Qlogic SANbox 9200 Supplementary Manual

Also see for SANbox 6142: Brochure Supplementary guide User guide User guide

Contents

summary and conclusion

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W H I T E P A P E RExecutive SummaryA new challenge faces IT professionals, dubbed the corporate“extrastructure.” This includes devices and technologies outsidethe IT department’s direct control, but are vital to the properoperation of dispersed SANs and data resources. For example,most corporations rely on third-party vendors for the bandwidthand connectivity technology outside of the brick-and-mortarconfines. Since implementing a private global WAN would be costprohibitive, the company needs to bridge data centers withoutsacrificing the benefits of a single-site operation.The best way to mitigate the limitations of a decentralized dataenvironment is to create a core-to-core bridging strategy usingstandard, proven technologies. Core-to-core bridging is theQLogic term for linking the core networks between data centers.Data center switches, such as the SANbox 9200, can accessremote SAN islands with the proper deployment of gatewayrouters. The SANbox 6142 Intelligent Storage Router can bridgecore switches across the WAN with fast and efficient Layer 3routing. The routing can even be easily implemented across coreswitching technologies from other vendors, for example Brocadeand Cisco.Mission critical applications, such as data migration, replication,and disaster recovery, can now be integrated across multiplesites for better utilization, higher levels of protection, and fasterrecovery times.Key FindingsThe SANbox product family can implement a cost-effective andefficient data center core-to-core bridging strategy to achieve thefollowing solutions:Greater resource utilization in SAN islandsHigher data protection levels with off-site migration,replication, and disaster recoveryBetter operational efficienciesFaster gateway bridging across homogeneous andheterogeneous SAN fabricsEasier management of remote data resourcesCore-to-core fabrics can be bridged without merging SANs••••••Extending the SAN Beyond the Data CenterExtending the SAN for SANbox 9000Core SwitchesQLogic Intellegent Storage Routers