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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
T
he Dell PowerEdge 1855 blade server and the Dell
Modular Server Enclosure offer many features that ca
n
bene
it data center administrators. Given the ca
abilit
to
com
b
ine servers, Et
h
ernet switc
h
es, systems managemen
t
i
nter
f
aces, and even a stora
g
e area network
(
SAN
)
f
abri
c
i
nsi
d
e a sing
l
e c
h
assis, a
d
ministrators no
l
onger nee
d
to
allocate lar
g
e amounts o
f
f
loor space
f
or such data center
com
p
onents. The addition o
f
a blade-sized Fibre Channel
S
AN in
te
rf
ace
suc
h
as
t
h
e
M
c
DATA 4
3
14 Fi
b
r
e
C
h
a
nn
e
l
switch module—to a blade server enclosure enables admin
-
i
strators to easi
l
y inte
g
rate t
h
is SAN component into Fi
b
re
Channel in
f
rastructures. Usin
g
the inte
g
rated McDATA 4314
i
n a De
ll
Mo
d
u
l
ar Server Enc
l
osure a
ll
ows organizations
o reduce the
er-
ort cost o
Fibre Channel connectivit
compare
d
to externa
l
Fi
b
re C
h
anne
l
a
l
ternatives.
A
n in
te
rn
a
l Fi
b
r
e
C
h
a
nn
e
l
s
wi
tc
h
suc
h
as
t
h
e
M
c
DATA
4314 is typically pre
f
erred over a Fibre Channel pass-through
module interconnected to an external switch, except when
a minimal number o
f
server blades in a chassis are con-
n
ectin
g
to a SAN or w
h
en existin
g
switc
h
es
h
ave numerous
available
p
orts without an
y
p
otential
f
uture use. The inter-
n
al switch is preferred over the pass-through module pri-
m
arily because, when a pass-throu
g
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
f
server
bl
a
d
es insta
ll
e
d
in t
h
e enc
l
osure. W
h
en a s
y
stem
uses the switch module, a maximum of four ports can be
used on the interconnected external switch, regardless o
f
t
h
e
n
u
m
be
r
o
f
se
rv
e
r
b
l
ades
in
sta
ll
ed
in
t
h
e
c
h
ass
i
s.
T
he Dell Modular Server Enclosure su
pp
orts the
McDATA 4314 Fibre Channel switch module (FCSM). The
McDATA 4314 is a 14-
ort switch that installs in module
b
ay 3 of the enclosure for nonredundant fabrics, or in
m
odule ba
y
s 3 and 4
f
or redundant
f
abrics. An im
p
or-
tant cost-saving bene
f
it is that the McDATA 4314 does
n
ot require separate licenses to enable additional Fibre
BY RI
C
HARD
GO
LA
S
KY AND
S
TEPHANIE HARTLE
Y
D
ep
l
oy
i
ng t
h
e
McDATA 4314 Fibre Channel
Switch Module
for the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade
S
erve
r
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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