Niagara 2298-1TX-1MM-1SM-1CX


Niagara 2298-4TX


Niagara 2298-4LX


Niagara 2298-4SX


Niagara 2298-4CX

Modular External Active Bypass for Gigabit Ethernet
Plug & Play

• Niagara 2298 is a modular external Fiber & Copper Bypass unit for Gigabit Ethernet & Fiber Channel.
• Niagara 2298 supports up to four segments. The four segments could be a combination of Copper, single mode fiber or multi Mode fiber.
• Modular design provides easy filed upgrade from one segment to four segments.
  Niagara 2298 is designed with a built-in bypass circuit to provide maximum up time for the network.
• Niagara 2298 protects the network up time by removing the failed server off line without any interruption to data traffic.

Plug & Play

• Niagara 2298 is a plug and play device. No need to add drivers to the appliance.
• Niagara 2298 generates the heartbeat and passes to the appliance in band with data traffic.

Highly Reliable

• Niagara 2298 utilizes two redundant external power supplies for maximum reliability.
• Niagara 2298 deploys passive bypass along with active switching for fail safe operation.

All Essential Features

Niagara 2298 provide five major features that are essential in today’s data centers

1. Active switching
2. Passive Bypass
3. Support 1000 base T, 1000 SX and LX
4. One TAP Port
5. Copper to Fiber Conversion

Attendant Free

Niagara 2298 emails system administrator in case of:

• Power failure on one of the redundant power supplies
• Change of state from inline to bypass on any modules
• Change of state from bypass to inline on any modules
• Loss of link on any of sixteen ports
• Loss of heartbeat from any module
• Temperature inside the chassis exceed maximum recommended limit

Management Software

Niagara 2298 supports SNMP, TCP/IP, UDP, web based management and therefore could be fully managed though the network.

Documentation

  NIAGARA 2298 Datasheet