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Data Sheet
IBM System Storage
IBM Systems and Technology
IBM System Storage SAN768B-2 and IBM System Storage SAN384B-2 at a glance
FC interfaces
16/10/8/4/2 Gbps ClearLink diagnostic technology (D_Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port and M_Port (mirror port)
FICON interfaces
16/8/4/2 Gbps
FCIP interfaces
1 GbE and 10 GbE
Transceivers
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16 Gbps:
32- and 48-port 16 Gbps blades require hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connectors; 16 Gbps
short-wavelength laser (SWL), long-wavelength laser (LWL)
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10 Gbps:
32- and 48-port 16 Gbps blades require hot-pluggable SFP+, LC; 10 Gbps SWL, LWL
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8 Gbps:
32- and 48-port 16 Gbps blades, 32- and 48-port 8 Gbps blades, extension and encryption blades
require hot-pluggable SFP+, LC; 8 Gbps SWL, LWL, extended long-wavelength laser (ELWL)
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4 Gbps:
8 Gbps Enhanced Extension blades need copper or SFPs to be used with IP ports, LC;
4 Gbps SWL, LWL
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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, fan modules, all FC port blades, Extension blades,
Encryption blades, SFPs and QSFPs
Rack support
IBM TotalStorage SAN cabinet (2109-C36)
Management software
HTTP, simple network management protocol (SNMP) v1/v3 (Fabric Element (FE) Management Information
Base (MIB), FC MIB), Secure Shell (SSH); auditing, syslog; web tools, advanced performance monitoring,
IBM Network Advisor v11.1 or later; command line interface
Servers supported*
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IBM Power Systems, IBM System p
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IBM System i
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IBM System x
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IBM System z, IBM zSeries
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Other Intel
®
processor-based servers with Linux
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, Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2008 and Windows 2012
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Selected Sun and HP servers
Operating systems
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Windows 2008, Windows 2012
supported*
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Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
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SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
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IBM AIX storage system
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Other selected operating systems
