McDATA ULTRANETTM EDGE STORAGE ROUTER 3000 - Manual (Page 35)

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Introduction 1-3
UltraNet Edge 3000 Benefits
• Tape Backup — allows tape backup performance over extended
distances using a new or existing IP network, devices appear local
to the server and sustained bandwidth is comparable to local
performance up to thousands of miles.
UltraNet Edge 3000 Benefits
This section describes the benefits of the UltraNet Edge 3000.
• Data Caching — data is streamed across the network for
maximum data rates, providing constant and predictable data
delivery, regardless of distance.
• Buffer Credit Management — Provides buffer credit negotiation
with the switch for flow control and maximum efficiency,
regardless of distance.
• Session Level CRC — end-to-end CRC checking for guaranteed
recovery and complete data integrity.
• IP Load Balancing — provides data striping across multiple,
virtual links for scalability and maximum application
performance.
• Fail Over — provides rerouting of traffic to the secondary WAN
in the event there is an outage of a primary WAN.
• FICON and FC/SCSI Tape Pipelining — performs remote tape
backup performance over extended distances using a new or
existing IP or ATM network, devices appear local to the server
and sustained bandwidth is comparable to local performance up
to thousands of miles.
• Session Management — provides transparent network level
error recovery, packet re-ordering, and auto path failover to
guarantee data delivery.
• Payload Matching — performs segmentation and reassembly to
match Fibre Channel 2K frames with IP 1.5K packets for
maximum bandwidth utilization and network efficiency.