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IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 Switch
This IBM® Redbooks® product guide describes the IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6
switch. Faced with explosive data growth, data centers need more input/output (IO) capacity
to accommodate massive amounts of data, applications, and workloads. In addition to this
surge in data, users expect applications to be available and accessible from anywhere, at any
time, on any device.
To meet these business demands, organizations need to deploy and scale up applications
quickly, moving to higher virtual machine densities, and deploying flash storage to help those
applications scale to support thousands of users. To realize the full benefits of these
architectures, organizations treat the network as a strategic part of a highly virtualized
environment to increase optimization and efficiency to support rapid scalability.
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.
SAN64B-6 delivers unmatched 32/128 gigabits per second (Gbps) performance,
industry-leading port density, and built-in instrumentation to accelerate data access, drive
always-on business, and support data center consolidation in small to large-scale enterprise
infrastructures.
SAN64B-6 is built for maximum flexibility, scalability, and ease of use supporting “pay-as-you
grow” scalability from 24 to 64 ports, with 48 enhanced small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+)
and four Q-Flex ports, in an efficient 1U package.
Figure 1 shows the SAN64B-6 switch.
Figure 1 SAN64B-6 switch
Did you know?
The IBM SAN64B-6 switch provides the following benefits:
Meet demands of virtualization, cloud, and flash-based storage
Deliver market-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities
Provide scalability to support growth, demanding workloads, and data center consolidation
