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Summary of Contents for SAN768B-2

Page 1: ...ferings They provide reliable scalable high performance foundations for mission critical storage These fabric backbones also deliver enterprise connectivity options to add support for IBM FICON connec...

Page 2: ...F D M and EX FC ports using 48 port FC blades or up to 512 8 gigabits per second Gbps universal E F M and EX FC ports using 64 port 8 Gbps FC blades Designed for midsize networks and measuring 8U SAN3...

Page 3: ...ncluding support for native 10 Gbps FC in flight encryption and compression ClearLink diagnostic technology D_Ports increased buffers or Forward Error Correction FEC 8 Gbps 32 port and 48 port FC blad...

Page 4: ...rs and storage thus maximising overall port density in a lower amount of rack space Includes fabric operating system FOS and management software The FOS included with each SAN768B 2 and SAN384B 2 cont...

Page 5: ...6 64 Gbps quad small form factor pluggable QSFP activates ICL ports on the core blades of the 16 Gbps platforms One ICL Ports on Demand POD license only enables half of the ICL ports on core blades of...

Page 6: ...host bus adapters HBAs attached to physical or virtualised servers IBM Network Advisor v12 0 or later is required for supporting transitions to cloud environments Optimises DC connectivity over distan...

Page 7: ...management of DC fabrics including configuration monitoring and management of b type backbones switches and Brocade adapters Helps ensure enterprise class reliability availability and serviceability S...

Page 8: ...tandby control processor blades redundant active active core switching blades redundant power supplies fans and a ship group that includes an installation guide optically read compact disk read only m...

Page 9: ...orts LC 4 Gbps SWL LWL 1 GbE hot pluggable optical SFP SWL and LWL GbE copper SFP 8 Gbps Extension blade GbE ports only Hot swap components Control processors CPs core routing modules power supplies f...

Page 10: ...AN b type and m type directors switches and routers other directors switches and routers manufactured by Brocade Fibre optic cable Fibre optic cables with LC are required and available in various leng...

Page 11: ...Depth with door 73 20 cm 28 82 in Weight maximum SAN768B 2 ports fully populated 103 50 kilogram kg 228 20 pounds lbs for 384 port configuration fully populated 39 55 kg 82 20 lbs for chassis SAN384B...

Page 12: ...nd the Ultrium logo are trademarks of HP IBM Corp and Quantum in the U S and other countries Other product company or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others IBM reserves the right...

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