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The IBM SAN24B-4
Express Model is a low-cost,
high-performance 8 Gbps FC switch
designed specifically for the needs
of smaller environments,
particularly businesses implementing
a SAN for the first time. With key
ease-of-installation and ease-of-use
features, it provides excellent
overall value as the foundation of a
small SAN and with the ability to
grow with the organization's needs. |
- Simple-to-use SAN switch with easy-to-install
and easy-to-use features designed specifically for the needs of
small to medium-size environments
- Provides new levels of performance with 8
Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) technology
- "Ports on Demand" scalability from 8 to 16 to
24 ports
- Protect existing 4, 2 and 1 Gbps
infrastructure investment while positioning for future technologies
- Foundation for new infrastructure
simplification and business continuity solutions for servers running
Microsoft® Windows®, Unix®, Linux® and IBM AIX® and OS/400®
operating systems
SAN24B-4
Data Sheet ( 260KB)
Interoperability Matrix
(245KB)
Common Features
Hardware Summary
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HOW TO CONFIGURE YOUR SAN24B-4: Walk through this
step-by-step guide, choosing appropriate models and options as indicated
below:
Step 1: SAN24B-4
The System Storage SAN24B-4 Express is a
24-port auto-sensing 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps FC switch, delivering the next
generation single-chip architecture for FC SANs. The SAN24B-4 combines
up to 24 ports of high-performance 8 Gbps technology and Ports on Demand
scaling from 8 to 16 or 24. With key ease-of-installation and
ease-of-use features, it provides excellent overall value as the
foundation of a small SAN with the ability to grow with the
organization's SAN needs. It is the latest entry-level offering in the
Brocade family of entry-to-enterprise products. The SAN24B-4 Express FC
switch offers dual functionality; it also can be a gateway device that
provides a single platform for all SAN connectivity. (Note: Access
Gateway mode is only supported in 24-port configurations.) Access
Gateway mode enables seamless connectivity into heterogeneous SAN
environments, enhances scalability, and simplifies manageability
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Description |
TD # |
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SAN24B-4 (The
base function of the SAN24B-4 switch includes 8 activated ports,
Fibre Channel fabric services, Advanced Zoning, Full Fabric, Web
Tools, and Enhanced Group Management (EGM). The SAN24B-4 Express
is equipped with a system board, one fixed integrated 75-watt
power supply and three cooling fans. The three fans with 2+1
redundant configuration provide the necessary airflow to cool
the whole system.) |
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SAN24B-4 (Includes 8-port activation and capability to attach to hosts
and storage device. Port activation features do not include
fiber optic transceivers; however, all activated ports must be
populated with SFPs) |
95636M |
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Step 2: Add SFPs
Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical
transceivers support any combination of Shortwave (SW), Longwave
(LW), and Extended Longwave (ELW) optical media on a single
switch.
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Short Wave SFPs
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Description |
TD # |
| 8 Gbps Short Wave SFP
Transceiver - 1PK |
95645M |
| 8 Gbps Short Wave SFP
Transceiver - 8PK |
95646M |
| 4 Gbps Short Wave SFP
Transceiver - 1PK |
95638M |
| 4 Gbps Short Wave SFP
Transceiver - 8PK |
95641M |
Long Wave SFPs
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Description |
TD # |
| 8 Gbps Long Wave (10 km)
SFP Transceiver - 1PK |
95523M |
| 8 Gbps Long Wave (10 km)
SFP Transceiver - 8PK |
95524M |
| 4 Gbps Long Wave (4 km)
SFP Transceiver - 1PK |
95639M |
| 4 Gbps Long Wave (4 km)
SFP Transceiver - 8PK |
95641M |
| 4 Gbps Long Wave (10 km)
SFP Transceiver - 1PK |
95640M |
| 4 Gbps Long Wave (10 km)
SFP Transceiver - 8PK |
95643M |
| 4 Gbps Long Wave (30 km)
SFP Transceiver ELW - 1PK |
95644M |
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Step 3: Optional Features
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Description |
TD # |
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8-Port Activation License - The SAN24B-4 switch ships with
the first 8 ports activated in the base product, with two additional
increments of 8 ports that can be enabled on demand. Additional port
activation is available with this optional feature to enable
additional ports from 8 to 15 (first 8-port increment) or ports 16
to 23 (second 8-port activation). Note the first port is designated
as port 0 and the last port is designated as 23. Port activation
features do not include fiber optic transceivers; however, all
activated ports must be populated with SFPs.) |
| 8-Port Activation |
95647M |
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B24/24E Enterprise Package - Enterprise Package offers a
convenient method to order a set of optional features bundled into
one orderable feature number. This package consists of one of each
Fabric Watch, Trunking Activation, Advanced Performance Monitor,
Adaptive Networking, and quantity of two 8-Port Activations. |
| 24E Enterprise Package |
95648M |
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Fabric Watch - Fabric Watch enables real-time
proactive awareness of the health, performance, and security of each
switch. It automatically alerts network managers to problems and
helps avoid costly failures by providing: 1) Real-time tracking of
numerous fabric and switch elements 2) Automatic event notifications
when switch and fabric elements exceed thresholds 3) Security,
availability, and congestion monitoring thresholds and alerts.
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| Fabric Watch |
95649M |
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Extended Fabric -
Extended Fabric Activation extends SAN fabrics beyond the FC
standard 10 km by optimizing the internal switch buffers to help
maintain performance on ISLs at distances up to 500 km. |
| Extended Fabric |
95650M |
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Advanced Performance Monitor -
Performance Monitoring Activation provides
performance monitoring capability to help identify end-to-end
bandwidth usage by host/target pairs and is designed to provide
information for capacity planning. |
| Advanced Performance Monitor |
95651M |
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Trunking Activation - ISL Trunking Activation is designed to
enable FC packets to be efficiently distributed across multiple
Inter-Switch connections (links) between two SAN b-type fabric
switches, while preserving in-order delivery. ISL Trunking is
supported between any of the supported 2, 4, or 8 Gbps b-type
models. Both SAN b-type fabric switches must have ISL Trunking
activated. All the 8 Gbps platforms support a trunk group with
up to 8 ports, up to 64 Gbps ISL trunks. The trunking groups are
based on the user port number, with contiguous 8 ports as one group.
When connecting the 8 Gbps-capable models to legacy 2 or 4
Gbps-capable b-type fabric switch models, ISL Trunking is supported
with link speeds operational at lowest speed and FC packets
distributed across ISLs for a combined bandwidth of up to 8 or 64
Gbps. |
| Trunking Activation |
95652M |
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Adaptive Networking - Adaptive Networking provides a set of
capabilities allowing high-priority connections to obtain the
bandwidth necessary for optimum performance, even in congested
environments. The Quality of Service (QoS) SID/DID Prioritization
and Ingress Rate Limiting features are the first components of this
license option and are available on all 8 Gbps platforms. |
| Adaptive Networking |
95653M |
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Full Fabric -
Full Fabric is required to enable E_Ports. The
switch cannot be connected to another switch until Full Fabric is
installed. |
| Full Fabric |
95654M |
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Enhanced Group Management (EGM) -
When added to the element management, the EGM
license enables additional device-level management functionality for
IBM b-type products and also allows large consolidated operations to
groups of devices (for example: firmware download, configuration
upload, and download). |
| Enhanced Group Mgmt (EGM) |
95662M |
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Step 4: Cabling
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Description |
TD # |
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Fibre Optic Cables |
| 1m Fibre Optic Cable LC-LC |
030038 |
| 5m Fibre Optic Cable LC-LC |
030039 |
| 25m Fibre Optic Cable LC-LC |
030040 |
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Step 5:
HBAs
8GB Fibre Channel HBAs
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Description |
TD# |
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Emulex 8GB FC
Single-port HBA PCI-E |
44915K |
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Emulex 8Gb FC
Dual-port HBA PCI-E |
44916K |
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QLogic 8GB FC
Single-port HBA PCI-E |
44917K |
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QLogic 8GB FC
Dual-port HBA PCI-E |
44918K |
4GB
Fibre Channel HBAs
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Description |
TD # |
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Emulex 4GB FC
Single-port HBA PCI-E |
97100D |
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Emulex 4GB FC
Dual-port HBA PCI-E |
97101D |
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QLogic 4GB FC
Single-port HBA PCI-E |
97436D |
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QLogic 4GB FC
Dual-port HBA PCI-E |
97437D |
NOTE: Please visit IBM's
ServerProven site for server compatibility.
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Step 6: Maintenance Options
NOTE: The
DS3400 comes with a
3 year, parts and labor next-business-day warranty standard. Many
options are available to uplift this protection to higher levels.
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Description |
TD# |
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3 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 4
Hour Response |
95684M |
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3 Year Onsite Repair
24x7 4 Hour Response |
95685M |
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3 Year Onsite Repair
24x7 2 Hour Response |
TBD |
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5 Year Onsite Repair
24x7 4 Hour Response |
TBD |
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5 Year Onsite Repair
24x7 2 Hour Response |
TBD |
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- Standard configuration includes 8-port
activation and capability to attach to hosts and storage device.
Capability to attach to other SAN devices is standard on 2498-B24
and optional on 249824E.
- Eight-port activation option enables
"pay-as-you-grow" scalability to 16 and 24 ports.
- No previous SAN experience needed to use
EZSwitchSetup wizard.
- Little or no management required in small
fabric configuration.
- Advanced Web Tools provides intuitive,
graphic switch management.
- Supports IBM POWER Systems and System x, plus
selected non-IBM servers.
- Full compatibility with other IBM System
Storage and TotalStorage SAN b-type switches, routers and directors
and Native Interoperability with current m-type switches and
directors helps protect prior SAN investments.
- Ideal for use as an edge switch in larger
SANs.
- Access Gateway mode
enables seamless connectivity into heterogeneous SAN environments,
enhances scalability and simplifies manageability (available only on
24-port configurations).
- 1U 19" packaging designed for rack-mount or
table-top.
- Designed for high-performance with 8 Gigabit
per second (Gbps) fibre channel ports (requires storage hardware
that supports 8 Gbps throughput).
- Speed auto-sensing capabilities provide
backward compatibility with 4, 2 and 1 Gbps fibre channel links.
- Supports 8, 4 and 2 Gbps link speeds or 4, 2
and 1 Gbps link speeds depending on which optical transceivers
(SFPs) are used.
- Shortwave and longwave SFPs with different
speeds can be intermixed in the same switch to meet unique
requirements.
- Full Fabric operation and Universal Port
Operation are available on all ports.
- Inter Switch Link (ISL) trunking is supported
on all ports.
- Advanced Zoning, intelligent management and
monitoring with Web Tools, Fabric Watch and Performance Monitor
features.
- Non-blocking architecture designed to provide
up to 284 Gbps aggregate throughput with a 24-port configuration.
- 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.
- IBM SAN b-type switches and directors use
common switch firmware, which helps simplify SAN fabric expansion.
- Firmware upgrades are
designed to be non-disruptive.
- Remote access and remote
management are available through the fabric using GUI, SNMP and
Telnet.
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