IBM B24X Switch User Manual


 
IBM Ethernet Switch B24X 6
Granular network visibility: Hardware-based sFlow v5 provides packet sampling for analysis, trending,
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and application of automated policies based on thresholds using industry applications such as
Brocade Ironview Network Manager.
Cost competitive: The B24X includes all software capabilities and a 3-year warranty of the base
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product, simplifying ordering while being priced extremely competitively compared with other vendors.
Specifications
The IBM Ethernet Switch B24X supports the following specifications when running IronWare R04.2.x and
higher. Be aware that Layer 3 capabilities are supported on IronWare R04.2.x and higher, and further
details can be found by navigating the IBM Support website:
http
://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Hardware/Systems/System
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x/Network
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Solutions/0563
Form-factor
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1 RU; 43.5 cm (17.1 in.) width x 4.28 cm (1.7 in.) height x 39.4 cm (15.5 in.) depth
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Rack-mount into 19” EIA-310D compliant rack, Telco rack, or table-top
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Ports (data)
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Twenty-four dual-speed 10/1 GbE SFP+ ports
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Four 10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 ports
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Ports (management, out-of-band)
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One10/100/1000 MbE RJ-45 port
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One DB9 male serial console port
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Power supplies, fans, and airflow
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Two 300 W AC hot-swappable power supplies supported for 1+1 redundancy (base switch
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comes with one)
One hot-swappable fan tray with three 2+1 redundant fans
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Front-to-back airflow supporting data center hot-cold aisle deployments
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Performance
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488 Gbps line speed full-duplex throughput
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363 Mpps forwarding capacity
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1.5 micro-second latency
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Jumbo frames
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Supported: up to 9216-byte Ethernet frame sizes
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Media (transceivers)
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10 GbE SFP+ -SR transceivers and direct attach copper TwinAx cables available
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VLANs
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Up to 4096 maximum VLANs
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802.1Q tagging
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802.1Q-in-Q tagging
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Dual-mode VLANs (tagged and untagged traffic across same port)
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Port-based VLANs
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VLAN groups
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Private VLANs
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