Brocade® 8Gb 10-port, 20-port and Enterprise 20-port SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter
Required SFP transceiver module
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A comprehensive 8Gb platform that supports entry-level to enterprise SAN I/O requirements. New Enterprise 20-Port model is a fully enabled switch with a complete set of licensed features that maximizes performance, ensures availability and simplifies management for the most demanding applications and virtualisation environments. |
6 external 8Gb ports, supports fault-tolerant and load balanced ISL Trunks with bandwidth of up to 48Gbps. |
Supported on BladeCenter E, H, T and HT chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. Native interoperability with IBM System Storage and TotalStorage® b-type SAN switches and industry-standard NPIV functionality. |
IBM System Storage™ Data Center Fabric Manager centralises and simplifies management of System Storage b-type fabrics. |
Cisco® 4Gb 10 and 20 port Fibre Channel Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter
Cisco SFPs required:
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Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings enables high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigbits per second SAN solutions for the data centre with a 10-port upgrade available for on demand scaling to a 20-port switch. |
10 external 4Gb port or 20 external 4Gb port. |
10 port switch module is supported on all BladeCenter chassis; 20 port switch module is supported on BladeCenter E, H, T and HT chassis; both are compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
Includes Tivoli SAN manager enhancements to better manage MDS9000 with integrated IBM SAN Volume Controller. |
Brocade® 10 and 20 port SAN Switch
Modules for IBM BladeCenter
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Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings utilise Brocade's proven Silkworm™ technology and fully backward compatible and interoperable with Silkworm and IBM TotalStorage® b-type SAN switches. |
10 external 4Gb ports or
20 external 4Gb ports. |
10 port switch module is supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules; 20 port switch module is supported on BladeCenter E, H, T and HT chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules; both are compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
Integrates NPIV and the Brocade SAN fabric to simplify deployment and management. |
| QLogic® 4/8 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter
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QLogic 4/8 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module provides a fully interoperable solution for seamless integration of the Fibre Channel initiators to an existing fabric. |
6 external 8 Gbps ports. |
Supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
Provides open, standards-based NPIV interface simplifying SAN interoperability and scalability. |
| QLogic® 20-Port 4/8 Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
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QLogic 20-port 4/8 Gb SAN Switch Module is a high-speed addition to the BladeCenter switch portfolio which helps enable scalability in SAN size while maintaining ease of management. |
6 external 8 Gbps ports. |
Supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
QLogic's SANsurfer™ Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure. |
QLogic® Intelligent 8Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter
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Get double throughput from this new 8Gb solution, an alternative to traditional optical pass-thru module |
6 external 8Gb ports |
Supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
Provides open, standards-based NPIV interface simplifying SAN interoperability and scalability. |
QLogic® Intelligent 4Gb Pass-Thru Fibre Channel Module for IBM BladeCenter
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Affordable 4Gb solution delivers alternative to traditional optical pass-thru module. |
6 external 4Gb ports. |
Supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
Provides open, standards-based NPIV interface simplifying SAN interoperability and scalability. |
QLogic® 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
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Get double throughput from this new 20-port offerings, enabling high-performance 2, 4, and 8 Gigabits per second SAN solutions and provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs. |
20 external 8Gbps ports |
Supported on BladeCenter S, E, H, T and HT chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules and compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
QLogic's SANsurfer™ Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure. |
QLogic® 10-port and 20-port 4Gb SAN Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter
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Affordable 10-port and 20-port offerings enable high-performance end-to-end 1, 2 and 4 Gigabits per second SAN solutions and provides interoperability in open mode leveraging standards-compliant (FC-SW2 & FC-SW3) SANs. |
10 external 4Gb ports or 20 external 4Gb ports. |
10 port switch module is supported on all BladeCenter chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules; 20 port switch module is supported on BladeCenter E, H, T and HT chassis and Multi-switch interconnect modules; both are compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. |
QLogic's SANsurfer™ Management Suite eases installation, configuration and management of your SAN infrastructure. |
