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Eclipse™ 2640 SAN Router Administration and Configuration Manual
SAN Router Features
SAN Router Features
The Eclipse 2640 SAN Router features are summarized in the
following table.
Table 1-1 Eclipse 2640 SAN Router Features
Feature Description
Intelligent Ports The SAN Router supports two types of ports - standard ports
and intelligent ports. A standard port can be configured for
Fibre Channel traffic. An intelligent port can be configured for
Ethernet port Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
(iSCSI) or Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP).
iFCP standards track
protocols
The SAN Router supports the IETF standard for the iFCP,
which provides connectivity and networking for existing Fibre
Channel devices over a TCP/IP network.
iSCSI A TCP port can be configured for iFCP or iSCSI.
R_Port Support for E_Port, or standard port, through the SAN Router
R_Port, allows you to share devices between SANs while
maintaining each SAN’s independence.
FastWrite The Fast-Write software feature available on intelligent ports
improves the performance of write operations between Fibre
Channel initiators and targets in a Wide Area Network (WAN).
The improved speed depends on the WAN Round Trip Time
(RTT), available buffer space on the target, number of
concurrent I/Os supported by the application, and application
I/O size.
Router Zoning Using SANvergence Manager network management software
or the CLI, you can create zones across networks.
You can use zone sets for periodic reallocation of network
resources. For example, you can have one set of zones for
daytime data transactions and another set of zones for
nighttime backups.