DS-300B features
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Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
DS-300B features
The DS-300B provides the following features:
◆ 1U chassis
The chassis can be installed as a standalone unit or mounted in a
standard Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 19 in. (48.26 cm)
cabinet.
◆ One built-in fixed power unit (not a FRU)
Three built-in fans (there are no fan FRUs)
The DS-300B is cooled by a 2-1 redundant fan configuration,
which means that it can sustain a single fan failure and continue
to function properly.
◆ On-demand scaling of 8 to 24 8 Gbps ports
◆ GoldenEye-2 ASIC technology supporting 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbps
auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports
◆ A flexible design that enables the DS-300B to function as either a
full-functioned switch or an NPIV access gateway
◆ RJ45 Ethernet management port that in conjunction with
EZSwitchSetup, supports switch IP address discovery and
configuration
◆ Support of the EZSwitchSetup wizard for setup and basic
configuration
◆ USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of
the supportsave command and storage for configuration uploads
and downloads
◆ A single motherboard design with a 667 MHz PowerPC 440EPx
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU with integrated
peripherals
◆ Inter-Switch-Link Trunking (licensable) which enables up to eight
ports (at 1G, 2G, 4G, or 8G speeds) between a pair of switches to
be combined to form a single, logical ISL switch with a speed of
up to 64 Gbits/sec (128 Gbits/sec full duplex) for optimal
bandwidth utilization and load balancing
◆ Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) which optimizes fabric-wide
performance and load balancing by automatically routing data to
the most efficient available path in the fabric