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Storage Area Network (SAN) ProductsMidrange SAN switches for scalable SMB and enterprise solutionsIBMSystem Storage SAN40B-4
(2498-B40,249840E)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 24, 32 or 40 ports operat-
ing at 8,4, 2 or 1 Gigabits per second (depending on which optical transceiver is used) for servers run-
ning Microsoft Windows,AIX, UNIX, Linux,OS/400 and z/OS®operating systems. Many advanced
functions are available to facilitate operation in medium and large networks.
IBMSystem Storage SAN32B-3
(2005-B5K,20055KB)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 16, 24 or 32 ports operat-
ing at 1,2 and 4 Gbps for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, OS/400 and z/OS operating
systems,server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The SAN32B-2
and SAN32B-3 include dual replaceable power supplies,Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch and Web Tools.
IBMSystem Storage SAN80B-4
(2498-B80)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 48, 64 or 80 ports operat-
ing at 8,4, 2 or 1 Gigabits per second (depending on which optical transceiver is used) for servers run-
ning Microsoft Windows,AIX, UNIX, Linux,OS/400 and z/OS operating systems. Many advanced functions
are available to facilitate operation in medium and large networks.
IBMTotalStorage SAN64B-2
(2005-B64)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 32, 48 or 64 port operating
at 1,2 and 4 Gbps fabric for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare,OS/400 and
IBMz/OS operating systems.
Cisco MDS 9134 for
IBMSystem Storage
(2054-434,-S34)
●Designed to address the needs of medium-sized businesses and large enterprises.
●Model 434 provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 24 or 32 ports
operating at 1,2 and 4 Gbps for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare, OS/400 and
z/OS operating systems,server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions.
●Model S34 provides stacked switch bundle with 48,56 or 64 port switch fabric with two 10 Gbps Inter
Switch Links (ISLs).
Enterprise SAN directors for high availability and scalability enterprise solutionsIBMSystem Storage SAN768B
(2499-384)
●Premier fabric backbone for data network consolidation in large enterprise data centers.Provides high
performance and high availability data networking with new industry-leading 8Gbps Fibre Channel
(FC) technology.It is also the first member of the IBM System Storage b-type family designed to exploit
Brocade®’s new Data Center Fabric architecture.The SAN768B introduces Inter-Chassis Links (ICLs)
to connect two systems to form a 768-port fabric.With 16 to 384 ports per system, it includes all
capabilities of SAN256B (including the Fibre Channel Routing Blade and the 10Gbps FC Blade) plus
adds Adaptive Networking to enable Quality of Service (QoS) management and Integrated Routing to
enable interconnect of heterogeneous SAN fabrics.
IBMTotalStorage SAN256B
(2109-M48)
●High-performance,high-density and high-availability SAN director designed to be the foundation for
large enterprise-class infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions.The SAN256B
director provides from 16 to 384 ports and contains two control processors for high-availability,sup-
porting one to eight blades.Two different types of switch blades are available; one capable of support-
ing 4,2 and 1 Gbps link speeds and the other type capable of supporting 8, 4 and 2 Gbps link speeds.
Switch blades contain 16,32 or 48 ports. Each port can support either Fibre Channel or FICON®links.
A Fibre Channel Routing blade is available to enable routing between heterogeneous SAN fabrics and
distance extension between sites using FCIP.A 10Gbps FC s witch blade is available to support high-
speed Inter-Switch Links (ISLs),and an iSCSI blade is available to enable low-cost connectivity to
servers via Ethernet.Standard features including Advanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking,Web Tools,
Advanced Zoning,Fabric Watch, Performance Monitoring and Fabric Access Layer (API).
IBMTotalStorage SAN140M
(2027-140)
●High-availability enterprise SAN director for Intel®processor-based servers,IBM System i™ systems,
IBMSystem p™ servers and IBM System z™ servers. Provides 16 to 140 ports, scalable in 4-port
increments; 1,2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON switch for Windows, Linux, UNIX and z/OS
servers.
●Provides10 Gbps backbone links for high-performance continuity solutions.
IBMTotalStorage SAN256M
(2027-256)
●High-availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i systems, System p
servers,IBM System x™ servers and System z mainframes. Provides 64 to 256 ports, scalable in
32-port increments; 1,2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON director with 10 Gbps backbone links
for Windows,Linux, UNIX and z/OS servers. Includes Director FlexPar capability for up to four logical
partitions with separate fabric services.
Cisco MDS 9506 for
IBMSystem Storage
(2054-E04)
●High-availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i systems, System p
servers and Systemz mainframes. Scalable from 12 to 192 1, 2, 4 and 10 Gbps ports with one to four
4-,12-, 24- and 48-port Fibre Channel modules for Windows, Linux, UNIX and z/OS servers.
●An 18/4 4Gbps Fibre Channel/GbE port multiservice module enables high-performance, cost-effective
SAN extension over IP for continuity solutions.
Cisco MDS 9509 for
IBMSystem Storage
(2054-E07)
●High-availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i systems, System p
servers and Systemz mainframes. Scalable from 12 to 336 1, 2, 4 and 10 Gbps ports with one to
seven 4-,12-, 24- and 48-port Fibre Channel modules for Windows, Linux, UNIX and z/OS servers.
●An 18/4 4Gbps Fibre Channel/GbE port multiservice module enables high-performance, cost-effective
SAN extension over IP for continuity solutions.
Cisco MDS 9513 for
IBMSystem Storage
(2054-E11)
●High-availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i systems, System p
servers and Systemz mainframes. Scalable from 12 to 528 1, 2, 4 and 10 Gbps ports with one to
eleven 4-,12-, 24- and 48-port Fibre Channel modules for Windows, Linux, UNIX and z/OS servers.
●An 18/4 4Gbps Fibre Channel/GbE port multiservice module enables high-performance, cost-effective
SAN extension over IP for continuity solutions.
Entry SAN switches for easy-to-use SMB solutionsIBMSystem Storage
SAN24B-4 Express
(2498-B24,249824E)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 8, 16 or 24 ports operating at
8,4, 2 or 1 Gigabits per second (depending on which optical transceiver is used) for servers running Microsoft®
Windows®,AIX®,UNIX®,and Linux®operating systems,ser ver clustering,infrastructure simplification and busi-
ness continuity solutions.The SAN24B-4 Express includes EZSwitchSetup wizard, which is an embedded setup tool
designed to guide novice users through switch setup,often in less than five minutes.
IBMTotalStorage®
SAN16B-2 (2005-B16)
IBMTotalStorage
SAN16B-2 Express
Model (200516B)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 8, 12 or 16 ports operating at
1,2 and 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps) fabric for servers running Microsoft Windows, AIX, UNIX, Linux,and
IBMOS/400®operating systems, server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions.
The SAN16B-2 includes EZSwitchSetup wizard,which is an embedded setup tool designed to guide novice users
through switch setup,often in less than five minutes.
Cisco®MDS 9124
Express for
IBMSystem Storage
(2053-424,241724C)
●Provides high-performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switching with 8, 16 or 24 ports operating at
1,2 and 4 Gbps for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare and OS/400 operating systems,
server clustering,infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The switch includes replaceable
power supply,Virtual SAN, Cisco Fabric Manager and redundant power supply feature designed to simplify setup
and ongoing maintenance for Cisco MDS 9000 users.
SAN routers to connect heterogeneous SAN fabrics and enable distance extension usingFibre Channel over IPIBMSystem Storage SAN04B-R router
(2005-R04)
●Provides SAN distance extension using FCIP over the Internet for IBMSystem x servers,
Systemi systems, and System p server environments. The SAN04B-R includes two 4, 2 and
1Gbps Fibre Channel ports and two 50 Megabits per second Ethernet ports. FCIP Tunnelling
Service for SAN extension of IP WAN infrastructure features is included.
IBMTotalStorage SAN18B-R SAN router
(2005-R18)
●Provides multiprotocol SAN routing for IBMSystem x servers, System i systems, System p
servers and Systemz mainframes. The SAN18B-R includes sixteen 4, 2 and 1 Gbps Fibre
Channel or FICON ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports.FC-FC Routing for SAN island consoli-
dation and optional FCIP Tunnelling Service for SAN extension of IP WAN infrastructure features
are included.
Cisco MDS 9222i for
IBMSystem Storage
(2054-E01)
●Designed to address the needs of medium-sized businesses and large enterprises,the modu-
lar 18/4 (4Gbps Fibre Channel/GbE) port multiservice SAN router enables high-performance,
cost-effective SAN extension over IP for continuity solutions.
●Scalable from 18 to 66 1,2, 4 and 10 Gbps ports with one 4-, 12-, 24- and 48-port Fibre
Channel module for Windows,Linux, UNIX and z/OS servers.
Enterprise SAN directors for high availability and scalability enterprise solutions