Installation guide

ARX®1000 Hardware Installation Guide 2-1
Chapter 2
Product Overview
This chapter provides a general overview of the Acopia ARX®1000. Topics include
the following:
• “The ARX®1000” on page 2-1
• “Hardware Features” on page 2-2
• “Redundant Pairs” on page 2-3
• “Resilient Overlay Network (RON)” on page 2-4
• “Switch Management” on page 2-4
• “Supported Protocols” on page 2-4
The ARX®1000
The Acopia Adaptive Resource Switch (ARX) enables enterprises to globally access,
manage, deliver and optimize information resources. The ARX®1000 is a
cost-effective, small form factor Adaptive Resource Switch designed for use in small
data centers and branch/remote offices. The ARX®1000 switch combines application
processing and control, switch fabric throughput, and external interfaces into a single
field replaceable unit (FRU) compact design. It offers the same software features as
the ARX®500 and ARX®6000, differing only in performance and scale.
The ARX®1000’s Application Control Module (ACM), provides a subset of features
and components from the ARX®6000’s Adaptive Services Module (ASM) and
Network Services Module (NSM):
• storage aggregation of multiple back-end shares into a single client volume,