IBM SAN768B-2 Datasheet
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Highlights
Unleash the full potential of private or
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hybrid cloud storage with outstanding
scalability, performance and reliability
Enable simpler, flatter, low-latency
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chassis connectivity to reduce network
complexity, management and costs
Simplify and centralise end-to-end
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storage area network (SAN) management
with comprehensive diagnostics,
monitoring and automation
Protect investments in existing
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SAN fabrics and automation tools
while reducing operational costs
and minimising business disruption
Maximise performance for input/output
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(I/O) and bandwidth-intensive
applications.
IBM System Storage
SAN768B-2 and
SAN384B-2
Designed to become the foundation for private or
hybrid cloud storage area networks
IBM
®
System Storage SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 fabric backbones are
among the industry's most powerful Fibre Channel (FC) switching
infrastructure offerings. 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
connectivity, offering a high-performing and reliable Fibre Connection
(FICON) infrastructure with fast and scalable IBM System z servers.
Designed to increase business agility while providing nonstop access
to information and reducing infrastructure and administrative costs,
SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 Gen 5 FC fabric backbones deliver a
new level of scalability and advanced capabilities to this robust, reliable,
high-performance technology.
The IBM System Storage SAN b-type family switch, designed to support
FC connectivity for servers and storage, introduces the next generation
of fabric backbones with Gen 5 FC technology to bring a long-term
solution for mission-critical applications that require secure, high
performance, low-latency storage networks. This enables organisations
to continue leveraging their existing IT investments as they grow their
businesses and solve their most difficult business challenges.
IBM System Storage
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Summary of Contents for IBM SAN768B-2
- Page 1 ●● ● ● storage area network (SAN) management SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 Gen 5 FC fabric backbones deliver a with comprehensive diagnostics, new level of scalability and advanced capabilities to this robust, reliable, monitoring and automation high-performance technology.
- Page 2 IBM System Storage b-type SAN director, switch and router models. Built for large enterprise (LE) networks and measuring 14U, SAN768B-2 has eight vertical blade slots to provide up to Offers leading-edge performance 384×16 Gbps universal (E, F, D, M, and EX) FC ports using Emerging and evolving critical workloads and higher density 48-port FC blades or up to 512×8 gigabits per second (Gbps)
- Page 3 – 512 Gbps bandwidth per slot. buffers and no oversubscription for traffic across the backplane. These blades do not support native 10 Gbps FC, Each SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 contains redundant control in-flight encryption and compression, ClearLink diagnostic processor modules (active/passive) and core blades (active/ technology (D_Ports) or FEC.
- Page 4 ICLs to connect up to switches and directors while preserving in-order delivery. 10 SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 backbones up to 100 meters Both b-type SAN devices must have trunking activated. apart, enabling flatter, faster and simpler fabrics that increase SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 add enhanced ISL Trunking consolidation while reducing network complexity and costs.
- Page 5 16 Gbps platforms. One ICL Ports on Demand (POD) license only enables half of the ICL ports Web Tools enable graphical user interface (GUI)-based on core blades of a SAN768B-2 platform or all of the ●● ● administration, configuration and maintenance of fabric ICL ports on the core blades of a SAN384B-2 platform.
- Page 6 DR migration, DR and business continuity solutions beyond solutions. 300 km, it supports emulation for IBM z/OS Global Mirror (formerly eXtended Remote Copy or XRC) as well as tape The b-type director family with Gen 5 FC technology is pipelining for FICON tape and virtual tape.
- Page 7 ●● ● applications with extraordinary performance improvement availability and serviceability when compared to competitive offerings. SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 FC backbones utilise Fabric Protects investments in existing SAN fabrics and automation Vision technology, which leverages hardware, FOS and ●● ● tools while reducing operational costs and minimising IBM Network Advisor integration to provide advanced business disruption.
- Page 8 SAN384B-2 (2499-416) Base machine Single chassis: up to 384 (SAN768B-2) or 192 (SAN384B-2) 16 Gbps universal (E, F, D, M and EX) FC ports using ●● 48-port FC blades. Up to 512 (SAN768B-2) or 256 (SAN384B-2) 8 Gbps universal (E, F, M and EX) FC ports using 64-port 8 Gbps FC blades.
- Page 9 IBM Systems and Technology IBM System Storage Data Sheet 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...
- Page 10 ●● IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) ●● IBM System Storage DS5000 and DS3000 ●● IBM System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Express and IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive Express with ●● ® ® IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium...
- Page 11 IBM Systems and Technology IBM System Storage Data Sheet IBM System Storage SAN768B-2 and IBM System Storage SAN384B-2 at a glance Physical characteristics Size SAN768B-2 ●● – Width: 43.74 centimeters (cm) (17.22 inches (in.)) – Height: 61.24 cm (24.11 in., 14U) –...
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