IBM Ethernet Switch B48Y
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Monitoring
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Syslog support of up to six Syslog servers for centralized log collection and analysis.
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Port mirroring of inbound and outbound traffic.
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Digital Optical Monitoring monitors power levels and temperatures of optical transceivers and
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sends an alert if operating out of specification.
Temperature monitoring sends alerts if the temperature exceeds a certain threshold and
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shuts down the device after an extended period of time.
Port flap dampening increases network resiliency by limiting the number of port state
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transitions on an interface.
Link Fault Signaling (LFS) detects and reports fault conditions on 10 GbE ports.
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Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) monitors the link between two devices and brings the
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port down if the link goes down on either end.
Connectivity options
The B48Y supports a wide variety of industry IEEE and RFC standards and should interoperate with any
network device that supports industry standard Ethernet connectivity. This includes servers, other
Ethernet switches, iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) arrays, Network-Attached Storage (NAS) arrays,
and other network devices.
Figure 8. IBM Ethernet Switch B48Y (front view with port labeling)