IBM iFlow Director

Base switch	46C9250
Single Chassis (SC) Licensing (Enables IBM iFlow functionalities in external ports)	SC Level 1 (46C9254): 4 external ports SC Level 2 (46C9256): 10 external ports Upgrade SC Level 1 to Level 2 (46C9258)
Multiple Chassis (MC) Licensing (Enables IBM iFlow functionalities in servers)	MC Base (46C9260): 28 servers Upgrade SC Level 1 to MC Base (46C9264) Upgrade SC Level 2 to MC Base (46C9266) MC Add on (46C9262): Adds 14 servers to MC Base. (May order up to 5 add ons for a total of 84 servers)
External ports	Up to ten 10 GbE SFP+ ports; also designed to support 1 Gb SFP, if required; flexibility of mixing 1 Gb/10 Gb transceivers: IBM SFP+ SR transceiver (46C3447) IBM SFP+ LR Transceiver (90Y9412) IBM SFP RJ45 Transceiver (81Y1618) IBM SFP SX Transceiver (81Y1622) IBM SFP LX Transceiver (90Y9424) For more information, visit: ibm.com/networking/options/ SFP+ copper direct attach cables: 1 m/3 m/5 m For more information, visit: ibm.com/networking/options/cables.html One 10/100/1000 Mb copper RJ-45 port used for management or data
Internal ports	14×10 GbE data paths 1 to each server bay Internal 2 ports: 100Base-T management through the AMM
Console interface	1 port: RS 232 mini-USB connector
Full-line rate performance	480 Gbps
Latency	1.60 microseconds
High performance traffic distribution	Ingress traffic is classified into flows and distributed to all server blades in parallel at wire-speed
Configurable hash parameters	Source MAC, Destination MAC, Source IP, Destination IP
Scalability	Multichassis support in Layer-3 mode delivers scalability to up to 84 servers across up to six BladeCenter chassis
High availability	Rapid server failure detection and recovery Rapid switch failure detection and failover to standby switch
Application health checks	Link, IPS, ARP, ICMP, TCP, Script based, HTTP, HTTPS/SSL, DNS, SMTP
Policy-based traffic steering and routing	Configurable rules to match on Layer 2 - 4 packet header fields and redirect packets to an outgoing port, trunk or IP next-hop.
CLI	Industry-based CLI (Cisco-like) and IBM Networking OS CLI
Secure management	Management via CLI, telnet, Web, SNMP Secure management via HTTPS, SSH v1/v2, SNMP v1-3 Dual software images Upgrade via TFTP, FTP and serial download Detailed statistics and switch diagnostics Management ports physically isolated from data ports
Configuration tracking	Complete logging of all changes: Identification of the user, time and date stamp, parameters changed Changes attempted and denied Local log with the option to export data to a remote server