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IBM System Storage SAN04B-R multiprotocol router

Designed to interconnect distant SANs via secure Internet Protocol

  
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Product characteristics
Produce Number 2005-R04
Base fabric switch IBM System Storage SAN04B-R multiprotocol router with 2 active Fibre Channel ports, 2 Ethernet IP ports and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.1.0 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide, CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, SFP extraction tool, two 110 volt power cords for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, Extended Fabric, Fabric Watch, FCIP Activation, Full Fabric Activation and Web Tools. All active ports must be populated with SFPs.
Fibre Channel interface E_Port, F_Port
Optical transceivers Choice of 4 Gbps short wave, long wave and extended distance long wave (supports 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds) Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP). The optical transceivers may be used on any of the ports of the SAN04B-R router (both FC and Ethernet).
Copper transceiver Up to 1 Gigabit per second Ethernet (GbE) (50 MbE on SAN04B-R base model)
Fans and power supplies Three fans, two power supplies
Hot-swappable components SFP transceivers, fans and power supplies
Non-rack support Non-rack installation is supported; country-specific power cords are required and must be ordered
Servers supported*
  • IBM Power Systems, System i® and selected AS/400® servers, System p® and selected RS/6000® servers


  • System x, selected Netfinity® servers and other Intel® processor-based servers


  • System z servers


  • Select Sun™ and HP servers

Operating systems supported*
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows 2003


  • Red Hat Linux®, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server


  • SUSE™ Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)


  • IBM AIX®, HACMP™, i5/OS® and OS/400®


  • IBM z/OS


  • 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 cords Jumper cables are included for rack installation; country-specific power cords must be ordered for desktop/standalone installation
Warranty 1-year; Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU); warranty service upgrades are available
Optional features Advanced Performance Monitor, FICON Accelerator, FICON with CUP, High-Performance Extension, Trunking Activation
Physical characteristics
Height 42.44 mm/1.67 inches
Width 429 mm/16.89 in
Depth 635 mm/25.00 in
Weight 12.43 kg/27.4 lb
Temperature Operating: 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° degrees F)
Non-operating: -25° to 70° C (-13° to 158° F)
Humidity Operating: 20% to 85% non-condensing @ 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
 
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