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ELL POWER SOLUTIONS
7
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
T
he Dell PowerEdge 1855 blade server and the Dell
Modular Server Enclosure offer many features that ca
bene
it data center administrators. Given the ca
abilit
to
com
ine servers, Et
ernet switc
es, systems managemen
nter
aces, and even a stora
e area network
SAN
abri
nsi
e a sing
e c
assis, a
ministrators no
onger nee
to
allocate lar
e amounts o
loor space
or such data center
com
onents. The addition o
a blade-sized Fibre Channel
AN in
rf
—
h
h
M
DATA 4
14 Fi
r
h
nn
l
switch module—to a blade server enclosure enables admin
strators to easi
y inte
rate t
is SAN component into Fi
re
Channel in
rastructures. Usin
the inte
rated McDATA 4314
n a De
Mo
u
ar Server Enc
osure a
ows organizations
o reduce the
er-
ort cost o
Fibre Channel connectivit
compare
to externa
Fi
re C
anne
a
ternatives.
n in
rn
l Fi
r
h
nn
l
wi
h
h
h
M
DATA
4314 is typically pre
erred over a Fibre Channel pass-through
module interconnected to an external switch, except when
a minimal number o
server blades in a chassis are con-
ectin
to a SAN or w
en existin
switc
es
ave numerous
available
orts without an
otential
uture use. The inter-
al switch is preferred over the pass-through module pri-
arily because, when a pass-throu
h module is used to
connect to an external switch, the number of ports needed
on the external switch is dependent on the number o
server
a
es insta
e
in t
e enc
osure. W
en a s
stem
uses the switch module, a maximum of four ports can be
used on the interconnected external switch, regardless o
h
n
m
r
f
rv
r
l
in
ll
in
h
h
i
he Dell Modular Server Enclosure su
orts the
McDATA 4314 Fibre Channel switch module (FCSM). The
McDATA 4314 is a 14-
ort switch that installs in module
ay 3 of the enclosure for nonredundant fabrics, or in
odule ba
s 3 and 4
or redundant
abrics. An im
or-
tant cost-saving bene
it is that the McDATA 4314 does
ot require separate licenses to enable additional Fibre
BY RI
HARD
LA
KY AND
TEPHANIE HARTLE
ep
oy
ng t
e
McDATA 4314 Fibre Channel
Switch Module
for the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade
erve
By integrating the McDATA
®
4314 Fibre Channel switch module into the Dell
™
Modular
Server Enclosure, data center administrators can create a Fibre Channel storage area
network (SAN) for the Dell PowerEdge
™
1855 blade server or expand their current SAN.
Understanding the user-friendly features and monitoring capabilities of the McDATA
4314 Fibre Channel switch can help administrators simplify storage management in
SAN environments.
Related Categories:
Blade servers
Dell PowerEdge blade servers
Fibre Channel switches
Fibre Channel
McDATA
Storage
Storage architecture
Visit www.dell.com/powersolutions
for the complete category index.
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