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Fibre Channel Disk Storage Arrays
The unique Dell/EMC partnership brings to market enterprise-class storage with a common, high availability architecture and excellent investment protection. Fourth generation Dell/EMC CX4 arrays deliver new levels of performance, flexibility, ease-of-use, data management, and resource utilization. The Dell/EMC CX4 family forms the core of a scalable enterprise infrastructure that is easy to deploy, manage, and upgrade and supports both Fibre Channel and iSCSI protocols. The Dell AX4-5 arrays offer an intuitive user interface that helps simplify operations and capacity allocation.

Dell offers the following Fibre Channel storage arrays:

The CX4 series support Fibre Channel, SATA, Low Power SATA and Enterprise Flash disks, and it introduces UltraFlex technology that enables the user to customize the network interconnect and number of ports needed to meet current and future storage requirements. The CX4 arrays come standard with both true end-to-end 4Gbit Fibre Channel and 1Gbit iSCSI connectivity and can be expanded with additional FC or iSCSI ports, as well as new network technologies, such as 8Gbit Fibre Channel and 10Gbit iSCSI, as they become available.

iSCSI Disk Storage Arrays
An iSCSI disk storage array enables the connection of servers and storage using a readily available IP network infrastructure. An iSCSI array can be shared by multiple servers on a network, therefore providing a flexible alternative to direct attached storage and potentially a lower cost alternative to a Fibre Channel-based storage network. Often the knowledge needed to implement an iSCSI SAN already exists in an organization since it is based on standard IP networking protocols, whereas a Fibre Channel SAN may require additional training and expertise.

 

Dell offers the following iSCSI storage arrays:

 

Fibre Channel Switches
For connecting multiple servers to a fibre channel storage array, Dell partners with both Brocade and Cisco to provide many flexible and scalable solutions.

 

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
Dell partners with Emulex and Qlogic to provide best-of-breed Fibre Channel SAN interconnects that cost-effectively integrate a wide array of storage protocols and speeds.

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