The multilayer Cisco SN 5428-2 allows small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprise workgroups to migrate servers from a direct attached storage (DAS) to a storage-area-network (SAN) environment, enabling highly effective consolidation and utilization of storage assets with existing staff. The Cisco SN 5428-2 provides extensive security capabilities that are critical for controlling access to valuable storage resources and company information. Protecting businesses' most critical asset - information - the Cisco SN 5428-2 allows you to access storage across local-, metropolitan-, and wide-area IP networks (LANs, MANs, and WANs) using Fiber Channel over IP (FCIP) or Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) protocols.