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| Non-blocking architecture |
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- Simultaneous wire-speed performance for all ports.
- Aggregate bandwidth of up to 256 Gbps/sec (32-ports x 4 Gbps/sec x 2 (full duplex)).
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| Ports on Demand |
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- “Pay-as-you-grow” scalability from 16 to 24 to 32 ports (SFPs must be ordered for all active ports).
- Enabled non-disruptively through activation of one or two license keys.
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| Auto-negotiating 4, 2 and 1 Gbps ports |
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- Enables rapid switch deployment in existing fabrics.
- Helps provide investment protection through ability to connect to certain older technology equipment.
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| Native E_Port connectivity |
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- Provides interconnect to other IBM b-type switches, directors or routers via Inter-Switch Links (ISLs).
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| N_Port ID Virtualization |
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- Allows each host image behind the same physical Host Bus Adapter (HBA) to connect to an F-Port using a unique N-Port ID to help maximize port usage on the switch.
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| Enhanced ISL Trunking (optional) |
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- Up to eight ISLs can be combined into a trunk group for a total bandwidth of up to 32 Gbps (up to four ISLs can be combined for a total bandwidth of up to 8 Gbps when connected to 2 Gbps SAN switches or directors).
- Helps reduce congestion between switches and directors in core-to-edge fabrics enabling extremely high performance.
- Designed to help eliminate rerouting and possible disruption due to failure of individual links.
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| Dynamic Path Selection |
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- Designed to improve performance by automatically routing data to the most efficient available path in the fabric.
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| Integrated power supply/fan module |
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- Reduced power, cooling and weight.
- Fewer FRUs reduce service complexity.
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| Redundant power and cooling |
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- Helps avoid outages to maximize fabric availability.
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| Advanced Web Tools |
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- Centralizes administration and configuration tasks for individual ports and switches (standard Web Tools) and fabrics (optional Fabric Manager).
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| Advanced Zoning |
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- Designed to provide hardware-enforced zoning to help protect against unauthorized or unauthenticated SAN access and non-secure management access.
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| Continuous health monitoring (Fabric Watch) |
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- Designed to intelligently automate and simplify management by disabling failed ports and re-enabling them when they return to health.
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| Flexible management methods |
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- Enables switch fabric management through various interfaces, including GUI, SNMP, Telnet and serial port.
- Provides remote access and enables remote management.
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| Integrated Ethernet and serial communication ports |
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- Designed to provide multiple access methods to help enable fast and easy configuration of all switches in a fabric.
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| End-to-end performance monitoring (optional) |
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- Helps identify bandwidth usage by host/target pairs and provides input for capacity planning.
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| SMI-S conformance |
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- Provides a SNIA-certified, SMI-S standards-compliant interface that enables administrators and software developers to use industry standards to integrate storage management with other applications in their storage environments.
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