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IBM Ethernet c-series Switch

Advanced IBM Ethernet switches for today’s network infrastructure

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Product characteristics
Product number IBM Ethernet Switch B48C: 4002-C4A and 4002AC4 (copper), 4002-C4B and 4002BC4 (fiber)
IBM Ethernet Switch B24C (Copper): 4002AC2
IBM Ethernet Switch B24C (Fiber): 4002BC2
IBM Ethernet Switch B48C (Copper): 4002-C4A/4002AC4
IBM Ethernet Switch B48C (Fiber): 4002-C4B/4002BC4
IBM Ethernet Switch B50C (Copper): 4002-C5A/4002AC5
IBM Ethernet Switch B50C (Fiber): 4002-C5B/4002BC5
Interface modules
  • 2-port 10 GbE module for B24C
Ports
  • B24C (Copper) = 24x 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 ports including 4x 100/1000 MbE SFP combination ports with optional 2-port 10 GbE XFP upgrade slot
  • B24C (Fiber) = 24x 100/1000 MbE SFP ports including 4x 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 combination ports with optional 2-port 10 GbE XFP upgrade slot
  • B48C (Copper) = 48x 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 ports including 4x 100/1000 MbE SFP combination ports
  • B48C (Fiber): 48x 100/1000 MbE SFP ports
  • B50C (Copper): 48x 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 ports plus 2x 10 Gbps Ethernet XFP uplink ports
  • B50C (Fiber): 48x 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet SFP ports plus 2x 10 Gbps Ethernet XFP uplink ports
Interface type
  • 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port with RJ-45 connector
  • 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port with SFP connector
  • 10 Gbps Ethernet port with XFP connector
Management Interfaces
  • One 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 out-of-band management port
  • One DB9 serial console port (straight-through)
Management Methods SSHv2, Telnet, SNMPv1/v3, Brocade IronView® Network Manager (INM), RADIUS
Optical Transceivers Choice of SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) transceivers for 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports with SFP connector and optical monitoring capabilities:
  • 1000BASE-T SFP Copper, 1 Gbps up to 100 m over CAT5 or higher cabling, RJ-45 connector
  • 1000BASE-SX 850 nm SFP optic, 1 Gbps up to 550 m over multi-mode fiber, LC connector
  • 1000BASE-LX 1310 nm SFP optic, 1 Gbps up to 10 km over single-mode fiber, LC connector
  • 1000BASE-LHA 1550 nm SFP optic, 1 Gbps up to 70 km over single-mode fiber, LC connector
  • 100BASE-FX 1310 nm SFP optic, 100 Mbps up to 2 km over multi-mode fiber, LC connector (no optical monitoring capability)
Choice of XFP transceivers for 10 Gbps Ethernet ports with XFP connector and optical monitoring included:
  • 10GBASE-SR 850 nm XFP optic, 10 Gbps up to 300 m over multi-mode fiber, LC connector
  • 10GBASE-LR 1310 nm XFP optic, 10 Gbps up to 10 km over single-mode fiber, LC connector
  • 10GBASE-ER 1550 nm XFP optic, 10 Gbps up to 40 km over single-mode fiber, LC connector
  • 10GBASE-CX4 XFP copper, 10 Gbps up to 15 m over CX4 grade copper, CX4 connector
Power supplies 2x 500 W power supplies supported for 1+1 redundancy
Hot-swappable components SFP/XFP transceivers, power supplies, fan tray
Non-rack support Yes
Operating systems supported Brocade® Multi-Service IronWare® R03.8.00 or greater in all c-series systems
Fiber optic cable Fiber optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multi-mode formats
Power cords Power cords are not included and must be specified at time of order.
Warranty One year; warranty service upgrades are available
Optional features
  • Transceivers
  • 2-port 10 GbE module for B24C
  • 500 W AC Power Supply
  • Full Layer 3 Premium Activation
  • Metro Edge Premium Activation

Performance
Packet Forwarding
  • B24C (Copper) and B24C (Fiber) = 36 million packets per second, 65 million packets per second with 2-port 10 GbE module installed
  • B48C (Copper) and B48C (Fiber) = 71 million packets per second
  • B50C (Copper) and B50C (Fiber) = 101 million packets per second
Data Forwarding
  • B24C (Copper) and B24C (Fiber) = 48 Gbps, 88 Gbps with 2-port 10 GbE module installed
  • B48C (Copper) and B48C (Fiber) = 96 Gbps
  • B50C (Copper) and B50C (Fiber) = 136 Gbps

Scalability
Jumbo Frames 9,216 bytes
VLANs 4090
MAC Addresses 128,000
ACLs 4000
QoS queues per port 8
Link aggregation 12 links per group, 50 link groups per switch

Physical characteristics
Height 4.3 cm (1.7 in.) (1 RU)
Width 44.3 cm (17.4 in.)
Depth 44.8 cm (17.6 in.)
Weight (fully loaded)
  • B24C = 7.1 kg (15.5 lbs)
  • B24C with 2-port 10 GbE module = 8.0 kg (17.5 lbs)
  • B48C = 7.5 kg (16.5 lbs)
  • B50C = 8.0 kg (17.5 lbs)

Power
Power (AC) Maximum power consumption:
B24C (Copper) = 120 W, B24C (Fiber) = 145 W
B24C (Copper) with 2-port 10 GbE module = 170 W
B24C (Fiber) with 2-port 10 GbE module = 195 W
B48C (Copper) = 205 W, B50C (C) = 255 W
B48C (Fiber) = 245 W, B50C (F) = 295 W
Input Input voltage: 100 to 240 VAC
Heat B24C (Copper) = 410 BTU/Hr, B24C (Fiber) = 495 BTU/Hr
B24C (Copper) with 2-port 10 GbE module = 580 BTU/Hr
B24C (Fiber) with 2-port 10 GbE module = 666 BTU/Hr
B48C (Copper) = 700 BTU/Hr, B48C (Fiber) = 836 BTU/Hr
B50C (Copper) = 870 BTU/Hr, B50C (Fiber) = 1,007 BTU/Hr

Environmental
Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Non-operating: -25°C to 70°C (-23°F to 158°F)
Humidity Operating: 5% to 90% non-condensing
Non-operating: 95% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing
Altitude Operating: Up to 10,000 feet (3048 meters)
Storage: Up to 15,000 feet (4500 meters)
Airflow Port to non-port side airflow

Technical specifications
Standards compliance IEEE 802.3 10Base-T; IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX, 100Base-FX, 100Base-LX; IEEE 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX; IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T; 802.3 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications; 802.3ae 10 Gbps Ethernet; 802.3x Flow Control; 802.3ad Link Aggregation; 802.1Q Virtual Bridged LANs; 802.1D MAC Bridges; 802.1w Rapid STP; 802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees; 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control; 802.1ad Provider Bridges; 802.1ah Provider Backbone Bridges; 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
MEF specifications MEF 2 Requirements and Framework for Ethernet Service Protection; MEF 4 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 1: Generic Framework; MEF 6.1 Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 2; MEF 9 Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI; MEF 10.1 Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2; MEF 11 User Network Interface (UNI) Requirements and Framework; MEF 12 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 2: Ethernet Services Layer; MEF 13 User Network Interface (UNI) Type 1 Implementation Agreement; MEF 14 Abstract Test Suite for Traffic Management Phase 1; MEF 15 Requirements for Management of Metro Ethernet Phase 1 Network Elements; MEF 17 Service OAM Framework and Requirements (partial);
RFC compliance

BGPv4 – RFC 4271 BGPv4; RFC 1745 OSPF Interactions; RFC 1997 Communities and Attributes; RFC 2439 Route Flap Dampening; RFC 2796 Route Reflectionl RFC 1965 BGP4 Confederations; RFC 2842 Capability Advertisement; RFC 2918 Route Refresh Capability; RFC 1269 Managed Objects for BGP; RFC 2385 BGP Session Protection via TCP MD5; RFC 3682 Generalized TTL Security Mechanism, for eBGP Session Protection; RFC 4273 BGP-4 MIB

OSPF – RFC 2328 OSPF v2; RFC 3101 OSPF NSSA; RFC 1745 OSPF Interactions; RFC 1765 OSPF Database Overflow; RFC 1850 OSPF v2 MIB; RFC 2370 OSPF Opaque LSA Option

IS-IS – RFC 1195 Routing in TCP/IP and Dual Environments; RFC 1142 OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol; RFC 2763 Dynamic Host Name Exchange; RFC 2966 Domain-wide Prefix Distribution

RIP – RFC 1058 RIP v1; RFC 1723 RIP v2; RFC 1812 RIP Requirements

MPLS – RFC 3031 MPLS Architecture; RFC 3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding; RFC 3036 LDP Specification; RFC 2205 RSVP v1 Functional Specification; RFC 2209 RSVP v1 Message Processing Rules; RFC 3209 RSVP-TE; RFC 3270 MPLS Support of Differentiated Services; RFC 3812 MPLS MIB; draft-ietf-bfd-mpls BFD for MPLS LSPs (RSVP-TE)

L2VPN and PWE3 – draft-ietf-l2vpn-framework Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks; draft-ietf-l2vpn-requirements Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks; RFC 4762 VPLS using LDP Signaling; draft-ietf-pwe3-arch PWE3 Architecture; RFC 4447 Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance using LDP; RFC 4448 Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks; draft-ietf-pwe3-pw-tc-mib Definitions for Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES for Pseudo-Wires Management; draft-ietf-pwe3-pw-mib Pseudo Wire (PW) Management Information Base

IPv4 multicast – RFC 1122 Host Extensions; RFC 1112 IGMP; RFC 2236 IGMP v2; RFC 3376 IGMP v3; RFC 3973 PIM-DM; RFC 2362 PIM-SM
RFC compliance

General protocols – RFC 791 IP; RFC 792 ICMP; RFC 793 TCP; RFC 783 TFTP; RFC 826 ARP; RFC 768 UDP; RFC 894 IP over Ethernet; RFC 903 RARP; RFC 906 TFTP Bootstrap; RFC 1027 Proxy ARP; RFC 951 BootP; RFC 1122 Host Extensions for IP Multicasting; RFC 1256 IRDP; RFC 1519 CIDR; RFC 1542 BootP Extensions; RFC 1812 Requirements for IPv4 Routers; RFC 1541 and 1542 DHCP; RFC 2131 BootP/DHCP Helper; RFC 3768 VRRP; RFC 854 Telnet; RFC 1591 DNS (client)

QoS – RFC 2475 An Architecture for Differentiated Services; RFC 3246 An Expedited Forwarding PHB; RFC 2597 Assured Forwarding PHB Group; RFC 2698 A Two Rate Three Color Marker

Other – RFC 1354 IP Forwarding MIB; RFC 2665 Ethernet Interface MIB; RFC 1757 RMON Groups 1,2,3,9; RFC 2068 HTTP; RFC 2030 SNTP; RFC 2865 RADIUS; RFC 3176 sFlow; RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB; Draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpsecure TCP Security
System Management IronView® Network Manager (INM) Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI); Embedded Web Management GUI; Industry Standard Command Line Interface (CLI); SNMP v1, v2c, v3; RMON; IBM Tivoli® Netcool®/OMNIbus
Element Security Options AAA; RADIUS; Secure Shell (SSH v2); Secure Copy (SCP v2); HTTPs; TACACS/TACACS+; Username/Password (Challenge and Response); Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level); Protection against Denial of Service attacks, such as TCP SYN or Smurf Attacks

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