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IBM System Storage SAN40B-4

High performance, scalability and ease of use for medium-size SAN environments

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Highlights

  • High port density design with up to 40 ports in an efficient, space saving 1U height
  • Simple-to-use midrange and enterprise SAN fabric switch for IBM® Power Systems™, IBM System x®, IBM System z® and other server environments
  • New levels of performance with 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) technology
  • Non-disruptive capacity activation from 24 to 32 to 40 ports with Ports on Demand scalability
  • High availability with redundant, hot-swappable fans and power supplies and non-disruptive software upgrades

The IBM System Storage® SAN40B-4 SAN fabric switch provides 24, 32 or 40 active ports and is designed for high performance with 8 Gbps link speeds and backward compatibility to support links running at 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds. High availability features make it suitable for use as a core switch in midrange environments or as an edge-switch in enterprise environments where a wide range of storage area network (SAN) infrastructure simplification and business continuity configurations are possible. IBM Power Systems, System x, System z and many non-IBM disk and tape devices are supported in many common operating system environments. Optional features provide specialized distance extension, dynamic routing between separate or heterogeneous fabrics, link trunking, IBM FICON®, Server Application Optimisation (SAO), performance monitoring and advanced security capabilities.

Common features

  • Designed to provide a highly robust 8 Gbps platform in two modular form factors for enterprise data centres supporting open system and IBM System z® environments
  • Designed to maximize chassis bandwidth, performance and port density with the industry's first and only 64-port Fibre Channel blade
  • Designed to deliver exceptional performance when compared to alternate offerings, aiming to meet data growth and access demands, expand virtualisation and consolidate resources
  • Designed to improve energy efficiency when compared to alternate offerings, enabling data centres to support more server and storage equipment
  • Designed to provide a high-density, multiprotocol platform for consolidating server connectivity using emerging CEE and FCoE networking technology
  • Designed to protect data against disasters and outages with plug-in blade for long-distance SAN extension

Hardware summary

  • SAN768B chassis includes two control processor blades and two core module blades plus space for up to eight port blades, dual power supplies with an option for two additional power supplies, and three fan modules in a 14U rack height
  • SAN384B chassis includes two control processor blades and two core module blades plus space for up to four port blades, dual power supplies, and two fan modules in an 8U rack height (plus 1U exhaust shelf)
  • 8 Gbps 16-port, 32-port, 48-port, and 64-port FC blades
  • 10 Gbps 6-port FC blades
  • FCoE 10 GbE 24-port blade
  • 8 Gbps Extension Blade supporting twelve 8 Gbps FC ports, ten 1 Gbps GbE ports, and two optional 10 Gbps GbE ports
  • Ultra-high-speed Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) ports connect up to three backbones without using any Fibre Channel ports
  • Full Fabric and Universal Port operation (E_Port, F_Port and FL_Port)
  • Up to two SAN768B or three SAN384B chassis can be installed in an IBM TotalStorage® SAN Cabinet (2109-C36)

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