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Summary of Contents for SAN24B-6

Page 1: ...Product Guide Front cover IBM Storage Networking SAN24B 6 Switch Ernest A Keenan ...

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Page 3: ...he network as a strategic part of a storage environment organizations can maximize their productivity and efficiency even as they rapidly grow their environments The IBM Storage Networking SAN24B 6 switch provides exceptional value in an entry level switch combining high performance capabilities of 4 8 16 and 32 Gbps point and click simplicity and enterprise class functionality The port speed capa...

Page 4: ...ll time with a point and click user interface Automatically discover and recover from common networking problems Proactively monitor and optimize the health and performance of individual virtual machines VMs Simplify administration resolve problems increase uptime and reduce costs by using Fabric Vision technology Product overview The IBM Storage Networking SAN24B 6 switch offers low cost of entry...

Page 5: ...h Ports on Demand PoD for 8 16 or 24 ports and supports 4 8 16 or 32 Gbps port speeds with the proper transceivers installed all in an efficient 1U package The switch has an integrated power supply and four built in fans The power supply offers real time active power monitoring SAN24B 6 helps to lower costs too with low energy consumption at 0 10 watts per Gbps and 3 2 watts per port Industry lead...

Page 6: ...h NVMe SAN24B 6 is NVMe ready allowing organizations to seamlessly integrate IBM b type Gen 6 Fibre Channel networks with next generation NVMe without a disruptive rip and replace The simplicity and efficiency of NVMe over Fibre Channel enable significant performance gains for flash storage In addition NVMe enables users to achieve faster application response times and harness the performance of s...

Page 7: ... the entire fabric or multiple fabrics at one time using common rules and policies or customize policies for specific ports or switch elements With Flow Vision and VM Insight administrators set thresholds for VM flow metrics in MAPS policies to be notified of VM performance degradation Fabric Performance Impact FPI Monitoring Uses predefined MAPS policies to automatically detect and alert administ...

Page 8: ...es that can be captured for in depth analysis Forward Error Correction FEC Enables recovery from bit errors in device connections and ISLs enhancing transmission reliability and performance Credit Loss Recovery Helps overcome performance degradation and congestion due to buffer credit loss IBM Network Advisor IBM Network Advisor simplifies Gen 6 Fibre Channel management and helps organizations pro...

Page 9: ... Channel 4 25 Gbps line speed full duplex 8 5 Gbps line speed full duplex 14 025 Gbps line speed full duplex auto sensing of 4 8 16 and 32 Gbps port speeds ISL Trunking Frame based trunking with up to eight 32 Gbps ports per ISL trunk up to 256 Gbps per ISL trunk Exchange based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS Aggregate bandwidth 768 Gbps end to end full duplex Maximum fab...

Page 10: ...d Zoning default zoning port WWN zoning broadcast zoning peer zoning target driven zoning Dynamic Fabric Provisioning DFP Dynamic Path Selection DPS Extended Fabrics Enhanced BB credit recovery FDMI Frame Redirection Frame based Trunking FSPF ISL Trunking Management Server NPIV NTP v3 Registered State Change Notification RSCN Reliable Commit Service RCS Simple Name Server SNS Virtual Fabrics Logic...

Page 11: ...nk optics and cable diagnostics including electrical optical loopback link traffic latency distance Flow mirroring Built in flow generator 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 logging Rolling Reboot Detection RRD Enclosure Back to...

Page 12: ...24 Zero SFP Bundle This feature enables FC ports 0 to 7 It does not include SFP transceivers 2446 F24 8 x 16Gbps SW SFP Bundle This feature provides a bundle of eight SW 16 Gbps SFPs transceivers with 8 FC ports enabled 2447 F24 16Gbps SW SFP Enterprise Bundle This feature provides a bundle of 24 SW 16 Gbps SFP transceivers with 24 FC ports enabled 7422 SAN24B 6 Enterprise Bundle This feature enab...

Page 13: ...ernational Technical Support Organization Poughkeepsie Center Ernest A Keenan is a Content Specialist in the IBM International Technical Support Organization Ernest has a Master of Arts in English with a minor in Technical Communication from Texas A M University and has over 15 years of experience as a technical writer and editor Now you can become a published author too Here s an opportunity to s...

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