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Future-proof Host Connection Flexibility in Storage Deployments with new Converged Host Board
Infortrend's new converged host board has officially been realeased and it's now available as an upgrade feature for EonStor DS Family storage systems to provide extensive connectivity via interchangeable 16Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel, 10Gb/s iSCSI and FCoE ports.
The new converged host board allows users to easily upgrade their storage systems to meet growing data needs just by switching host modes instead of having to carry out complex deployment processes.
With a dual converged host board, the EonStor DS 4000 Series offers 20 iSCSI protocol, including sixteen 10GbE iSCSI and four 1GbE iSCSI; or it can also support sixteen 8Gb/s FC, or eight 16Gb/s FC. Having this level of connectivity with 4 types of port support, provides hyper flexibility for data centers’ configuration and deployment. FCoE connectivity support will be made available from December.
Although currently available exclusively for EonStor DS 4000 Series, Infortrend plans to extend converged board availability to the entire EonStor DS Family by the end of the year.
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