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HBAs
Switches End-to-End SAN Infrastructure
Routers
vFabric™ Virtualization
 End-to-End

End-to-end SAN infrastructure from QLogic. Our Host Bus Adapters

(HBAs) provide server connectivity throughout the SAN, and SANbox®
switches provide the switched fabric that connects servers to
storage and converged fabrics. SANbox Intelligent Storage Routers
connect networks, servers and SAN storage, allowing you to replicate
data across WANs. The vFabric™ architecture provides network-
based fabric virtualization to simplify management and provide fault-
tolerant SAN isolation. And QLogic Fabric Management provides
command and control over performance, security and uptime of your
storage and converged networks.

QLogic. The Only Provider of

End-to-End SAN Infrastructure.
- A unified network platform for server connectivity, switched
fabrics and fabric management

- Avoid complex and costly integration projects with single points

of management

- Higher performance, pervasive interoperability, simple

installation and management

Building an end-to-end SAN requires you to cope with server connectivity, the switched
fabric connecting servers to storage and the network services that run on the SAN. That’s
why deploying end-to-end SAN infrastructure is the intelligent approach. Only QLogic
delivers this end-to-end SAN infrastructure. Only QLogic provides everything you need to
install, configure and operate a world-class SAN, from host bus adapters (HBAs) to switches
to intelligent storage routers. Of course, if you enjoy rolling up your sleeves and wading into
complex, costly integration projects, then choosing separate SAN switch, HBA and router
From the heart of the datacenter to the workgroup to the edge of the enterprise — and even in the increasingly
vendors may be your cup of tea. But if you have better things to do with your time and money,
sophisticated networks of small-to-medium businesses — QLogic does more for dynamic businesses
QLogic is for you.
and organizations. We’re first in Fibre Channel stackable switches, and no one sells more Fibre Channel and
iSCSI HBAs than QLogic. Regardless of environment, platform, operating system, server brand or storage vendor,
QLogic has the solution that’s right for you. At a price that’s right for your budget, too.

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 SANbox® Switches

SANbox 9000 Stackable FC Director Switch
SANbox 6000 Intelligent Storage Router
SANbox 5000 Stackable FC Switch
As individual components, QLogic SANbox products provide best-in-class
advantages. Working together as integrated solutions, they not only look better,
they make your SAN perform better, too. That’s why the entire QLogic SANbox
line won the Windows IT Pro Readers Choice Award. For your switched fabric,
you can count on QLogic for exactly the right switch... from the core to the
distribution layer to the edge. For server and WAN connectivity, QLogic
Intelligent Storage Routers boost utilization while driving down cost and
complexity. And for the holy grail of virtualization, the QLogic architecture will
offer vFabric™ partitioning and transparent routing in your heterogeneous
SAN. By organizing a SAN into individual virtual fabrics, you greatly simplify
management and provide secure SAN isolation. More importantly, you ensure

SANbox
an open environment that can accommodate multiple vendors, new solutions
® and future flexibility.

SANbox 1000 Fixed-Port FC Switch

Core-to-Edge Switches and
Intelligent Storage Routers
The new look for powerful,
easy-to-manage fabrics.

1000 ...........
9000
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 SANbox® 1000

- Quick Start guide for simple and quick installation

- Auto-sensing, self-configuring ports
- Configuration Wizard to quickly deploy in a few mouse clicks
- Drag and drop device zoning
- Track configuration changes with Fabric Tracker
Ideal for small businesses who want the
- Zoning Wizard for simple device security
performance advantages of storage area
networking, but without cost or complexity - In-band, out-of-band, Telnet and SNMP management access
- Non-disruptive software upgrades
- SAN Express™ support
- Guaranteed tape backups and video streaming with RSCN Suppression

SANbox® 1000 Two units fit side by side

Series in 1U of rack space

Fixed-Port Fibre Channel Switch

- Plug-and-play installation
- Lowest cost / entry level
- Smallest footprint possible Configuration Wizard software tool makes
switch installation and fabric scaling simple so
you don’t have to be a SAN expert
Though small in size, SANbox 1000 Series switches
deliver big-time capabilities. With ten ports of 4Gb
throughput, the entry-level SANbox Express 1000
Series allows the smallest business to enjoy the high
performance and consolidation benefits of storage
networking. Wizards guide you through installation and
configuration, so you don’t need to hire a SAN expert.
Extensive interoperability testing means it works in
virtually any environment, including yours. If all that
doesn’t get you, the price will. These are the most
affordable SAN switches you can buy.

1000
A
BETTER

4Gb

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 SANbox® 5000

SANbox 5800 Series

- Stack up to 6 units for 120 available device ports
- 8 to 20 self-configuring ports to support 2Gb, 4Gb and 8Gb servers and storage
- 4-port license for non-disruptive field upgrades
- 4 10Gb “always-enabled” stacking ports for high-speed inter-switch links without
sacrificing valuable device ports
- 20Gb “bandwidth on demand” – double the speed of your ISL fabric at the click
Buy only the ports you need to start with,
then add ports and/or stack 6 units to easily of a mouse!
scale up to 120 ports
SANbox 5600 Series
- Stack up to 6 units for 96 available device ports
- 8 to 16 self-configuring ports to support 1Gb, 2Gb and 4Gb servers and storage
- 4-port license for non-disruptive, field upgrades
- 4 10Gb stacking ports for high-speed inter-switch links without sacrificing valuable
device ports

Optional Enterprise Fabric Suite (EFS), SANdoctor and Fabric Security for advanced
management functionality

SANbox 5000
Includes Installation
® and Configuration Wizards Simple migration and scaling with support of 5600 and 5800 Series switches in
for easy deployment and
the same stack

Series administration - Non-disruptive software upgrades

- Configuration, Zoning and Extended Distance Wizards to simplify switch installation

Fibre Channel Stackable Switch and fabric scaling

- Adaptive Trunking on all ports for maximum performance and fault protection – with
- Stack and scale to 120 ports no additional software fees!
- Manage the stack as a single switch Guaranteed tape backups and video streaming using RSCN suppression
- Migrate to 8Gb at your own pace High-performance solution—up to 8Gb
with 20Gb ISLs— handles workgroup or
5000 Series stackable switches support 2Gb, 4Gb and 8Gb enterprise loads with ease
servers and storage. All connected by the world’s fastest
SAN backbone, with inter-switch links (ISLs) that provide
20Gb throughput. SANbox 5000 switches not only deliver
the performance you need today, but also provide a simple
migration path to 8Gb for the infrastructure of tomorrow.
The simplicity, scalability and cost-saving advantages of
stackable switches have long been familiar to Ethernet
users – now you can get the same benefits from the com-
pany that pioneered stacking technology for Fibre Channel
SANs. Best of all, configuration wizards and intuitive
software make installation and management a breeze. Why
pay six figures for a big Director switch you may or may not
eventually grow into? Deploy this pay-as-you grow solu-
tion that never gets ahead of your network or your budget.

5000
20Gb 20Gb

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 SANbox® 6000

SANbox 6140
- Easy SAN connectivity for all servers via iSCSI-to-FC routing
- Low cost connectivity under $100 per server
- Manage storage on the SAN, not on multiple servers
- Migrate easily from DAS to SAN
6140
Connect up to 512 low-cost - Turns FC storage into multi-protocol storage
servers to Fibre Channel SAN
storage
SANbox 6142
- SmartWrite™ for 60% faster write performance
- Wizards simplify installation and configuration
- Support for 62 direct SAN connections over the WAN

SANbox® 6000 - N & NL FC Ports – Bridge multi-vendor SAN Fabrics

- CHAP Security and Authentication

Series 6140
Two units fit side by side
Intelligent Storage Router in 1U of rack space

- iSCSI to Fibre Channel connectivity

- Designed for storage applications that
run across WANs
6142
- Optimized Virtualization Connectivity Ideal for replicating data across a WAN
with iSCSI

With the SANbox 6140, you can turn Fibre Channel

storage into multi-protocol storage. That means that
all those servers on your IP local area network can now
access the data stored on your SAN. And for less than
$100 per server. Or use the SANbox 6142 to expand,
bridge and connect SANs and servers across wide area
IP networks. Bottom line? You reduce the cost of SAN
connectivity, improve ROI on existing SANs, and capture
the benefits of storage area networking for the entire
enterprise.

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 SANbox® 9000

- Industry’s only Director core switch with a compact, 4U chassis module

- HyperStack™ technology uniquely scales performance with capacity
New class of ultra-high density, - Up to 256 ports in a dual, stacked 9200 chassis module configuration
blazing performance, 99.999%
availability core switch for - 8 slots for SANbox 9000 I/O blades:
business-critical applications - 8Gb or 4Gb FC I/O blades for maximum port density
- 10Gb FC I/O blades for high-performance ISL trunks
- 6140 iSCSI Intelligent Storage Router modules for iSCSI-FC connectivity
- 6142 FCIP Intelligent Storage Router modules for data replication over WANs
- Deploy in any combination to match your requirements

SANbox 9000
- Comprehensive suite of enterprise-class management tools included at no
® extra charge

Series Intelligent storage routing

and storage virtualization
to pool heterogeneous
- vFabric™ “ready” for future virtual fabric partitioning/transparent routing

Stackable Director Switch storage and replicate data

across WANs
- New class of core switch exclusively for
Open Systems
- Performance, intelligence and
availability of a Director-class switch
- New HyperStack™ architecture, compact
Industry’s first stackable Director
form factor and lowest cost of entry
switch for unprecedented, modular
capacity + performance scalability
Finally, there’s a new class of core switch that
represents a sane alternative to quarter million dollar
Director switches. The SANbox 9000 Series is ideal for
cost-sensitive, business-critical, open system environ- Designed to the Core™
ments that require a high-density, high- availability
switch platform for their datacenter core.

The SANbox 9000 Series pioneers a number of indus-

try firsts: stackable for simple, cost-effective scalabil-
ity, 4U chassis for smaller footprint and management
tools included at no charge. Best of all, pricing starts
at under $100K.

The SANbox 9000 scales to 256 FC ports in an 8U

dual chassis module HyperStack™ configuration with

9000
absolutely no blocking between the two HyperStack
modules.

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 Interoperability

EMC
Sun

Cisco
Cisco
HP

Virtually every storage and network vendor on

IBM the face of the planet validates QLogic for their

Interoperability. Sun
HP solutions. If you use hardware, software, platforms,
OS’s and/or systems from the list below, you can
be confident QLogic solutions will work flawlessly
QLogic has more types of in your environment:

SAN solutions validated by - Apple - IBM

IBM
more OEMs. - Brocade - LSI
- Cisco - Microsoft
- Computer Associates - Quantum
Do you relish complex, time-consuming integration - Dell - Red Hat
IBM - Sun
projects that swallow your days, then keep you up nights - EMC
IBM HP - Emulex - Symantec
trying to resolve tricky device driver conflicts? No? Then
- HDS - And many others
QLogic is your choice. Other storage area networking - HP
vendors build one or two of the components that make
up your overall SAN infrastructure. Integrating these
disparate elements into a cohesive system can be
challenging. But QLogic provides everything you need to Dell
create a world-class SAN. So every component works Apple
seamlessly and flawlessly together, right out of the box.

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 QLogic Adapters

QLogic 2400 Series 4Gb FC HBA

4Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter

QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb FC HBA
8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
QLogic 4000 Series 1Gb iSCSI HBA
1Gb iSCSI Host Bus Adapter
QLogic 8000 Series 10Gb CNA
10Gb Converged Network Adapter
When it comes to best-in-class interoperability, performance, power optimized, reliability and ease-of use,
the top storage area networking companies in the world rely on QLogic adapters. If they trust QLogic to power their
SAN solutions, shouldn’t you? QLogic HBAs consistently win top honors and industry awards year after year. They
comprise the broadest product portfolio, supporting every major platform, OS, protocol and network environment.
And only QLogic backs its HBAs with the industry’s best warranty: an unprecedented 5 years on select models. Bot-

tom line? Whatever your environment, QLogic offers the best adapter possible for your exact requirements. Specify

the adapter that Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Sun and other leaders choose to ship all over the world. Specify QLogic.

QLogic
Adapters
Fibre Channel and iSCSI Host Bus Adapters,
10Gb Converged Network Adapters
Why settle for anything less than
the #1 selling Fibre Channel and iSCSI HBAs?

2500 ...........
8000
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 2500 Series

- 8/4/2 Gbps (auto-negotiation)

QLogic 2500
- Dynamic power management: the unique ability of the QLogic
2500 to sense the type of PCI Express

Series The QLogic 2500 Series HBA provides bus that is present and consume only the amount of power

8Gb FC HBAs
strong Investment protection to support necessary to run at full speed.
emerging technologies and standards.
- Cool HBA technology is the ability of QLogic products like
2500 HBAs to operate without any air flow (fans).
8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter - HBA information, topology, maps, statistics, and graphs
- Virtualization Optimized delivers enhanced security,
- 400,000 IOPS Performance
Quality-of-Service and enables dynamic provisioning.
- StarPower® and Cool HBA™ technology
- Overlapping Protecion Domains (OPD) on both control and
- Optimized for virtualization
data paths.
[ PCIe Gen2 QLE2560 ]
- Management Optimized providing a single common driver
The QLogic 2500 Series is a family of 8Gb Fibre
per operating system for three generation of FC HBA’s,
Channel-to-PCIe Gen2 HBAs designed for next generation Cool HBA Technology™
No additional airflow / fans for simplified deployment
virtualized datacenters with powerful multi-processor,
required
- RoHS compliant
multi-core servers. QLogic 2500 Series HBAs are
optimized for virtualization, power, RAS (reliability,
availability, serviceability), security and management to
transform server connectivity into competitive advantage.
[ PCIe Gen2 QLE2562 ]
The 2500 Series HBAs provides complete investment
protection by maintaining backward compatibility with
previous Fibre Channel network and PCIe host bus speeds,
[ PCI Express x8 ]
and are set apart from all other 8Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
thanks to two breakthrough innovations: Dynamic Power
Management and Cool HBA™ technologies.

QLogic 2500 Series HBA offers

next generation 8Gb FC technology,
meeting the business requirements
of the enterprise datacenter.

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 2400 Series

- 4/2/1 Gbps (auto-negotiation)

- Persistent binding

QLogic 2400
- LUN masking
- 2,048 concurrent logins per port
Simple, point-and-click

Series installation and configuration

Wizards
- HBA and target level failover
- Loopback and read/write

4Gb FC HBAs - HBA information, topology, maps, statistics, and graphs

- RoHS compliant

4Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter - Out-of-Order Frame Reassembly (OoOFR) reduces congestion and retransmissions
- Multi-ID and N_Port virtualization ready. Allows physical ports to be part of multiple
- 300,000 IOPS Performance logical networks
- Supports virtualization across multiple OSs - Comprehensive Operating System (OS)
- Technology to maximize utilization of driver support including Windows®,
data links Linux™, Solaris™, NetWare, and
Pervasive interoperability Mac OS®
with all major OSs and
Independent tests prove it: QLogic delivers a better 4Gb - Universal boot support manages
32/64-bit computing
HBA. In simulations of real-world Oracle environments, platforms multiple hardware platforms and
benchmarking with Microsoft Exchange and network boot options
tests of Windows SANs, QLogic 4Gb HBAs outperformed - Overlapping protection domains for [ PCI-X 2.0 ]
the competition in all scenarios. And by significant mar- continuous protection of internal data paths
gins (as much as 246%). What’s more, QLogic 4Gb HBAs
have the intelligence needed to extend this performance
advantage to multiple VSANs, satisfying the high band-
width requirements of server virtualization, which means [ PCI Express x4 ]

no performance penalty.

Intelligent storage networking features

that redefine the enterprise-class HBA,
providing increased data protection,
advanced frame routing, and enterprise-
wide management capabilities

A
BETTER

4Gb
BEST RELIABILITY

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 4000 Series

- Networking and storage functionality for iSCSI, network attached storage (NAS),

QLogic 4000 Storage reliability with iSCSI digests, ECC clustering, multimedia, distributed network applications, and web-serving

Series
Memory, and overlapping data path parity - Jumbo frames, 802.3x flow control, 802.1p priority service, and 802.1Q VLAN
Ethernet networking

1Gb iSCSI HBA - Low-profile PCI form factor

- Universal iSCSI SAN boot for true remote storage boot implementations
- Storage reliability with iSCSI digests, ECC memory, and overlapping data path parity
1Gb iSCSI Host Bus Adapter
- JTAG boundary scan, full scan, and memory built-in self-test (BIST)
- Complete iSCSI and TCP/IP offload for - Highly integrated, low power design
enhanced performance - Microsoft Windows® management interface (MS WMI) compliant for
- Auto-negotiated 100/1000 Mbps line rate standards-based management
data transfer
- PCI Express 2.5GHz and PCI-X 133-MHz Broadest support for all
backward-compatible major operating systems,
including Windows, Linux
and Solaris
If you’re not ready to give up the familiarity of SCSI stor-
age, QLogic iSCSI Adapters are a great way to still bring
the performance and consolidation benefits of a SAN to
your environment. By offloading the iSCSI and TCP/IP
protocol to the HBA, QLogic eliminates the impact on your
servers’ CPUs. This makes it possible for your iSCSI stor-
age area network to attain the performance standards of [ PCI Express x4 ]
direct attach storage (DAS) or a Fibre Channel (FC) SAN,
while improving overall server and storage utilization.

Easy point-and-click installation and

configuration wizards take the mystery
out of storage networking

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 8000 Series

- Persistent Binding - TX TCP segmentation offload

QLogic 8000 Pluggable SFP + transceivers allow for - LUN masking - Compatibility with management utility APIs

Series
flexible cost vs cabling distance choice - Zoning - Remote boot via LAN and SAN
- Per Priority Pause - SAN failover and Ethernet teaming

10Gb CNA - Ethernet jumbo frames

- 802.3x flow control
- PCI Express Gen1 x8
- Support for copper and optical transceivers

10Gb Converged Network Adapter - 802.1p priority service - LEDs report link status and beaconing
- IPv6 offload - SANsurfer® software

- Data (TCP/IP) and Storage (FCoE) networking - TX/RX TCP/IP checksum offload
- 10Gb throughput on an Ethernet fabric
- Field proven QLogic Fibre Channel drivers

SANbox® 8000 Ethernet and Fibre Channel

Series
QLogic Converged Network Adapters (CNA) enable Fibre drivers for all major OSs that
Channel storage and TCP/IP data networking to coexist have been deployed and
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 Global Services

Support
QLogic is the only storage area networking company that provides access to support
engineers with years of experience in HBAs, switches, storage, iSCSI, Fibre Channel
storage routers and InfiniBand

This expert support is available in multiple languages during your work day. QLogic’s
support is accessible via telephone, email and from our website, where you can quickly
reference contact details for QLogic Global Services support worldwide.

Service
Global Services provides five fee-based programs for service levels that best fit your availability
requirements and budget parameters. To learn more visit www.qlogic.com/services
• Prime Service includes 7x24 call center availability, 4-hour on-site service and hardware replacement.
• Choice Service includes 7x24 call center availability, next business day on-site service and hardware replacement.
• Select Service includes 5 x 8 call center availability and next business day on-site service and hardware replacement.
• Exchange Service includes 5 x 8 call center availability and next business day advanced hardware replacement.

QLogic Global Services • Preferred Service includes 7x24 call center availability and next business day advanced hardware replacement.
Not all service programs are offered on all products.
Worldwide service/support platform for maximum uptime
and business continuity.
Warranty

- Services and support for the worldwide user community QLogic Global Services backs every QLogic solution with responsive remote customer support. In ad-
- Premium global on-site service programs dition, you have 7x24 access to a support web site that includes FAQs, driver and utilities downloads,
- Get the most out of your investment in QLogic products user forums and online service request handling.

Whether your company is deploying QLogic products in Baltimore, Bombay or Buenos Aires, QLogic Global Services delivers maximum
uptime and optimum business continuity. In every global theater, you can speak with a knowledgeable customer support engineer. QLogic
Global Services not only delivers peace of mind, but also a variety of world-class training programs to make sure you and your staff get the
most out of your investment in our products.
Training
From online training to the highly acclaimed instructor-led training, QLogic Corporation offers the
industry’s most comprehensive SAN and InfiniBand training world-wide. The QLogic instructor-led
training courses feature hands-on learning labs incorporating the most current SAN and InfiniBand
technology powered by QLogic.

More than 60% of the time in courses is devoted to practical lab work. Major topics include SAN, IP
Networking and InfiniBand concepts, product features and functions, installation, configuration, and
practical troubleshooting. Courses culminate in professional certification. Online training is also
available in both live and self-paced options. A complete list of our current course offerings is at
www.qlogictraining.com

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