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Dell Connectrix Fibre Channel Storage Networking

The Connectrix family of Fibre Channel directors and switches move your vital business information to where it's needed securely, with the highest performance, the highest availability and unsurpassed reliability.

Connectrix Enables Business Applications

Connectrix products can connect physical or virtual servers through Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) technology. Connectrix enables all application environments from Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP to local backup/restore, and business continuity/disaster recovery solutions over distance. Connectrix offers Dell Technologies E-Lab™ interoperability testing. All tested configurations can be accessed by E-Lab Navigator via a browser or mobile app.

Connectivity Matters for Data Storage

All-flash storage environments require a network that is deterministic, and easy to manage with low latencies. Connectrix has always delivered low latency, deterministic behavior, scalability, and reliability. As you move to Solid State Drives (SSD) make sure your storage network can keep pace. Today's storage networks deliver up to 64 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) Fibre Channel speeds. The latest Connectrix systems include exclusive diagnostic and error-collection capabilities, as well as the ability to monitor, analyze and identify specific data to avoid errors, reduce bottlenecks and automate your networking resources.

Seamlessly Transition to Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC)

Connectrix models allow seamless transition to NVMe/FC workloads without any hardware upgrade in the SAN. In addition, Connectrix platforms support the concurrent use of both traditional SCSI-based Fibre Channel and NVMe/FC traffic, allowing organizations to easily integrate Fibre Channel networks with NVMe-based data storage.

High Performance, Availability, Scalability and Reliability

The Connectrix offering allows you to start small and scale as you grow- whether you begin by implementing a small SAN for one department or a large configuration for an enterprise-wide application. With Connectrix you can concurrently support multiple hosts and operating systems as well as accommodate storage environments from other suppliers. This extensible connectivity frees you to consolidate more information onto fewer storage systems.

Live Optics with SAN Health

If you're thinking about upgrading your storage environment, make sure your SAN isn't a bottleneck by running Live Optics with SAN Health. This is a free tool that creates comprehensive analysis about your storage network including performance graphs, detailed spreadsheets, and topology diagrams. Once you run SAN Health, you can ask your Sales Rep for a free SAN Modernization Assessment, which provides more detail at no cost.

Why Buy SAN from Dell Technologies?

There are three main reasons customers choose Dell Connectrix for their Fibre Channel Storage Network:

Single-vendor support

Eliminate multi-vendor complexity with single-vendor support for your entire environment including servers, storage, networking, software and more.

Insights with CloudIQ

Dell provides access to a cloudbased monitoring software to give IT administrators the intel they need to easily manage your environment allowing you to make better, faster decisions and save time and costs.

Dell Technologies E-Lab proven interoperability

The industry's premier and trusted testing lab provides end-toend interoperability assurance across servers, HBAs, storage networks, storage systems, solutions and more. All tested solutions are found via the E-Lab Naviga