CN 2000
Storage and LAN Extension Platform
Features & benefits
- Features connectivity extension for Mainframe, Open Systems and SAN/LAN extension over SONET/SDH, WDM or dark fiber
- Provides FCP SCSI write acceleration for Open System Disk Mirroring
- Functions with multi-protocols, including 1GbFC, 2GbFC, GbE, FICON, FICON Express (2G) and ESCON
- Includes MAN/WAN Interfaces: DS3, OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, GbE
- Offers provisionable bandwidth to match application requirements through Active Multiplexing and Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment
- Features integrated hardware data compression
- Provides comprehensive performance monitoring
- Shares dynamic, lossless MAN/WAN bandwidth between multiple protocols
- Offers point-to-multipoint SONET/SDH networking
- Provides advanced service protection from MAN/WAN outages
- Gives data its own secure deterministic circuit across the network by physically isolating traffic end-to-end
- Offers distance extension solutions up to 1000s of miles, and is industry qualified by major storage and SAN infrastructure vendors
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