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Copyright © 2003-2007 QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved.SN0054652-00 Rev B 8/07THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDINGANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, INTEROPERABILITY, ORCOMPATIBILITY. All of the Partners' products are warranted in accordance with the agreements under which the warranty for theproducts are provided. Unless otherwise specified, the product manufacturer, supplier, or publisher of non-Partner products provideswarranty, service, and support directly to you. THE PARTNERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDINGTHE PARTNERS’ PRODUCTS OR NON-PARTNER PRODUCTS, AND NO WARRANTY IS PROVIDED FOR EITHER THEFUNCTIONALITY OR PROBLEM RESOLUTION OF ANY PRODUCTS.The inclusion of the Partners' products on an interoperability list is not a guarantee that they will work with the other designatedstorage products. In addition, not all software and hardware combinations created from compatible components will necessarilyfunction properly together. The following list includes products developed or distributed by companies other than the Partners. ThePartners do not provide service or support for the non-Partner products listed, but do not prohibit these products from being usedtogether with Partner storage products. During problem debug and resolution, the Partners may require that hardware or softwareadditions be removed from products to provide problem determination and resolution on the supplied hardware/software. For supportissues regarding non-Partner products, please contact the manufacturer of the product directly.This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Partners do not assume any liability for damagescaused by such errors as this information is provided “AS IS” for convenience only; readers use this information at their own risk andshould confirm any information contained herein with the associated vendor. Changes are periodically made to the content of thisdocument. These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document. The Partners may make improvements and/orchanges in the product(s) and/or the program(s) described in this document at any time without notice.Any references in this information to non-Partner websites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as anendorsement of those websites. The materials at those websites are not part of the materials for this interoperability guide, and theuse of those websites is at your own risk. Information concerning non-Partner products was obtained from the suppliers of thoseproducts, their published announcements, or other publicly available sources. The Partners have not tested those products andcannot confirm the accuracy of performance, compatibility, or any other claims related to those products. Questions about thecapabilities of non-Partner products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products.All statements regarding the Partners' future direction or intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goalsand objectives only. This information is for planning purposes only; any use of the information contained herein is at the user's solerisk. The information herein is subject to change before the products described become available.QLogic, the QLogic logo, QLogic Press, the QLogic Press logo, Powered by QLogic, QLA, SANblade, SANbox, SANbox2, SAN Pro,and SANtrack are trademarks or registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Othercompany, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.The QLogic home page on the Internet can be found at http://www.qlogic.com. Updated versions of this guide can be downloadedfrom the following QLogic website: http://www.qlogic.com/interopguide.QLogic Corporation26650 Aliso Viejo ParkwayAliso Viejo, California 92656Tel: 949.389.6000Fax: 949.389.6114
Table of ContentsIntroduction............................................................................................................... 7How to Use this Guide.................................................................................................................. 7QLogic Products ........................................................................................................................... 7For More Information.................................................................................................................. 10Statement of Services and Support ...................................................................... 11Backup and Restore Solutions.............................................................................. 13Data Protection with SAN-based Backup and Restore ........................................................... 13SAN-based LAN-free Backup and Restore Solution................................................................ 14SAN-based Server-free Backup and Restore Solution............................................................ 14Additional Information................................................................................................................ 14Business Continuance Solutions.......................................................................... 15Business Continuance in a SAN Environment......................................................................... 15Remote Mirroring Solution......................................................................................................... 16Distance Solution Using Fibre Channel Technology............................................................... 17MAN Using DWDM Solution ....................................................................................................... 18Additional Information................................................................................................................ 18High-Availability Solutions .................................................................................... 19Clustering Servers Provide Higher Availability........................................................................ 19High-Availability Solution Using Storage Hardware................................................................ 19Additional Information................................................................................................................ 20Storage Consolidation and Data Sharing Solutions ........................................... 21Storage and Data Consolidation in SAN Environments.......................................................... 21Storage Consolidation Solution ................................................................................................ 23Data Sharing Solution................................................................................................................. 24Additional Information................................................................................................................ 24QLOGIC SAN SOLUTIONS GUIDE PAGE 5VERSION 2.0, AUGUST 2007
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