The Eclipse 1620 is a multi-protocol switch with unprecedented functionality and cost-effectiveness. Part of McDATA’s family of open storage networking products that uses standards-based IP, Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and Fibre Channel (FC) for wire-speed storage fabric connectivity. Can be deployed for multiple, concurrent applications, including business continuance/disaster recovery, storage consolidation, remote tape vaulting, content distribution, and iSCSI access to FC storage.