Motion Media

Next-Generation Stacking: A Good Idea Gets Better!

QLogic 5800V lets you connect 8Gb, 4Gb or 2Gb devices to a SAN for about the same cost as competing 4Gb-only solutions – but the investment protection advantages go much deeper than that! Unlike other solutions, the 5800V offers the ability to phase bandwidth provisioning incrementally within your inter-switch link (ISL) fabric, the most performance-critical area of the SAN.
 
1. Start with “Always On” 10Gb ISLs

Each QLogic 5800V ships with all four 10Gb stacking ports active by default. This unique cost-saving feature means basic inter-switch connectivity is now included with the product! Customers no longer need to take ISL port costs into account when planning and purchasing their SANs – every port they purchase may now be connected directly to a server or storage device.

10Gb ISL speed provides over 50Gbps extra bandwidth per switch, more than enough bandwidth for customers in the early stages of their 8Gb migration, when the majority of switch ports will still be attached to 4Gb storage and other legacy devices.
 
2. 20Gb Bandwidth On-Demand

When enough device ports are connected to 8Gb devices to require additional bandwidth, customers may non-disruptively upgrade their ISL ports to 20Gb – the World's Fastest Fibre Channel. 20Gb, the only ISL technology that perfectly complements 8Gb device speeds, extends the stability, cost-savings, and performance benefits of a true backbone architecture to next-generation SANs. With the 20Gb upgrade active, the stacking ports on a single 5800V provide over 100Gbps extra bandwidth – the equivalent of 12 8Gb user ports.

The included Adaptive Trunking feature automatically pools bandwidth from multiple inter-switch links into a single high-speed Virtual Lane -- without extra license fees or the need for manual configuration.

IT managers now have all the network headroom they need to deploy new applications and technologies with confidence. Best of all, since 20Gb uses the same cables/connectors as 10Gb, customers can upgrade their entire SAN at the click of a mouse – without touching a cable or purchasing any new hardware. Only QLogic offers such a cost-deferred, “pay-as-you-grow” plan for the 8Gb transition.

Scalability Ports per chassis Eight to twenty 8-Gbps ports (upgradeable in 4-port increments) Four 10/20-Gbps XPAK MSA-compliant ports (10-Gbps default; upgradable to 20-Gbps) Multi-switch fabric support All topologies including: stack, cascade, cascaded loop, and mesh Multiple 10/20Gb or 8Gb links between switches Adaptive trunking, intelligent path selection Port types All ports are universal, auto-discovering, selfconfiguring, and assume the following states: F_Port, FL_port, E_port, G_Port, GL_Port Performance Features Fabric Port Speed 2/4/8-Gbps, 10/20-Gbps full-duplex.All ports auto-negotiate with slower devices or ports. Fabric latency less than 0.2 µs Cut-through routing Fabric Point-to-Point Bandwidth 1700 MBps full-duplex on 8-Gbps ports 5100 MBps full-duplex on 20-Gbps ports Aggregate Bandwidth 544-Gbps per chassis, end-to-end Non-blocking architecture Maximum Frame Sizes 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload) Per-port Buffering ASIC-embedded memory (non-shared) Guaranteed 16 credit zero wait state buffer for full performance up to 13km @ 2-Gbps and 2km @ 10-Gbps Extended distance via credit donation Media Hot-pluggable, industry-standard 3.3 volt SFP + transceivers for 8-Gbps ports Hot-pluggable, industry-standard XPAK optics or copper stacking cables for 10/20-Gbps ports Compatible with 4-Gbps and 2-Gbps SFPs Supported SFP types Shortwave/longwave (optical), active copper Maximum Media transmission ranges Device ports (@ 2-Gbps) Shortwave optical: 500 m (1,640 ft.) Longwave optical: 10 km (6.2 mi.) •Stacking ports (@ 10-Gbps) Shortwave optical: 300 m (984 ft.) Longwave optical: 2 km (1.2 mi.) Cable types 50/62.5 micron multimode fiber optic 9 micron single-mode fiber optic Interoperability Compatible with FC-SW-2 compliant switches including Brocade®, Cisco®, and McData® Management interoperability with leading SAN management applications Fabric Management Management methods QuickTools web applet Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 (optional) Command Line Interface API, GS-4 Management Server (including FDMI), SNMP, RADIUS, FTP, TFTP, SMI-S. Access methods 10/100 Ethernet BaseT (RJ45), serial port (RS-232 with DB9), in-band (Fibre Channel) Diagnostics Power-On Self Test (POST) Optional SANdoctor fabric diagnostics software Fabric services Simple name server, hardware based zoning, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), I/O StreamGuard, multi-chassis in-order delivery, automatic path selection, FDMI support, IPv6 support User interface LEDs, command-line console, and web utilities Mechanical/Power/Cooling 5802: Dual, hot-swap power supplies/fans; 5800: Single integrated power supply Optional rail mount kit Front-to-back air pattern RoHS compliant Dimensions H x W x D: 43.2 x 432 x 500 mm (1.7 x 17 x 20 in) Weight 5802: 8.16 kg (18 lbs); 5800: 6.8 kg (15 lbs) Environmental and Equipment Specifications Operating Temperature: 5° to 40°C (41° to 104°F) Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing Altitude: 0 to 10,000 feet Vibration: 5-500 Hz, 0.27g, 5 sweeps Shock: 3.5g, 3ms, half sine, 20 repetitions Non-Operating Temperature: -20° to 70°C (-4 to 158 °F) Humidity: 10% to 95% non-condensing Altitude: 0 to 50,000 feet Vibration: 2 to 200 Hz, 0.5g, 5 sweeps Shock: 50g, 4216 mmps, 13msec, 3 axis Electrical Voltage: 100 to 240 VAC; 50 to 60Hz Power load: 1 A at 120 VAC; 0.5 A at 240 VAC Power consumption 5802: 80W nominal; 90W typical max 5800: 73W nominal; 83W typical max Agency Approvals Safety Standards US/Canada: UL/cUL, 60950-1 Europe: EN60950, CB Scheme-IEC 60950-1, CE, TUV, Low Voltage Directive Russia: GOST R Agency Approvals—EMI/EMC Meets Class A emissions and immunity requirements for USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan   * Subject to availability of OS and hardware from respective OEMs.