000 Series products (2Gb or 4Gb). As always,
QLogic’s management tools are 100% backward compatible with
full support for previous-generation switches.
Interoperable with all major storage, server, application, and
infrastructure vendors
– SANbox products are designed for
heterogeneous OS environments including Windows
®
, UNIX
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, Linux
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,
AIX
®
, MacOS
®
, Solaris
®
and others. SNMP support, available API, and
SMI-S agent for integration into popular third-party management
applications.
Virtualization Support
– N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support
comes standard with the SANbox 5600Q, allowing full integration
and interoperability with applications such as VMWare
®
and
hardware such as the IBM
®
Intelligent Pass-thru Module and HP
®
VC-FC blade switch modules. Only QLogic delivers end-to-end
NPIV support on Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and switches.
Interoperable with all FC-SW-2 compliant switches
– No need
for proprietary interoperability to achieve full functionality.
Investment Protection
Planning to expand to a core-edge topology in the future? Need
to add edge connectivity to an existing core infrastructure? No
matter where you begin, SANbox 5600Q and QLogic’s 10Gb ISL
backbone provide the most efficient, cost-effective expansion
method. Competing solutions rob increasing numbers of device
ports to support growing ISL requirements. With the SANbox 5600Q,
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there is no “point of diminishing returns” for switch investments
and no performance penalty for growth.
Every switch you purchase
continues to add the same user value.
The modular backbone helps you avoid disruptive topology reversals
and react faster to changing requirements, including the adoption of
new technologies. With the SANbox 5600Q, IT managers can realize
a cost-optimized path from the initial-to-ultimate solution without
knowing the intervening requirements ahead of time.
Spend your IT dollar on user applications, not infrastructure. SANs
exist to support users. Don’t let cost and complicated infrastructure
turn this equation upside down. SANbox 5600Q low-TCO products
will enhance any company’s long-term growth strategy, improving
operational efficiency, increasing storage utilization – and ultimately
making business-critical applications and personnel more
productive.
Typical Uses
Environments
Applications
Small stand-alone or
departmental/workgroup
SANs
Email
LAN-free backup
Disaster recovery
Storage/server consolidation
DAS-to-SAN migration
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Edge switch in larger core-
edge topologies
Email
ERP/MRP
Storage/Server consolidation
Data warehousing
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Why 10Gb Stacking Ports Matter
Predictable ROI
– No point of diminishing returns
No penalty for growth
“Best practices” are built into the architecture
Simple ISL administration
ISLs protected from day-to-day changes
Less business disruption during expansion
Consistent user experience over time
Future-ready architecture
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