MPX200 Multifunction Router Solution Overview

As mid-range and enterprise businesses grow and deploy physical and virtual servers and storage arrays, information required to manage, share, and protect data also continues to grow. The HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router (MPX200) extends the Fibre Channel SAN investment with integrated multi-protocol support, allowing customers to incorporate iSCSI servers, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) servers with no additional storage arrays or management costs. MPX200 provides (with optional licenses) Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) connectivity for remote replication using HP Continuous Access software and online and offline data migration between heterogeneous storage arrays.

The MPX200 (Figure1) has enterprise-class availability with dual hot-pluggable power supplies and router blades to satisfy no-single-point-of-failure requirements.

Figure 1: MPX200 Multifunction Router

There are two blade options available for the MPX200 Multifunction Router:

• 10-1 GbE blades with two 10 GbE ports, two 1 GbE ports, and two 8 Gb/s FC ports

• 1 GbE blade with four 1 GbE ports and two 8 Gb/s FC ports

NOTE: The 10-1 GbE blade includes two 1 GbE ports.

Simple, Scalable, and Secure

The MPX200 provides a simple, scalable, and secure storage solution. It offers simultaneous Fibre Channel (FC) support, 1 GbE iSCSI, 10 GbE iSCSI, and FCoE support, providing modular multi-protocol SAN designs with increased scalability, stability, and return on investment. The MPX200 provides a secure storage solution for virtualized server environments. In addition, this solution enables customers to have the best of both worlds: low cost server connectivity using iSCSI and faster backups using Fibre Channel.

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