McDATA ULTRANETTM EDGE STORAGE ROUTER 3000 - Manual (Page 34)

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Introducing the UltraNet Edge 3000
The UltraNet Edge 3000 is designed for ease-of-use and is customer
installable, configurable, and maintainable. The UltraNet
ConfigManager configuration tool and the UltraNet WebView
monitoring tool enable easy setup and monitoring capabilities.
The UltraNet Edge 3000 contains an application (FCSW) which acts
as a Fibre Channel switch and eliminates the need for an external
Fibre Channel switch.
The UltraNet Edge 3000 interconnects and extends Fibre Channel
Storage Area Networks (SANs) using a new or existing Ethernet wide
area network. The UltraNet Edge 3000 enables the following data
replication solutions:
• Remote mirroring — a fault tolerant method in which a backup
data storage device maintains data identical to that on the
primary device and replaces the primary if it fails.
• Disaster recovery — a set of rules and procedures that allow a
computer site to be put back in operation after a disaster has
occurred. The concept of moving back-ups off-site constitutes the
minimum basic precaution for disaster recovery. The remote copy
is used to recover data when the local storage is inaccessible after
a disaster.
• Data migration — the ability to move data from one storage
subsystem to another.
• High availability clustering — supports mass storage
subsystems for Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage
Area Networks (SAN) including RAID, CDROM, DVDROM and
tape devices.
• Content Distribution — enables a cost-effective solution to
distribute data, program updates, etc. to your remote offices or
business partners, leveraging the IP infrastructure to access
current information.
• SAN Switch Management — allows current settings of switches
utilizing an E_port configuration to remain unchanged,
regardless of distance requirements.
• Disk/SAN Extension — Allows Disk or Servers to be connected
either directly or through a Storage Area Network, using an
existing IP or ATM network, either locally or remotely over
extended distances.