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GLX4000 4.25 Gb/s 288/144-port Switch
Overview
From the originators of the Physical Layer Switch with over 10 years of experience, the GLX4000* series features our 4th Generation non-blocking, multi-protocol physical layer switches allowing any input to connect to any output. The GLX4000 is capable of switching any digital signal up to 4.25 Gb/s with any of its 288 ports providing 2.5 Tb/s switching capacity - all in a compact 8U chassis.
GLX4000 switches are scalable by accepting up to six modular port cards with forty-eight (48) ports per card. Two port cards are available with Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers - one supports up to 4.25Gig and the other up to 2.5Gig. Each SFP transceiver is hot-swappable and provides the physical connection for various devices. Different types of SFP transceivers support a variety of network configurations. Another port card accepts XFP transceivers for 10 Gb/s protocols (10GigE & 10GigFC). Another port card accpepts RJ45 (CAT5/CAT6) cables directly for 10/100/1000 Ethernet. Another port card accepts Firewire (1394B) cables directly at up to 1600 Mb/s.
For more information on our port card options click here. Also, for GLX4000 customers interested in firmware and LXplorer GUI updates please visit our TechNet site (registration is required).
GLX4000 Features
Multi-protocol, multi-rate support:
- Fibre Channel 1/2/4
- Ethernet 10/100/1000 & 10GigE
- Firewire 100/200/400/800/1600
- Serial FPDP 1/2/2.5
- Many other protocols - FDDI, FICON, etc.
Topologies supported:
- Point-to-point (full or half duplex)
- Multicast (1-to-many)
- Loop with auto loop feature
Non-blocking:
- Any input port to any output port
- No configuration can block another
Hot-swappable support:
- Port cards
- Power supplies
- Fans
- Transceivers (SFP)
Port card options:
- SFP/XFP
- Ethernet RJ45
- Firewire
- Non-retimed or Retimed (signal regeneration when cascading switches)
- Speeds levels - 2.5/4/10Gig
User interfaces provided standard:
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
Supports unlimited GUI and CLI (Telnet or SSH) sessions
Alias names for each port and groups of ports
GLX4000 Applications
- Monitor network health:
- Multicasting (copy) data to
Analyzers or Sniffers
Unique signal detect counters indicate problems:
- Intermittent, loose cables
- Failing HBA, disk, or other device under test
- SFP/XFP problems
Test Lab Reconfiguration
- Fibre Channel Interoperability
- Ethernet Interoperability
- Military System Simulation
Media Conversion:
- Copper-to-Optical, long distance repeating
- 850nm-to-1550nm, DWDM & CWDM support
Cable break simulation, save wear & tear on cables
- Unique output enable command
- Turn on/off SFP laser instead of pulling fragile, optical cables
- Turn on/off Ethernet PHY instead of pulling CAT5 cables
Remote Access:
- Multiple user access supported, not extra $
- User interface via standard Ethernet (10/100 Base-T)
- SNMP support standard
- Telnet and SSH sessions supported
Automate and speed up testing:
- Wire cables only once, save time in re-wiring
- Send simple CLI or GUI commands to change configuration, save time in control
- Troubleshoot test problems remotely, save trips to the lab
Enhance test repeatability:
- Eliminate manual patch panel errors
- Run external scripts containing CLI commands - Perl, Tcl, Expect, Bash, etc.
Share expensive resources.
- RAID
- JBOD
- Sniffers
- Analyzers
- Data recorders
* covered by one or both of the following U.S. Patents: 6,751,699 or 5,982,634
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