Highlights
- Seemless low cost connectivity to storage at 8Gb or 4Gb speed
- Two offerings to match Client requirement – Switch mode and Pass Thru mode.
- Enhanced N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) capability across 14 ITEs
- Auto-StreamGuard to guarantee streaming data operations
- Port Aggregation—combine ports to increase bandwidth
- Automatic fail-over pre-configured for peace of mind
The complexity and diversity in your datacenter is rising. You are facing the problem of selecting the correct infrastructure pieces for your company’s requirements, and deploying them in the most efficient manner. Trying to create and deploy IT capabilities to keep up with their organization’s demands is becoming increasingly difficult. This leads to inefficiencies in time, higher costs and added risk. You need to be able to manage the diverse workloads in your datacenter today, and be ready run the workloads of tomorrow.
With over $50B of existing fibre channel SAN infrastructure in the market today, new solutions will need the ability to seamlessly integrate into that available wealth of equipment. The IBM Flex System™ FC3171 8 Gb SAN Switch and FC3171 8 Gb SAN Pass Thru provides an integrated, simple connection to existing SAN fabrics and storage. Based on QLogic’s proven fibre channel expertise, these switch modules set up quickly and are easy to manage. These high performance integrated switch solutions minimize time and risk, supporting faster access to your data faster and quicker and better business decisions.
Product features
Provides an integrated, simple connection to existing SAN fabrics and storage. Based on QLogic’s proven Fibre Channel expertise. The switch is designed to set up quickly and be easy to manage. Minimize time and risk and support faster access to your data faster and quicker and better business decisions.
Hardware summary
Ports
- 20 ports (14 Internal, 6 External SFP+) Technology:
- QLogic
Contact IBM
- Request a quote
- Email IBM
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Call IBM: 1-866-261-3023
Priority code: 102LH02W
Product resources
- IBM PureFlex System brochure (890KB)
- IBM PureFlex system configurations (971KB)
- Data sheet (767KB)
- Product guide
- IBM Redpaper: 16Gb Fibre Channel for Storage-Intensive Enterprise Workloads
- Technical support
Special offers
- IBM PureFlex Systems TCO Analysis
- Take the next step in reducing IT expenses
- The Future of Datacenter Management
- Case for IBM PureFlex System for Cloud-Enabled SAP Enterprise Environments
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The elements that make up IBM PureFlex and PureApplication Systems
