Specifications

zGranular network visibility: Hardware-based sFlow v5 provides packet sampling for analysis, trending, and application of automated policies based on thresholds using industry applications such as Brocade Ironview Network Manager.

zCost competitive: The B24X includes all software capabilities and a 3-year warranty of the base product, simplifying ordering while being priced extremely competitively compared with other vendors.

The IBM Ethernet Switch B24X supports the following specifications when running IronWare R04.2.x and higher. Be aware that Layer 3 capabilities are supported on IronWare R04.2.x and higher, and further details can be found by navigating the IBM Support website:

http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Hardware/Systems/System_x/Network_Solutions/0563

zForm-factor

z1 RU; 43.5 cm (17.1 in.) width x 4.28 cm (1.7 in.) height x 39.4 cm (15.5 in.) depth

zRack-mount into 19” EIA-310D compliant rack, Telco rack, or table-top

zPorts (data)

zTwenty-four dual-speed 10/1 GbE SFP+ ports

zFour 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 ports

zPorts (management, out-of-band)

zOne10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 port

zOne DB9 male serial console port

zPower supplies, fans, and airflow

zTwo 300 W AC hot-swappable power supplies supported for 1+1 redundancy (base switch comes with one)

zOne hot-swappable fan tray with three 2+1 redundant fans

zFront-to-back airflow supporting data center hot-cold aisle deployments

zPerformance

z488 Gbps line speed full-duplex throughput

z363 Mpps forwarding capacity

z1.5 micro-second latency

zJumbo frames

zSupported: up to 9216-byte Ethernet frame sizes z Media (transceivers)

z10 GbE SFP+ -SR transceivers and direct attach copper TwinAx cables available

z VLANs

zUp to 4096 maximum VLANs

z802.1Q tagging

z802.1Q-in-Q tagging

zDual-mode VLANs (tagged and untagged traffic across same port)

zPort-based VLANs

zVLAN groups

zPrivate VLANs

IBM Ethernet Switch B24X