Highlights
- Gain great flexibility for diverse deployment strategies with the Gen 5 Fibre Channel switch, which delivers 16 Gbps performance with up to 48 ports in an energy-efficient, 1U form factor
- Leverage Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities to achieve fast, easy and cost-effective scaling from 24 to 48 ports in 12-port increments
- Maximize availability with nondisruptive software upgrades and redundant, hot-pluggable components
- Support highly virtualized private or hybrid cloud storage with multitenancy and nonstop operations
- Yield outstanding price/performance value when compared to Ethernet storage-based alternatives
- Help maximize application uptime and performance while reducing overall operational expenses with ClearLink diagnostic technology (D_port)
The IBM® System Storage® SAN48B-5 switch is designed to meet the demands of hyper-scale private or hybrid cloud storage environments by delivering 16 Gbps Fibre Channel technology and capabilities that support highly virtualized environments. To enable greater flexibility and investment protection, SAN48B-5 is configurable in 24, 36 or 48 ports and supports 2, 4, 8, 10 or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package. This switch—now enhanced with enterprise connectivity options that add support for IBM FICON® connectivity—can provide a highly reliable infrastructure when used with fast, scalable IBM System z® servers.
SAN48B-5 features:
- 16 Gbps performance with up to 48 ports in an energy-efficient, 1U form factor
- PoD capabilities for scaling from 24 to 48 ports in 12-port increments
- 2, 4, 8, 10 or 16 Gbps speed on all ports producing an aggregate 768 Gbps full-duplex throughput
- 16 Gbps optimized Inter-Switch Links (ISLs)
- 128 Gbps high-performance and resilient frame-based trunking
- Simplified deployment process and point-and-click user interface
Product features
- Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology SAN switch
- “Pay-as-you-grow” flexibility using the Ports on Demand (PoD) feature
- 2, 4, 8, 10 or 16 Gbps speed on all ports
- New enterprise connectivity options add support for IBM FICON® connectivity
- Dual functionality as either a full-fabric SAN switch or an NPIV-enabled Access Gateway
- In-flight data compression and encryption for efficient link utilization and security (up to four ports at 8 Gbps or up to two ports at 16 Gbps)
Hardware summary
- Energy-efficient Fibre Channel SAN switch, with 16 Gbps performance and up to 48 ports in a 1U form factor
- PoD capability for scaling from 24 to 48 ports in 12-port increments
- Autosensing of 2, 4, 8 or 16 Gbps port speeds; 10 Gbps and optionally programmable to fixed port speed
- FICON with CUP Activation
- 16 Gbps optimized Inter-Switch Links (ISLs)
- 128 Gbps high-performance and resilient frame-based trunking
- Simplified deployment process and point-and-click user interface
