McDATA’s 24-port Sphereon™ 4500 offers unprecedented 2Gb/s connectivity on demand with McDATA’s exclusive FlexPort technology. Minimize your initialSAN investment by purchasing only the ports you need today, while reaping the benefits of having stand by capacity for tomorrow. Additional connectivity can be added quickly to the same switch without disruption. The large 24-port count switch size reduces the number of inter-switch links (ISLs) needed as the fabric grows— simplifying management and lowering the cost per useable port. The Sphereon 4500 provides exceptional data availability plus data security with McDATA’s SANtegrity™ SecuritySuite software.
The Sphereon 4500 includes more standard features than competitive offerings, including McDATA’s exclusive HotCAT™ code load and activation technology and SAN pilot™ software — a browser-based management tool perfect for managing small fabrics. With the most standard features, exceptional scalability, larger port count, and connectivity on demand with FlexPort, the Sphereon 4500 is the idealSAN building block for data-intensive small to mid-size enterprises.
