Sun Sells QLogic Switches

March 29th, 2006: Fibre channel switch vendor QLogic has announced that Sun Microsystems will now be an authorised distributor of its enterprise 4Gb SANbox 5600 stackable switches.

QLogic claims that the SANbox 5600 is the first and only stackable 4Gb fibre channel switch in the industry, and because it is stackable, enables a cost effective growth solution.

“The QLogic SANbox 5600 Series gives our customers the ability to add 4Gb ports and additional switches in a highly cost effective manner as their business and storage needs grow,” says James Whitemore, vice president and chief marketing officer of Sun’s Data Management Group. “The unique, dedicated 10Gb inter-switch links mean that SAN architects don't have to sacrifice any 4Gb ports for connecting switches to each other.

“The advantage of this design is that every single 4Gb port is available for storage connectivity and ports can be added without disrupting the storage network to power down or to relocate devices” he added.

Sun will be combining QLogic’s switches with its StorgaeTek enterprise class 4Gb host bust adapters enabling, QLogic’s vice president of marketing, Jesse Parker says, Sun customers to “quickly double their I/O performance for a growing number of bandwidth-thirsty applications.'”

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