McDATA Sphereon ES-4700 32 Port 4Gbps SAN Storage Array Network Switch w/32SFPs

The Sphereon 4700 is an ideal Fibre Channel switch for mid-size to large fabrics with its high availability features and dense port count. The 32-port switch starts from a base of 16 ports and grows with your SAN in 8-port increments using McDATAs FlexPort pay-as-you-grow technology. It offers exceptional port density with 32 ports in 1U of rack space. The Sphereon 4700 also provides the highest performance available, with 4 Gb/s non-blocking bandwidth on every port and the ability to auto-negotiate to 2 and 1 Gb/s to protect existing investments.

Specifications

• Port Count: 16/24/32
• Port Density: 32/u
• Height: 1.75" (1u)

Availability

• HotCAT® online, non-disruptive firmware load and activation
• FlexPort non-disruptive scalability in 8-port increments
• Hot-plug, redundant power supplies with integrated cooling
• Hot-plug small form factor (SFP) optics
• Online diagnostics
• Fault isolation tools for network-wide activity

Compatibility

• Fibre Channel Protocols: FC-AL-2, FC-DA, FC-GS-4, FC-FS, FC-MI, FC-PH-3, FC-SB-2, FC-SB-3, FC-SWAPI, FC-PI, FC-SW-3
• SNMP: FC-MIB, TCP/IP MIB II
• Fibre Channel Classes of Service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F

Performance

• Port Speed: 1.0625, 2.125 and 4.25 Gb/s, full duplex
• Aggregate Throughput: 256 Gb/s
• Latency: Less than 1 microsecond average Scalability
• Ports per Chassis: 32 GL ports
• Media Type: Hot-plug, industry standard LC small form factor pluggable (SFP)
• Distance: Up to 50km at 4Gb/s, 200km at 1Gb/s

Management Options

• SMI-S Interface
• SNMP
• Open Systems Management Server (OSMS)
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• FICON Management Server