McData IPS 3300

McData IPS 3300 ... wire-speed storage fabric connectivity.

With support for standard protocols such as iSCSI, iFCP and E Port, the IPS 3300 can connect to IP backbones, Fiber Channel (FC) fabrics and a wide variety of end systems, including Fiber Channel, NAS, and iSCSI initiators and targets. Flexible, user-configurable interface types allow the IPS 3300 to be deployed for multiple, concurrent applications, including Disaster Recovery, iSCSI access to FC storage and SAN routing.

Disaster recovery backup sites can be geographically dispersed without distance limitations, thanks to McDATA's patent-pending FastWrite technology, which can sustain wire-speed throughput in spite of the high link latency. The same ports on the IPS 3300 can also concurrently support iSCSI access to FC storage for customers looking to connect remote servers into the data center. iSCSI is a cost-effective solution that leverages the existing IP backbone. McDATA's iSCSI solutions have been demonstrated to be the best performing solutions in the industry. SAN routing enables customers to build very large, stable FC fabrics where by faults in one area of the network do not impact traffic in other area of the storage network.

The highly reliable and manageable multi-protocol storage fabric extends seamlessly from the data center to the metro area and beyond. McDATA's products are fully compatible with the millions of IP-based LAN, MAN, and WAN routers and switches already installed and mastered by IT professionals.

McDATA's multi-protocol switches are qualified with all major storage platforms, including EMC, HDS, HP, IBM, XIOtech, Sun, StorageTek and LSI.