This past month QLogic unleashed the premiere of the world's first end-to-end 8Gb Fibre Channel SAN! The QLogic SB5802V, the newest addition to QLogic’s award-winning SANbox 5000 Series, unleashes powerful data access possibilities for small to large enterprise customers. Increase the value and impact of current storage investments while preparing for known and unknown business requirements tomorrow. What's new in the SB5802V? Check it out:|
What’s New? | |
| 8Gb / “8Gb-ready” performance at affordable prices | Backwards compatible with 4Gb and 2Gb devices and optics – deploy as an 8Gb or a 4Gb switch. |
| “Always on” 10Gb stacking ports | Why waste device ports and expensive SFPs creating ISL trunks? High-speed switch-to-switch connectivity is included with the 5802V! |
| 20Gb ISL bandwidth option |
World’s Fastest Fibre Channel helps you prepare for the future without paying more today. Same cables/connectors as 10Gb! Only QLogic offers the ability to upgrade your fabric non-disruptively as your performance needs change, allowing you to migrate to full 8Gb utilization at your own pace! |
| Higher port density | Four more ports per switch: 24 ports total. (20 device ports, plus four ultra-high-speed stacking ports) |
| Preferred Service included | 24 x 7 call support, plus next-business-day hardware exchange |
| Virtual fabric-ready | Dynamically provision SAN resources for greater scalability, security, reliability, and cost-savings. (All QLogic 8Gb products support the coming vFabric™ software release.) |
SanSpot.com features great pricing and immediate shipping on all the new 8Gb QLogic products, including the QLogic SB5800 switch, 8Gb single-port QLogic HBAs, 8Gb dual-port QLogic HBAs, 8Gb SFPs, Port Upgrades and more!
