Cisco SAN Extension over IP Package
The Cisco SAN Extension over IP Package provides essential licensing to extend your storage area network over IP networks, enabling critical data access and disaster recovery capabilities for your business.
- Extended Reach: Gain the ability to extend your Fibre Channel SAN over IP networks, connecting geographically dispersed data centers or sites.
- Disaster Recovery: Implement robust disaster recovery solutions by replicating or accessing storage data across locations, ensuring business continuity.
- Performance Optimization: Facilitate efficient data transfer and access between sites, maintaining application performance even over long distances.
- Compliance and Availability: Support regulatory requirements and ensure high availability of critical data and applications through extended SAN connectivity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco SAN Extension over IP Package is a software subscription that unlocks the capability to extend Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs) over standard IP networks. It enables critical functions such as remote SAN access, data replication, and disaster recovery by bridging the gap between your SAN infrastructure and IP-based connectivity.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to connect disparate storage resources, ensure data availability across multiple locations, or implement cost-effective disaster recovery strategies without requiring dedicated Fibre Channel links over long distances.
- SAN Extension: Enables the extension of Fibre Channel SANs over IP networks.
- Remote Access: Facilitates access to SAN resources from remote locations.
- Data Replication: Supports storage replication for disaster recovery and business continuity.
- Cost Efficiency: Utilizes existing IP infrastructure, reducing the need for expensive dedicated Fibre Channel cabling.
- Platform Compatibility: Designed for specific Cisco MDS 9000 series modules, ensuring integration with existing SAN environments.
This Cisco licensing package empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve greater storage flexibility and resilience by extending their SAN over IP.
What This Enables
Extend SAN Connectivity Across Sites
Enable teams to connect their Fibre Channel SANs over existing IP networks, bridging distances between data centers or remote offices. This facilitates centralized storage management and data access for distributed operations.
multi-site operations, distributed workforce, centralized IT management, business continuity planning
Implement Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery
Support business continuity by enabling storage replication and data mirroring between primary and secondary sites using IP infrastructure. This ensures data availability and rapid recovery in the event of a disaster.
disaster recovery planning, business continuity strategy, data replication requirements, risk mitigation
Facilitate Remote Storage Access
Allow applications and users at remote locations to access data residing on a central SAN. This improves operational efficiency and ensures that critical data is available where and when it is needed.
remote office connectivity, application data access, distributed business processes, operational efficiency
Key Features
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) Tunneling
Allows the extension of Fibre Channel SAN traffic over standard IP networks, enabling connectivity between geographically separated SANs.
Remote SAN Access
Provides access to storage resources located in a different physical location, enhancing data accessibility for distributed applications and users.
Storage Replication Support
Enables the replication of data between SANs at different sites, a critical component for disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
IP Network Utilization
Leverages existing IP infrastructure, reducing the cost and complexity associated with deploying dedicated Fibre Channel links over long distances.
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Integration
Designed to work with specific Cisco MDS 9000 series modules, ensuring compatibility and integration within existing Cisco SAN environments.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high availability and robust disaster recovery solutions to protect sensitive data and ensure continuous operations, making SAN extension over IP a critical component for business continuity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with strict data protection regulations like HIPAA and ensure constant access to patient records, necessitating reliable data replication and extended SAN capabilities for disaster recovery.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often operate across multiple sites and rely on consistent access to production data and systems, benefiting from SAN extension for centralized data management and disaster recovery across their facilities.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses with distributed locations need to ensure data consistency and availability for point-of-sale systems and inventory management, making SAN extension valuable for data replication and remote access.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SAN Extension over IP?
SAN Extension over IP allows you to extend your Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) across standard IP networks. This enables you to connect storage resources located in different physical locations, facilitating disaster recovery and remote data access.
What hardware is required for this license?
This specific package, L-M95EXT1AK9=, is for one MSM-18/4 or one MSFM-1 module. It is essential to have the compatible Cisco hardware installed in your SAN environment to utilize this licensing.
How does this help with disaster recovery?
By extending your SAN over IP, you can replicate data between your primary data center and a remote disaster recovery site. This ensures that your data is available and can be quickly restored in case of an outage or disaster at your main location.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.