McData Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Model 212

McData Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Model 212 ... IBM TotalStorage FAStT and LTO SAN requirements. It is based upon McDATA 4500 Fabric Switch technology and designed to provide an affordable, scalable and simple to manage fabric switch. The McDATA 4300 is designed to provide high availability advanced technology with a minimum number of components and concurrent firmware activation. High-density packaging and small form factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers provide 12 ports in 1U high rack space. It offers from 4 to 8 to 12 non-blocking ports, providing 1GBps and 2Gbps Fiber Channel ports utilizing industry standards-based, auto-sensing and auto-negotiating operation with Fabric and Public Loop attached devices.