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 Converged Enhanced Ethernet (FCoCEE). 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
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
Link Speeds
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 Accelerator, FICON w/CUP Activation; FCIP/FC Extension
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
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. Optional features enable functional equivalence to the IBM System Storage SAN18B-R to support the requirements of large enterprises, including support for System z® with FICON®, and FICON Accelerator .
Ports
Base system provides two active Fibre Channel ports and two Ethernet Internet Protocol (IP) ports. The optional High-Performance Extension feature activates all 16 Fibre Channel ports.
Link speeds
4 Gigibits per second (Gbps) auto-sensing Fibre Channel and 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) Ethernet. The optional High-Performance Extension feature increases the speed of each Ethernet port to 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps).
Operating systems
Microsoft® Windows®, AIX®, UNIX®, Linux®, OS/400® and z/OS®
Optional features
Optical and copper transceivers (SFPs), fibre optic cables, Advanced Performance Monitor, FICON Accelerator, FICON with CUP, High-Performance Extension, 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.
IBM System Storage™ Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM™) is a powerful application designed to manage one or more IBM System Storage SAN b-type or mixed b-type and m-type network fabrics in real time. In particular, DCFM helps provide the essential functions needed to efficiently configure, monitor, provision and manage network fabrics on a daily basis. Request a quote
