The 24-port McDATA® Sphereon™ 4500 switch offers two gigabit per second connectivity-on-demand with McDATA's exclusive Flexport Technology. Additional connectivity can be added quickly and non-disruptively, making it an ideal SAN building block for small-to-medium enterprises.
Backup and restore McDATA Sphereon switches are at the center of storage area networks (SANs) used to enable backup and restore to be shared across several applications, reducing costs and simplifying management.
Disaster recovery McDATA Sphereon switches play a critical role in complete disaster recovery systems, including SANs for clustering/fail-over, remote data vaulting and backup and restore functions.
Storage consolidation By consolidating storage with a SAN using McDATA Sphereon switches, you can better manage and protect all of your business critical information.
Disk mirroring Disk SANs employing McDATA Sphereon switches can be implemented to improve the manageability of local and remote mirroring systems, keeping online data better protected and more available.
Benefits
Flexible growth Pay only for the connectivity needed today. As needs dictate, simply order and install an expansion kit for your currently installed infrastructure to gain access to the reserve connectivity.
Investment protection The Sphereon 4500 offers backward and forward compatibility with other McDATA switches.
Scalability The 24-port building block offers superior scaling and seamless interoperability with McDATA’s director-based products to support the largest of application needs.
Lower cost of ownership The large 24-port-count switch size reduces the number of inter-switch links needed as the fabric grows, which lowers the cost per useable port.
Simplified management Larger switch building blocks lead to simpler management and configuration as well as stronger management performance.
Features
Standard features:
HotCode Activation Technology (HotCAT™) This feature allows you to continue on-line operations during switch code updates, which reduces downtime.
Integrated SANpilot Management SANpilot™ software provides an easy-to-use, powerful tool that’s ideal for managing smaller fabrics. It offers essential switch management features like zoning, HotCAT code loading and activation, and multiple switch level and fabric level views.
McData Flexport Technology With McDATA Flexport Technology, you can pre-install connectivity capacity and activate additional ports non-disruptively as needed through the use of a software activation key.
Pricing
Pricing varies depending on configuration and selected options. Product pricing does not include associated implementation service costs. Contact the "How to buy" help desk at 1-800-275-4785 (01-303-673-2800) for more information.
Specifications
Performance
Port speed:
1.0625 - 2.125 Gb/sec, full duplex
Buffer credits:
Port 0-3 = 12 per port; Port 4-23 = 5 per port
Aggregate throughput:
96 Gb/sec
Latency:
<1 microseconds average
Distance support:
12.5 miles (20 km) @ 1 Gb/sec, 6.2 miles (10 km) @ 2 Gb/sec, Ports 0-4
Capacity
Ports per chassis:
24 GL ports
Availability
High-availability features:
HotCAT online, non-disruptive firmware upgrades Hot-plug, redundant power and cooling Hot-plug small form factor (SFP) transceivers Online diagnostics Fault isolation tools for network-wide activity
Serviceability:
Hot-plug power and cooling modules Hot-plug optics HotCAT firmware upgrade Call home, email (with McData software) Maintenance port Thermal event logging Unit, port, and FRU beaconing System error LED FRU failed LED
Hot plug, industry standard LC Small Form Factor (SFP)
Supported optical media types/distances:
Short-wave: 500m (1,640 ft) Long-wave: 10km ((6.2 miles); long-wave supported by maximum of 4 ports
Access:
In-band Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
Management
Management options:
SANpilot McDATA software SNMP Open Systems Management Server (OSMS) Command line interface (CLI)
Fabric services:
Simple name server In order delivery (Class 2,3) Management Server (optional) Broadcast Name server zoning
Diagnostics:
Power on self test (POST) Online port, internal & external loopback Online system health
Mechanical
Width:
17 in (43.18 cm), 19 in (48.26 cm) rack mountable)
Cabling:
9/125 micron single-mode, 6.2 miles (10 km) 50/125 micron multimode, 1,640 ft (500 m) 62.5/125 micron multimode, 1,148 ft (300 m)
Installation options:
Rack mountable, 19 in EIA rack Stackable tabletop
Height:
1.75 in (4.45 cm) 1 u
Depth:
17.5 in (44.45 cm)
Weight:
20 lb (9.05 kg)
Environmental
Temperature:
Nonoperating: 40° F - 125° F Operating: 40° F - 104° F
Relative humidity:
Nonoperating: 8% - 80% Operating: 8% - 80%
Altitude:
Non- operating: 40,000 ft (12,192 m) Operating: 10,000 ft (3,048m)
Power
Operating voltage:
100 - 240 VAC
Amps:
1.25 - 0.67 Amps typical, 2 Amps maximum
Watts:
Less than 50 Watts
Regulatory Compliance
Certification:
UL, TUV, CE Mark, VCI Class A, FCC part 15 Class A
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