The IBM System Storage™ SAN768B fabric backbone is designed to be the premier platform for consolidation of your data center connectivity, providing high- performance, and highly available data networking. It provides new levels of performance with industry-leading 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) technology. The SAN768B interoperates with other members of the IBM System Storage b-type and m-type families and can be configured with a wide range of connectivity options, including 10, 8, 4, 2 and 1 gigabits per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel (FC), up to 4 Gbps Fibre Connection (FICON®) and Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP). Designed to enable support for emerging high performance and high function network protocols, including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Designed to serve as the basis for transforming existing networks into a unified, high performance data center fabric connecting applications with their data and virtual servers with virtual storage. Request a quote
Ports
Up to 384 per chassis, up to 768 when two chassis are connected via inter-chassis links
Optional Features
16-port, 32-port and 48-port 8Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; 16 FC + 2 IP FC Routing blades; SFPs and XFPs; fibre optic cables; inter-chassis cable kit; inter-chassis license; upgrade power supply; FICON w/CUP Activation; FCIP/FC Extension
Link Speeds
10 Gbps on dedicated 10 Gbps FC blades; 8, 4, 2 and 1 Gbps auto-sensing on 8 Gbps FC blades; 4 Gbps and Gigabit Ethernet on FC Routing blade, four ICLs with 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) total bandwidth
Operating Systems
z/OS®, AIX®, OS/400®, Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, selected other operating systems
A compact, high-performance, easy-to-install Fibre Channel (FC) SAN switch that enables multiple servers to connect to external disk and tape systems. The SAN80B-4 supports most common operating systems and connects to most common servers and external storage devices. Supports server virtualization with virtual data paths across a single FC link. Can connect to other SAN switches, routers and directors to form a multi-switch fabric for increased connectivity.
Ports
48, 64 and 80 ports with “Ports on Demand” scalability
Link Speeds
8, 4, 2 and 1 Gbps auto-sensing
Operating systems
Microsoft® Windows®, AIX®, Unix®, Linux®, NetWare and z/OS®
A compact, high-performance, easy-to-install Fibre Channel (FC) SAN switch which enables multiple servers to connect to external disk and tape systems. The SAN40B-4 supports most common operating systems and connects to most common servers and external storage devices. Supports server virtualization with virtual data paths across a single FC link. Can connect to other SAN switches, routers and directors to form a multi-switch fabric for increased connectivity.
Ports
24, 32 and 40 ports with “Ports on Demand” scalability
Link speeds
8, 4, 2 and 1 Gbps auto-sensing
Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows®, AIX®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare and z/OS®
A compact, high-performance, easy-to-install Fibre Channel (FC) SAN switch which enables multiple servers to connect to external disk and tape systems. The SAN24B-4 Express supports most common operating systems and connects to most common servers and external storage devices. Supports server virtualization with virtual data paths across a single FC link. Can connect to other SAN switches, routers and directors to form a multi-switch fabric for increased connectivity.
Ports
8, 16 and 24 ports with “Ports on Demand” scalability
High performance medium-size and enterprise SAN router provides sixteen 1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fiber Channel switch ports and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports for fabric switching, interconnection of multiple Fibre Channel fabrics and hardware-assisted traffic processing for long-distance extension using Internet Protocol. A variety of short wave and long wave Small Form-factor Pluggable optical transceivers are supported. The base router includes WEB TOOLS and Advanced Zoning, FC-FC Routing Service, FCIP Tunneling Service and Extended Fabric.
Ports
18 ports (16 FC and 2 IP)
Link speeds
1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and GbE IP using short wave or long wave optical transceivers
Operating Systems
IBM System i™, System p™ and System x™ families of servers and other selected IBM servers, other Intel® processor-based servers, and selected Sun and HP servers
Optional Features
FCIP Activation, Advanced Security, Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking, and Performance Monitoring.
An entry-level multiprotocol router designed to connect two Storage Area Networks over a wide distance using the Internet as the interconnect fabric. Intended to support business continuity solutions between IBM Power™ Systems or System x™ servers at one site and IBM System Storage™ disk or tape devices at a distant location.
Ports
Two active Fibre Channel ports and two Ethernet Internet Protocol (IP) ports
Link speeds
4 Gigibits per second (Gbps) auto-sensing Fibre Channel and 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) Ethernet
Operating systems
Microsoft® Windows®, AIX®, Unix®, Linux® and OS/400®
Optional features
Optical and copper transceivers (SFPs), fibre optic cables, Performance Monitor, Trunking Activation, country-specific power cords
The IBM TotalStorage® SAN256B is designed to provide outstanding performance, enhanced scalability and a design ready for high performance 4 Gbps capable hardware and expanded capability features. The SAN256B is well suited to address enterprise SAN customer requirements for infrastructure simplification and improved business continuity. Request a quote
Ports
up to 384
Link Speeds
1, 2, 4, 8 and 10 Gbps
Operating Systems
As supported by IBM Power System, System i™, System p™, System x™ and System z™ servers
Optional Features
16, 32 and 48-port switch blades, routing, iSCSI and distance extension using Fibre Channel or FCIP, short wave and long wave plus GbE optical transceivers GbE copper Ethernet transceivers, FICON® and FICON CUP, extended fabrics, and advanced security.
High performance medium-size and enterprise fabric switch provides 32, 48 and 64-port, 4 Gigabit/second (Gbps) fabric switching for infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The base switch offers Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch, WEBTOOLS, dual replaceable power supplies and 32-ports activated. “Ports on Demand” features support pay-as-you-grow scalability.
Ports
32, 48 or 64
Link Speeds
1, 2 and 4 Gbps using short wave or long wave optical transceivers
Servers
IBM System i™, System p™, and System x™ families of servers and other selected IBM servers, other Intel® processor-based servers, and selected Sun and HP servers
High performance SAN fabric switch provides 16, 24 or 32-ports with 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds for most common operating system environments. Suitable for use as a core switch in midrange environments and as an edge-switch in enterprise environments. Base switch includes 16 ports activated, Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch, Web Tools, dual redundant hot-swappable power-supply/fan modules in an efficient, compact enclosure. Ports on Demand feature supports “pay-as-you-grow” scalability. Request a quote
The SAN16B-2 is a high performance, scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch designed to be the foundation for small to medium-size SANs. It provides an 8, 12 or 16 port, 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps) fabric (requires storage hardware that supports 4 Gbps throughput) for servers running Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare® and OS/400® operating systems, server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The SAN16B-2 includes Advanced Web Tools, an easy-to-use configuration wizard designed to simplify setup and ongoing maintenance for novice users. Optional advanced functions are available for intelligent SAN management and monitoring plus full participation in an IBM® TotalStorage® SAN b-type extended fabric.
Performance
8, 12 or 16 ports with "pay as you grow" scalability
Ports
4, 2 and 1 Gbps autosensing
Operating Systems
Microsoft ®Windows®, UNIX®, Linux™, NetWare®, OS/400®
High performance, scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch designed to be the foundation for small to medium-size SANs. Provides an 8-port, 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps) fabric packaged with short wave and long wave Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers for servers running Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux® and NetWare® operating systems, server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The SAN16B-2 Express Model includes Advanced Web Tools, an easy-to-use configuration wizard designed to simplify setup and ongoing maintenance for novice users. The SAN16B-2 Express Model can be upgraded to 12 or 16 ports. Optional advanced functions are available for intelligent SAN management and monitoring plus full participation in an IBM® TotalStorage® SAN b-type extended fabric. Request a quote
Performance
4, 2 and 1 Gbps auto-sensing
Ports
8, 12 or 16 ports with "pay-as-you-grow" scalability
Brocade Fabric Manager is an easy-to-use interface to manage one or more IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type switch and director fabrics in real time. Fabric Manager is designed to provide the essential functions for efficiently configuring, monitoring, provisioning and managing IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type fabrics on a daily basis. Request a quote
Operating systems
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003; Sun Solaris 8 and 9
