Designed for larger SAN applications needing core-to-edge connectivity, the McData® Sphereon™ 3232 switch delivers 32 ports of highly available connectivity. It delivers 120 km of distance support and superior ease of management, making it an ideal solution for larger deployments.
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
Scalability Purchase only the ports you need today, and add to them in the future with McDATA’s proprietary Flexport™ Technology.
Investment protection The Sphereon 3232 offers backward and forward compatibility with other McDATA switches.
Cost control For larger fabrics, the Sphereon 3232 minimizes costs by avoiding costly ISL links.
Disaster recovery support The Sphereon 3232 offers impressive distance support, providing 20 km (at one gigabit per second throughput) distance capability often needed for remote backup and disaster sites.
Flexible growth With McDATA Flexport Technology, you 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.
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.
McDATA’s SANavigator software SANavigator® Software is ideal for large fabric management and offers the Element Manager Plug-in option for high availability management.
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:
60/port
Aggregate throughput:
128 Gb/sec
Latency:
<2 microsecond average
Distance support:
75 miles (120 km) @ 1 Gb/sec), 37 miles (60 km) @ 2 Gb/sec
Capacity
Ports per chassis:
32 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, non-disruptive firmware load and activation 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 (DSUB) Thermal Protection Unit, port, and FRU beaconing System error LED FRU failed LED
Non-operating: 40° - 125° F (4° - 52° C) Operating: 40° - 104° F (4° - 40° C)
Relative humidity:
Non-operating: 8% - 80% Operating:8% - 80%
Altitude:
Non-operating: 40,000 ft (12,192 m) Operating: 10,000 ft (3,048m)
Power
Operating voltage:
100 - 230 VAC
Amps:
2
Heat output:
706 BTU/hr
Regulatory Compliance
Certification:
UL, CSA, CE Mark, VCI Class A, FCC part 15 Class
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