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IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express

Designed for high-performance, scalability and simple-to-use in small to medium-size SAN environments

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Feature Benefits
Efficient 1U design
  • High-density 8, 16 and 24-port configurations
Auto-sensing 8, 4, 2 and 1 Gbps ports Designed to:
  • Enable high performance and improved utilization
  • Enable rapid switch deployment with minimal set-up
  • Prove easy installation and manageability
  • Offer future readiness for 8 Gbps capable servers and storage devices
Hot swappable SFPs
  • Provides fast and easy replacement of optical transceivers with no tools required
  • Support for both short wave and long wave optical transceivers
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking
  • Support for up to 8-port ISLs provides total bandwidth of 128 Gbps
  • Helps eliminate packet rerouting and possible application failure due to link failure
Advanced Zoning
  • Hardware-enforced zoning helps protect against non-secure, unauthorized and unauthenticated network and management access and World Wide Name spoofing
N_Port ID Virtualization
  • Allows each host image behind the same physical Host Bus Adapter (HBA) to connect to an F_Port using a unique N_Port ID to help maximize port usage in a virtualized server environment
EZSwitchSetup and Web Tools
  • Quickly guides novice users through setup
  • Helps simplify administration and configuration
Hot firmware activation Designed to:
  • Significantly reduce firmware installation time
  • Enable fast firmware upgrades
  • Help elimination disruption to existing fabric
  • Help reduce administrative overhead
N+1 cooling
  • Helps maximize fabric uptime when a fan fails
Upgradeable architecture for scalable SAN fabrics
  • Optional features enable upgrades to support more complex fabrics
  • Modular upgrades enable a “pay as you grow” approach to adding features when needed
Backward compatibility with IBM SAN b-type and m-type fabrics
  • Helps provide investment protection for existing fabrics
  • Allows inter-operation with other SAN products manufactured by Brocade
  • Supports Native Interoperability with m-type products manufactured by McDATA (running current firmware)

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