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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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Product characteristics
Produce Number 2498-B24 and 249824E
Base fabric switch IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express switch with 24 ports, 8 ports activated (0 to 7) and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.1.0 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide, CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, small form factor pluggable (SFP) extraction tool, 110 volt power cord for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, Enhanced Group Management (EGM) (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), EZSwitchSetup wizard, Full Fabric (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), Web Tools
Fibre Channel interface E_Port, F_Port, FL_Port and M_Port
Optical transceivers Choice of 8 Gbps (supports 8, 4 and 2 Gbps link speeds) and 4 Gbps (supports 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds) short wave and long wave SFP
Fans and power supplies Dual fans, one power supply
Hot-swappable components SFP optical transceivers
Non-rack support Non-rack installation is supported; country-specific power cords are required and must be ordered
Servers supported*
  • IBM Power Systems, IBM System i® and selected IBM AS/400® servers, IBM System p® and selected IBM RS/6000® servers
  • IBM System x, selected IBM Netfinity® servers and other Intel® processor-based servers
  • Select Sun and HP servers
Operating systems supported*
  • Microsoft Windows NT®, Windows 2000, Windows 2003
  • Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
  • SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
  • IBM AIX, HACMP™, i5/OS®, OS/400
  • Other selected operating systems
Storage Products Supported*
  • IBM System Storage DS8000®, DS6000™ and DS4000 storage servers
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server® systems
  • IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family of storage servers
  • IBM System Storage N Series NAS Filers and Gateways
  • IBM TotalStorage 3580, 3588, 3590, and 3592 tape drives
  • IBM TotalStorage 3494, 3582, 3583 and 3584 tape libraries
  • IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader
  • IBM TotalStorage 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1
  • IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller
  • Other selected storage systems
Fibre Channel switches supported Current IBM System Storage and TotalStorage SAN b-type and m-type switches, routers 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 multi-mode formats
Power cord Jumper cable is included for rack installation; country-specific power cord must be ordered for desktop/standalone installation
Warranty 1-year; Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU); warranty service upgrades are available
Optional features 8-Port Activation, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitor, Enterprise Package**, Extended Fabric, Fabric Watch, Full Fabric (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), Trunking Activation, SAO license
Physical characteristics
Height 4.29 cm/1.69 inches
Width 42.88 cm/16.88 in
Depth 30.6 cm/12.07 in
Weight 4.35 kg/9.3 lb
Temperature Operating: 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° degrees F)
Non-operating: -25° to 70° C (-13° to 158° F)
Humidity Operating: 10% to 85% non-condensing at 40° C (104° F)
Non-operating: 10% to 90% non-condensing 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

** Enterprise Package includes two 8-Port Activation features, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitor, Fabric Watch, Full Fabric Activation (on 249824E) and Trunking Activation

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