McDATA Sphereon 4700 Fabric Switch

The Sphereon 4700 is an ideal Fibre Channel switch for mid-size to large fabrics with its high availability features and dense port count. The 32-port switch starts from a base of 16 ports and grows with your SAN in 8-port increments using McDATA's FlexPort pay-as-you-grow technology. It offers exceptional port density with 32 ports in 1U of rack space. The Sphereon 4700 also provides the highest performance available, with 4 Gb/s non-blocking bandwidth on every port and the ability to auto-negotiate to 2 and 1 Gb/s to protect existing investments.

• Connectivity with up to 32 non-blocking universal Fibre Channel ports
• Scalability from a base unit with 16 ports in 8-port increments using FlexPort technology
• High performance 4 Gb/s technology (and auto-negotiate to 2 and 1 Gb/s)
• Highest port density with 32 port in 1U
• Availability with hot-swap redundant power and cooling standard
• Flexibility with dynamic buffer credit configuration
• Support for long distances
• FICON CUP qualified