The Lenovo® Flex System™ FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch is a full-fabric Fibre Channel component with
expanded functionality. The SAN switch supports high speed traffic processing for Flex System
configurations, and offers scalability in external SAN size and complexity, and enhanced systems
management capabilities. The Lenovo Flex System FC3171 8Gb Pass-thru supports a fully interoperable
solution for seamless integration of the Fibre Channel initiators to an existing fabric. The pass-thru module
uses industry-standard N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) technology to provide a cost-effective connectivity
solution for the Flex System chassis
Benefits
The switch offers the following key benefits:
Easy to install and manage
On-board GUI — no software to load. Just point a web browser at any switch and manage the entire
fabric from that location. No matter what your level of expertise, the web-based QuickTools interface
has all you need for basic fabric management.
Fast, reliable performance
The switch provides uncontested “wire speed” bandwidth at every port — a total of 320 Gbps per
switch with less than 4 ms fabric latency.
Interoperability
The switch supports FC-SW-2 interoperability standards and transparent mode of operations to
simplify integration into a multi-vendor fabric.
Investment protection
The switch provides low total cost of ownership (TCO) with quick set up and easy to manage
integrated tools





