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EMC Connectrix B Series DS-300B Hardware Reference Manual
Introducing the Connectrix DS-300B
Connectrix DS-300B overview
The Connectrix DS-300B is a cost-effective and highly-scalable 1, 2, 4,
or 8 Gbps switch, designed for small to mid-sized businesses. Like all
Connectrix switches, the DS-300B runs on the Fabric Operating
System (Fabric OS) and is compatible with other B-Series switches,
which enables seemless connectivity into heterogeneous SAN
environments.
The DS-300B is a dual purpose device that you can use either as a
full-functioned switch or as an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
access gateway. When functioning as an access gateway, the DS-300B
provides a single platform for all SAN connectivity.
Note: At the time of this writing, the Access Gateway features of the DS-300B
are not supported.
Because the DS-300B is scalable, you can use it as a foundation switch
for a small SAN and continue to use it as a building block as the SAN
grows.