| Product characteristics |
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| Product number |
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2499-384 |
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| Base machine |
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Base chassis includes the following components: |
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- Two control processor modules and two core module

- Two power supplies

- Three fan modules

- Fabric Operating System

- Enterprise Software Bundle (including Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Enhanced Group Management, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Watch and Trunking)

- Advanced Web Tools and Zoning

- No switches or blades are included in the base (at least one 8 Gbps or 10 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) switch blade or FC Routing Blade is required for server, storage or SAN connectivity)

- Rack mounting kit, rack-mount power cords, service tools, serial cable and documentation
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| Fibre Channel interfaces |
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- 10 Gbps e_Port

- 8/4/2/1 Gbps E_Port, F_Port and FL_Port

- EX_Port with optional Integrated Routing feature

- 10 Gbps E_Port
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| Converged Ethernet interfaces |
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10 Gbps |
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| FICON interfaces |
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8 Gigabits per second (Gbps) |
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| IP interfaces |
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1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and/or 10 GbE |
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| Transceivers |
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- 8 Gbps and 4 Gbps SFP, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 Gbps XFP shortwave and longwave optical transceivers (SFP optical transceivers may be used on any of the FC and GbE ports)

- 10 Gbps SFP shortwave and longwave optical transreceivers

- A 1 Gigabit per second copper SFP is available for use on Ethernet ports

- All ports on a blade must be populated with transceivers
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| Hot-swap components |
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Control processor and core modules, power supplies, fan modules, FC, FCoCEE and FC routing blades, SFPs and XFPs |
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| Rack support |
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IBM TotalStorage SAN Cabinet (2109-C36) only |
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| Management software |
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Fabric Operating System, Enterprise Software Bundle (including Adaptive Networking Services, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Enhanced Group Management (EGM), Extended Fabrics, Fabric Watch and Trunking), Advanced Web Tools and Zoning |
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| Servers supported |
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IBM System z9 EC, z9 BC and zSeries 990 and 900; IBM Power Systems, IBM System i®, System p® and selected RS/6000® and AS/400® servers;
IBM System x® and selected Netfinity® servers; other Intel®-based servers with Linux®, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and Windows 2003; selected Sun™ and HP servers; IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) |
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| Storage products supported |
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IBM System Storage DS8000®; IBM System Storage DS6000™; IBM System Storage DS5000; IBM System Storage DS4000®; IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server®; IBM TotalStorage Enterprise NAS Gateway 500; 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; Other selected storage systems |
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| Fibre Channel switches supported |
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IBM System Storage and IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type and m-type directors, switches and routers; other directors, switches and routers manufactured by Brocade |
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| Fibre optic cable |
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Fibre optic cables with LC connectors are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multi-mode formats |
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| Warranty |
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1-year; 24x7; same-day; Maintenance service options are available after warranty expiration |
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| Optional features |
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16-port, 32-port and 48-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; 24-port 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Converged Enhanced Ethernet 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, and Integrated Routing |