Specifications

Certified SONET Vendor Products
107Continuous Access and Data Replication Manager SAN Extensions Reference Guide
Other features
■ Multiprotocol device—FC, ESCON, FICON, GbE
■ MAN/WAN interfaces: DS3/E3, OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16
■ Provisional bandwidth from 5 to 125 Mbps (125 for GbE, 100 for FC/FICON, 20 for ESCON)
■ Integrated data compression
■ Point-to-multipoint SONET/SDH networking
■ Advanced service protection from MAN/WAN outages
■ SONET GR-253 compliant
■ Automatic recovery from WAN failure
■ Highly featured management platform
Vendor statement of competitive advantages
■ Fibre Channel performance independent of distance
■ Complete bandwidth isolation among ISLs sharing the same SONET link
■ Guaranteed performance independent of bursty loads
■ Load balanced SONET aggregates
■ Detailed performance monitoring
■ Instrumented for fast trouble isolation