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1U form factor
enables enhanced port density and rack space
utilization |
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Designed for
high-performance with 4 Gigabit per second (Gbps)
fibre channel ports (requires storage hardware
that supports 4 Gbps throughput) |
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Speed
auto-sensing capabilities provide backward
compatibility with 2 and 1 Gbps fibre channel
links |
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Shortwave small
form-factor 4 Gbps SFPs support connectivity up to
150 meters |
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Longwave 4 Gbps
SFPs support connectivity up to 10 km |
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Can be used in
any combination of supported 4, 2 or 1 Gbps
shortwave and longwave SFPs |
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Auto-fabric
discovery allows external host and storage systems
to discover other SAN-enabled systems that are
connected to the fabric |
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Non-blocking
architecture designed to provide up to 128 Gbps
aggregate throughput with a 16-port configuration |
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Standard Advanced
Zoning provides hardware-enforced zoning to
protect against unauthorized or unauthenticated
storage network access, non-secure management
access and World Wide Name spoofing |
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IBM SAN b-type
switches and directors use common switch firmware,
which helps simplify SAN fabric expansion |
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Firmware upgrades
are designed to be non-disruptive |
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Advanced
application specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
minimize components for higher
availability |
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Remote access and
remote management are available through the fabric
using GUI, SNMP and Telnet. |
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Optional B16 Full
Fabric Activation is required to enable E_ports
for ISL trunking so the switch can connect to
other switches |
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Optional B16
Extended Fabric Activation is designed to enable
extended distance connectivity between ten and
eighty kilometers |
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Optional B16
Fabric Watch is designed to enable real-time
proactive awareness of the health, performance and
security of each switch and automatically alert
network managers of problems |
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Optional B16
Advanced Security is designed to enable
policy-based security mechanisms integrated within
the Fabric Operating System |
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Optional B16
Performance Bundle Activation — Plant-only enables
both Enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking and
Performance monitoring capabilities |
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Optional B16
Performance Monitoring Activation — Field-only
provides capability to help identify end-to-end
bandwidth usage and is designed to provide
information for capacity planning |
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Optional B16
Enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking —
field-only is designed to enable FC packets to be
efficiently distributed across multiple ISL
connections between two SAN by-type fabric
switches while preserving in-order delivery |
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