SANRAD V-Switch - Manual (Page 2)

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S A N R A D S t o r a g e P ro S e r v i c e s o p e r a t e w i t h i n t h e V- S w i t c h p ro v i d i n g
intelligent storage services, protocol conversion and data replication that
e n a b l e I T p ro f e s s i o n a l s t o b u i l d a n a l l - i n - o n e i S C S I I P S A N . S A N R A D
StoragePro Management provides an easy way to centrally manage a
single V-Switch, a V-Switch cluster or multiple V-Switches simultaneously,
providing a comprehensive and highly scalable IP-SAN.
StoragePro Services gather all storage resources connected to the V-Switch
into a single pool. From these pooled resources, administrators can define
policies and services independent of the attached storage systems brand,
type, or protocol. Network administrators can define new logical volumes
from the pooled storage resources. Logical volumes can take almost any
shape and size and are created independent of physical barriers such as
RAID enclosures, physical disks, protocols, and distance.
Cost effective IP SAN solutions for
mid-range organizations.
Optimized for mid-range and
departmental applications.
LAN/ MAN/ WAN iSCSI connectivity
and data replication.
Easy scalable performance.
High availability for fault tolerant
access to data.
Network-based storage pooling and
virtualization with volume
management for capacity
management across enclosures.
Open iSCSI storage bridging and
switching platform.
1U/ 1/2 RACK width (1U/full rack
width for cluster).
Ideal for configurations of up to 10TB and 2-20 hosts.
Effective and easy to manage IP SANs for Email, File servers and Databases.
Shared storage and data resources with other offices.
Clustered multiple V-Switch 2000 systems increase performance to meet
mid-range to enterprise performance requirements.
Active/ Active clustered V-Switch failover, failback and multi-pathing ensure
continuous data availability for diverse business applications. Integrated
realtime data mirroring and replication across storage systems including
volume based snapshot for continuous data replication.
Storage pooling, Volume Spanning, Resizing and Striping enable the
creation of custom storage volumes across physical disks and enclosures,
for optimal performance of applications, maximum utilization of storage
resources and cost effective service growth.
Standardized connectivity across Ethernet environments, linking servers
with any storage system for cost effective creation of mid-range departmental
SANs, using heterogeneous storage infrastructure including FC, SCSI, iSCSI,
FC Fabric and SCSI or FC systems using ATA /SATA or IDE drives.
Compact size saves you precious rack space.
V-Switch 2000
Key Features and Benefits
SANRAD StoragePro Management
System Key Features and Benefits
Manage and view storage using
remote management and web-
based GUI for centralized control
Administer the IP SAN from a
centralized interface
Monitor performance and traffic on
the V-Switch
Check system health to ensure
uninterrupted storage services
Understand your iSCSI topology
Utilize your capacity intelligently
Detect and troubleshoot faults
StoragePro can be managed by a SANRAD browser based GUI for simple
administration of one or many V-Switches. A complete CLI can also be
used for customizing or automating StoragePro operations to synchronize
with server applications. StoragePro also supports Telnet.
Easily manage a global infrastructure of SANRAD V-Switches from a single
interface to allocate storage capacity from any device, anywhere, anytime.
Monitor traffic statistics on each storage and network interface to increase
application performance. Monitor counters and generate reports defined
by standard MIBs including TCP/ IP, FC, SCSI and iSCSI interfaces
Have a single view of V-Switch fans, power supplies and temperature.
Monitor error levels for network and storage interfaces, TCP/IP layers, iSCSI
sessions and connections.
Review server connections to specific storage volume
Precisely allocate your storage resources as needed and manage unallocated
capacity to improve storage efficiency.
SNMP generates alarms and logs for user defined events.
StoragePro generates email messages for real-time tracking and monitoring
of both SANRAD V-Switch and StoragePro.
StoragePro Management
provides a simple and
unified interface for
configuring iSCSI SANs
iSCSI/TCP-IP/Ethernet
FC JBODs/RAID
File Server
Database Server
Striped
Mirror
Application Server
Additional Hosts
SCSI JBODs/ RAID
Concatenated
Additional Storage
Additional Storage
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