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IBM BladeCenter® Open Fabric is designed to be EASY supporting the communication protocols your business relies on within a management framework that helps you reduce complexity and manage risk. Integrated across all blades, switches and chassis, BladeCenter Open Fabric is the RIGHT choice to simplify blade I/O management and deployment so you can concentrate on realizing innovation in your business.
Cisco 4Gb 10 and 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter


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Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigbits per second SAN solutions for the data center |
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Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available for Small, Medium and Large Enterprise business needs |
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Exciting addition to the Cisco Ethernet and MDS family of products |
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Includes Tivoli SAN manager enhancements to better manage MDS9000 with integrated IBM SAN Volume Controller |
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10-port upgrade available for on demand scaling to a 20-port switch |
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Cisco SFPs are required |
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39Y9284 & 39Y9280 |
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Brocade® 10 and 20 port SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter


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Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigbits per second SAN solutions for the data center |
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Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available for Small, Medium and Large Enterprise business needs |
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Easy-to-use non-disruptive upgrade doubles the 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports when your business needs change |
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Integrates NPIV and the Brocade SAN fabric to simplify deployment/management and reduce infrastructure complexity and total cost of ownership |
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Utilizes Brocades proven Silkworm™ technology and fully backward compatible and interoperable with Silkworm and IBM TotalStorage® b-type SAN switches |
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32R1813 & 32R1812 |
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QLogic® Intelligent 4Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter


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Easy-to-use 20-port module provides open, standards-based NPIV interface - simplifies SAN interoperability and scalability |
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Affordable 4Gb solution delivers alternative to traditional optical pass-thru module providing link consolidation with up to 6 uplinks |
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Upgradable via software keys allowing for full fabric switch functionality and direct attach to tape or disk storage |
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QLogic® 10-port and 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter


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Enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigabits per second SAN solutions |
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Provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs |
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Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings available - ideal for Small, Medium and Enterprise business needs |
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Easy-to-use software upgrade doubles your 10-port switch connectivity to 20-ports for on demand scalability |
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Included with every switch, QLogic's SANsurfer™ Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure - all from one GUI |
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43W6724 & 43W6725 |
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