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- Page 1 Front cover IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 Switch Megan Gilge Product Guide...
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Page 3: Did You Know
The SAN64B-6 switch is designed to meet the demands of hyper-scale virtualization, larger cloud infrastructures, and growing flash-based storage environments by delivering market-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities. -
Page 4: Product Highlights
Optimize end-to-end performance and availability tuning with IO Insight and VM Insight intelligence. Product overview The SAN64B-6 with Gen 6 Fibre Channel, Fabric Vision technology with IO Insight and VM Insight delivers unmatched 32/128 Gbps performance for application acceleration, industry-leading port density for data center consolidation, and built-in instrumentation for deep network monitoring and diagnostics, all managed with a command-line interface (CLI), b-type Advanced Web Tools, or with IBM Network Advisor. - Page 5 With 48 SFP+ ports and 4 Q-Flex ports, each providing four 32 Gbps connections, the SAN64B-6 can scale up to 64 device ports for an aggregate throughput of 2 terabits per second (Tbps). Moreover, each Q-Flex port is capable of 128 Gbps parallel Fibre Channel for device or inter-switch link (ISL) connectivity, enabling administrators to consolidate and simplify cabling infrastructure.
- Page 6 Simplify scalability and management complexity The SAN64B-6 features up to 64 Fibre Channel ports in an efficiently designed 1U form factor, delivering industry-leading port density and space utilization for simplified scalability and data center consolidation. With this high-density design, organizations can pack more into a single data center with a smaller footprint, reducing costs and management complexity.
- Page 7 In addition, they can ensure settings do not drift over time, using COMPASS configuration and policy violation monitoring within IBM Network Advisor dashboards. ClearLink Diagnostics: Ensures optical and signal integrity for Fibre Channel optics and cables, simplifying deployment and support of high-performance fabrics.
- Page 8 These switches require FOS V8.01 or later and IBM Network Advisor 14.0 or later to take advantage of the advanced Gen 6 functions that are delivered through Fabric Vision technology.
- Page 9 Virtual Fabrics: Enable a physical switch to be partitioned into independently managed logical switches, each with its own data, control, and management paths. Optional licenses for additional capabilities The features listed in Table 1 are offered as options for the SAN64B-6 switch. Table 1 Available additional capabilities Feature...
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Page 10: Specifications
Access Gateway mode The SAN64B-6 can be deployed as a full-fabric switch or as an Access Gateway, which simplifies fabric topologies and heterogeneous fabric connectivity (the default mode setting is a switch). Access Gateway mode utilizes N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) switch standards to present physical and virtual servers directly to the core of SAN fabrics. - Page 11 Table 2 lists the system architecture specifications for the SAN64B-6 switch. Table 2 System architecture Feature Description Product number 8960-F64 (Front/Port-Side Exhaust). 8960-N64 (Rear/Non-Port Side Exhaust). Fibre Channel ports Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports configuration.
- Page 12 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) metropolitan area network (MAN) connectivity. a. Some fabric services do not apply or are unavailable in Access Gateway mode. Table 3 lists the management features of the SAN64B-6 switch. Table 3 Management features Feature...
- Page 13 POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, nondisruptive Daemon restart, optics health monitoring,power monitoring, RAStrace Table 4 lists the mechanical characteristics of the SAN64B-6 switch. Table 4 Mechanical characteristics Item Description Enclosure Front-to-back airflow;...
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Page 14: Related Information
IBM Offering Information page (announcement letters and sales manuals) http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/index.wss?request_locale=en On this page, enter SAN64B-6, select the information type, and then click Search. On the next page, narrow your search results by geography and language. IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 Switch... -
Page 15: Now You Can Become A Published Author, Too
International Technical Support Organization (ITSO), Poughkeepsie Center. Megan Gilge is a Project Leader in the IBM International Technical Support Organization. Before joining the ITSO four years ago, she was an Information Developer in the IBM Semiconductor Solutions and IBM System i® areas. -
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Page 20: Back Cover
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