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Abstract
This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide describes the IBM System Storage® SAN48B-5 switch. The IBM System Storage SAN48B-5 switch is designed to meet the demands of hyper-scale private or hybrid cloud storage environments by delivering 16 Gbps Fibre Channel technology and capabilities that support highly virtualized environments. To enable greater flexibility and investment protection, the SAN48B-5 switch can be configured for 24, 36, or 48 ports, and supports 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package. This switch, now enhanced with enterprise connectivity options that add support for IBM FICON® connectivity, can provide a highly reliable infrastructure when used with fast, scalable IBM z Systems™ servers.
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This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide describes the IBM System Storage® SAN48B-5 switch. The IBM System Storage SAN48B-5 switch is designed to meet the demands of hyper-scale private or hybrid cloud storage environments by delivering 16 Gbps Fibre Channel technology and capabilities that support highly virtualized environments. To enable greater flexibility and investment protection, the SAN48B-5 switch can be configured for 24, 36, or 48 ports, and supports 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package. This switch, now enhanced with enterprise connectivity options that add support for IBM FICON® connectivity, can provide a highly reliable infrastructure when used with fast, scalable IBM z Systems™ servers.
The SAN48B-5 switch also supports multitenancy in cloud environments through Virtual Fabrics, quality of service (QoS), and fabric-based zoning features. In addition, it enables secure metro extension to virtual private or hybrid clouds with 10 Gbps Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) link support, and in-flight encryption and data compression over inter-switch links (ISLs). Organizations can have up to four ports at 8 Gbps and up to two ports at 16 Gbps of in-flight encryption and data compression per SAN48B-5 switch. The switch also features on-board data security and acceleration, minimizing the need for separate acceleration appliances to support distance extension. Internal fault-tolerant and enterprise-class RAS features help minimize downtime to support mission-critical cloud environments.
Figure 1 shows the SAN48B-5 switch.
Figure 1. IBM System Networking SAN48B-5 switch
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