Installation guide

ISR651101-00 C 1-1
1 Introduction
This chapter illustrates and describes QLogic’s iSR6200 Intelligent Storage
Router, including the components contained within the iSR6200 router chassis:
router blades, chassis mid-plane, and power and cooling modules (PCMs).
The iSR6200 router is designed to provide:
 Storage consolidation on Fibre Channel arrays by providing iSCSI server
connectivity for Fibre Channel arrays.
 Solution for distance replication and backup by providing SAN over WAN
connectivity.
The iSR6200 router provides the following features:
 Cost-effective connectivity
 Scalability, reliability, and inter-operability
 Ease of use
 Rack real estate
 Power and cooling module (PCM)
 High-availability (HA) configurations
 OEM multi-path software
The following sections describe the features and capabilities of the iSR6200
router:
 “iSR6200 Router Chassis” on page 1-2
 “Power and Cooling Module (PCM)” on page 1-3
 “iSR6200 Router Blades” on page 1-5