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IBM System Storage SAN06B-R

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Product characteristics
Product Number 2498-R06
Base fabric switch IBM System Storage SAN06B-R extension switch with 4 active FC ports, 2 Ethernet IP ports and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.3 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide, CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, SFP extraction tool, two 110 volt power cords for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, FCIP Activation, Full Fabric Activation and Web Tools. All active ports must be populated with SFPs
Fibre Channel interface For FC: E_Port, EX: Port, F_Port, EL Port, M Port, U Port
For FCIP: VE _Port (virtual E_Port)
Media types
  • Fibre Channel: Hot-pluggable SFP and SFP+, LC connector; Short-Wave Laser (SWL) and Long-Wave Laser (LWL); distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed; supports SFP+ (2, 4, and 8 Gbps) and SFP (1, 2, and 4 Gbps) optical transceivers
  • 1 GbE: Hot-pluggable optical SFP, SWL and LWL; GbE copper SFP; built-in RJ-45 copper (two GbE ports); distance depends on fiber-optic or copper cable and port speed
Fans and power supplies Dual redundant, hot-swappable power supplies with dual fans
Hot-swappable components SFP transceivers, power supply/dual-fan modules
Non-rack support Non-rack installation is supported; country-specific power cords are required and must be ordered
Servers supported*
  • Power Systems, IBM System i® and selected IBM AS/400® servers, IBM System p® and selected IBM RS/6000® servers
  • System x, selected IBM Netfinity® servers and other Intel processor-based servers
  • System z servers
  • Select Sun and HP servers
Operating systems supported*
  • Microsoft Windows 2003, Windows 2008
  • Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
  • SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • IBM AIX®, IBM HACMP™, IBM i5/OS® and IBM OS/400®
  • IBM z/OS
  • Other selected operating systems
Storage products supported*
  • IBM System Storage DS8000®, DS6000™, DS5000 and DS4000® storage systems
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server® systems
  • TotalStorage FAStT Family of storage servers
  • System Storage N Series NAS Filers and Gateways
  • TotalStorage 3580, 3588, 3590, and 3592 tape drives
  • TotalStorage 3494, 3582, 3583 and 3584 tape libraries
  • TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader
  • TotalStorage 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1
  • TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller
  • Other selected storage systems
Fibre Channel switches supported Current System Storage and TotalStorage SAN b-type and m-type switches and directors (must be running current firmware)
Fibre optic cable Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multimode formats
Power cords Jumper cables are included for rack installation; country-specific power cords must be ordered for desktop/standalone installation
Warranty 1-year; customer replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite; next business day response, warranty service upgrades are available.
Optional features
  • Optional SAN extension licenses include: 8 Gbps Advanced Extension, SAN06B-R Upgrade, Adaptive Networking, FICON Accelerator, Extended Fabric and SAO license.
  • Optional SAN fabric services include: Fabric Watch, Trunking Activation, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Integrated Routing, FICON with CUP Activation, Enhanced Group Management (EGM) and Enterprise Bundle.
Physical characteristics
Height 4.45 cm/1.75 in.
Width 43.18 cm/17.0 in.
Depth 64 - 14 cm/25.25 in.
Weight 10.9 kg/24 lb (with two power supplies and zero SFPs)
Temperature Operating: 0° to 40°C (32° to 104°F)
Non-operating: -25° to 70°C (-13° to 158°F)
Humidity Operating: 10% to 85% noncondensing at 40°C (104°F)
Non-operating: 10% to 90% noncondensing at 70°C (158°F)
Power 85 - 264 V ac (Universal), 47 - 63 Hz

For most current and complete details, refer to ibm.com/systems/storage/san/b-type

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