StorageTek resends McDATA's Sphereon 4300 optical fiber switch

McDATA announced that StorageTek will sell McDATA's Sphereon 4300 optical fiber switch with Flexport technology to its global customers, providing easy edge connections for enterprises of all sizes.

StorageTek, Vice President and General Manager of Information lifecycle management solutions, Mark? "McDATA's storage network products are very helpful for promoting StorageTek's information lifecycle management solutions because they can reduce costs and complexity for customers, it also helps the entire data center to integrate different types of technologies. The cost-effective McDATA Sphereon 4300 optical fiber switch provides key components for enterprises of all sizes, especially for storage and server integration solutions. For such solutions, scalability and reliability are essential features."

Sphereon 4300 is a 4-to 12-port switch based on the Sphereon 4500 platform. For enterprises that have installed or are installing SAN, Sphereon 4300 enables them to purchase additional connection ports as needed in the case of reliability and no application interruption. Sphereon 4300 is the only entry-level optical fiber switch with high-end McDATA Intrepid Director and Sphereon 4500 advantages, including FlexPort technology and HotCAT online encoding activation.

Peter, vice president of McDATA switch platform Department? "Based on the same platform's guidelines, end users and channel partners can quickly install and deploy Sphereon 4300 to the storage network," said Dougherty. This means reducing the cost of ownership and significantly simplifying the operation. The combination of Sphereon 4300 and StorageTek brings a three-win situation ."