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Overview of the Switch
Modular SAN Array Fabric Switch 6 User Guide
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Features
The MSA Fabric Switch 6 includes:
• A main board enclosing the 12 Gbps switching engine
• Microprocessor and other hardware logic to support the switch software agents
• MSA Fabric Switch 6 Management Utility
— Full Duplex Communications - A pair of nodes can simultaneously send and
receive data for an aggregate of 2 Gbps
— Automatic Port Bypass - Improves SAN reliability by automatically
bypassing errant ports
• Global Status Indicator (GSI)
• RS-232 serial interface port for configuring the MSA Fabric Switch 6
• 10-base T Ethernet port for communications to host resident management
software applications
• Null modem cable
• Five external 2/1 Gbps ports, 1 internal 2/1 Gbps port
• Auto switch between 1 and 2 Gbps
• Array Configuration Utility-XE (ACU-XE) configuration support
• Compaq Insight Manager (CIM-XE) launch of the Management Utility