QLogic 5800V_5802V - Manual (Page 5)

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Data Sheet
Multi-vendor SAN Interoperability
• Fully compatible with other QLogic switches—Mix and match in
stacks with all 5000 Series products (2Gb, 4Gb, or 8Gb). the QLogic
5800V is also compatible with FC-SW-2-compliant switches made by
other vendors.
• Connect easily to any vendor’s switch—transparent routing provides
selective and secure sharing of devices without disrupting existing core
SaNs and management practices.
• Interoperable with all major storage, server, application, and
infrastructure vendors—SNMP support, an aPI, and an SMI-S agent
are available for integration into popular third-party management
applications.
End-to-End Virtualization Support
NPIV support comes standard across the entire QLogic switch portfolio,
allowing full integration and interoperability with applications, such as
VMware
® , and hardware, including leading transparent blade solutions
from IBM ® , hP ® , and others.
Investment Protection
the QLogic 5800V Series Switch provides low total cost of ownership (tCO),
extended product life, and a phased “pay-as-you-grow” approach that will
enhance any company’s long-term financial strategy. Make business-
critical applications and personnel more productive with a next-generation
QLogic SaN—the best choice for today’s infrastructure and tomorrow’s.
What is Transparent Routing
transparent routing (tR) is a standard feature of
QLogic 5800 Series Switches that provides seamless,
cost effective expansion of SaNs from any vendor.
tR extends industry-standard N_Port ID virtualization
(NPIV) technology, enabling customer-designated
ports on a QLogic 5800 Switch to log into an existing
third-party SaN as N_Ports—just like host or storage.
In this way, e_Port complexity is eliminated, and the
QLogic switch becomes “transparent” to the original
SaN infrastructure. Storage resources can be shared
selectively in either direction, while existing services
and management practices are preserved.
• Cost effective expansion—bring QLogic switch
stacking benefits to legacy SaNs
• Easy setup with QuickTools—Continue to use
existing tools to manage the third party SaN
• Administrator-defined mappings—Share only
what you want to share
• Configuration Wizard makes inter-fabric zoning
easy.
QLogic switch becomes the simplest way to add resources to any third-party SAN