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Storage Area Network (SAN) Products
Entry SAN switches for easy-to-use SMB solutions
IBM System Storage SAN10Q-2 switch
(6918-10X)
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Small and capable; an easy-to-use fabric switch that only consumes 1U and half rack
width in a standard rack.This 4 Gbps switch has 10 auto-sensing, auto-configuring
ports.It comes in a complete package with four SFPs and SANsurfer Express soft-
ware,which enables easy switch installation, manageability and fabric scaling.
IBM TotalStorage® SAN16B-2 switch
(2005-B16)
IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 Express Model
switch (2005-16B)
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Provides high performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch with 8,12 or
16 port operating at 1, 2 and 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps) fabric for servers running
Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®,Linux®, NetWare® and IBM OS/400® operating
systems,server clustering,infrastructure simplification and business continuity solu-
tions.The SAN16B-2 includes Advanced Web Tools,an easy-to-use configuration wiz-
ard designed to simplify setup and ongoing maintenance for novice users.
IBM TotalStorage SAN16M-2 switch (2026-416)
IBM TotalStorage SAN16M-2 Express Model
switch (2026-16E)
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Provides high performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric with 8,12 or 16 port
operating at 1, 2 and 4 Gbps fabric for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX,
Linux,NetWare and OS/400 operating systems,server clustering,infrastructure sim-
plification and business continuity solutions.The base switch includes dual power,
zoning,EFCM Basic management and an easy-to-use installation wizard designed to
simplify setup and ongoing maintenance for novice users.
Midrange SAN switches for scalable SMB and enterprise solutions
IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 switch (2005-B32)
IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Express Model
switch (2005-32B)
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Provides high performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch with 16,24 or
32 port operating at 1, 2 and 4 Gbps fabric for servers running Microsoft Windows,
UNIX,Linux,NetWare and OS/400 operating systems,server clustering,infrastructure
simplification and business continuity solutions.The SAN16B-2 includes dual replace-
able power supplies,Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch and Web Tools.
IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2 switch (2026-432)
IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2 Express Model
switch (2026-32E)
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Provides high performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric with 16,24 or 32 port
operating at 1, 2 and 4 Gbps fabric for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX,
Linux,NetWare and OS/400 operating systems,server clustering,infrastructure sim-
plification and business continuity solutions.The base switch includes dual power,
zoning,EFCM Basic management and an easy-to-use installation wizard designed to
simplify setup and ongoing maintenance for novice users.
IBM TotalStorage SAN64B-2 switch (2005-B64)
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Provides high performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch with 32,48 or
64 port operating at 1, 2 and 4 Gbps fabric for servers running Microsoft Windows,
UNIX,Linux,NetWare and OS/400 operating systems,server clustering,infrastructure
simplification and business continuity solutions.The SAN64B-2 includes dual replace-
able power supplies,Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch and Web Tools.
Cisco® MDS 9124 for IBM System Storage
(2053-424)
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Provides high performance,scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch with 8, 16 or
24 ports operating at 1, 2 and 4 Gbps for servers running Microsoft Windows, UNIX,
Linux,NetWare and OS/400 operating systems,server clustering,infrastructure sim-
plification and business continuity solutions.The switch includes replaceable power
supply,Virtual SAN,Cisco Fabric Manager and redundant power supply feature
designed to simplify setup and ongoing maintenance for Cisco MDS 9000 users.
Cisco MDS 9216i for IBM System Storage
(2054-D1H)
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Provides SAN switching for Intel processor-based servers,System i™, System p™
and IBM System z™.Midrange 14-port,1 and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel and 2-port
Gigabit Ethernet model with; one feature slot for 1, 2,4 Gbps or 10 Gbps Fibre
Channel line card and IBM FICON® switch for Windows,Linux, UNIX and IBM z/OS®
server,includes one module slot,Virtual SAN and Cisco Fabric Manager.
Cisco MDS 9216A for IBM System Storage
(2054-D1A)
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Provides SAN switching for Intel processor-based servers,System i, System p and
IBM System z.Midrange 16-port,1 and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel model with; one fea-
ture slot for 1,2,4 Gbps or 10 Gbps Fibre Channel line card and IBM FICON switch
for Windows, Linux,UNIX and IBM z/OS server, includes one module slot,Virtual SAN
and Cisco Fabric Manager.
Enterprise SAN directors for high availability and scalability enterprise solutions
IBM TotalStorage SAN256B director (2109-M48)
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High performance,high density and high availability SAN director designed to be the
foundation for large enterprise-class infrastructure simplification and business
continuity solutions.The SAN256B director provides from 16 to 256 ports and con-
tains two control processors for high availability and from one to eight blades, each of
which contains either 16 or 32 ports.Each port can support 1,2 or 4 Gbps link
speeds.Standard features including Advanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking,Web
Tools,Advanced Zoning,Fabric Watch,Performance Monitoring and Fabric Access
Layer (API).
IBM TotalStorage SAN140M director (2027-140)
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High availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i,
System p and System z.Provides 16 to 140 port,scalable in 4-port increments,
1,2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON switch for Windows, Linux,UNIX and z/OS
servers.
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Provides 10 Gbps backbone links for high performance continuity solutions.
IBM TotalStorage SAN256M director (2027-256)
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High availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i,
System p,IBM System x™ and System z.Provides 64 to 256 port,scalable in
32-port increments,1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON director with 10 Gbps
backbone links for Windows, Linux,UNIX and z/OS servers. Includes Director FlexPar
capability for up to four logical partitions with separate fabric services.
Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage
(2054-E04)
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High availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i,
System p and System z.Provides 12 to 96 port (12-,24- and 48-port modules)
1,2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON switch for Windows, Linux,UNIX and z/OS
servers.
Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage
(2054-E07)
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High availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i,
System p and System z.Provides 12 to 236 port (12-,24- and 48-port modules)
1,2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON switch for Windows, Linux,UNIX and z/OS
servers.
Cisco MDS 9513 (2054-E11)
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High availability enterprise SAN director for Intel processor-based servers,System i,
System p and System z.Provides 12 to 528 ports with 12,24 and/or 48 port 1,2 and
4 Gbps switching modules with 10 Gbps backbone links for Windows,Linux, UNIX
and z/OS servers.
IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-R SAN router
(2109-R16)
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Provides multiprotocol SAN routing for IBM System x,System i and System p.Router
includes eight or sixteen 1 and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet ports and
iSCSI server connectivity. FC-FC Routing for SAN island consolidation and FCIP
Tunnelling Service for SAN extension of IP WAN infrastructures features.
IBM TotalStorage SAN18B-R SAN router
(2005-R18)
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Provides multiprotocol SAN routing for IBM System x,System i and System p.Router
includes sixteen 1,2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel and two Gigabit Ethernet ports.FC-FC
Routing for SAN island consolidation and FCIP Tunnelling Service for SAN extension of
IP WAN infrastructures features.
IBM TotalStorage SAN04M-R SAN router
(2027-R04)
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Provides two Fibre Channel ports for attachment to existing SANs and two Gigabit
Ethernet ports with Internet SCSI,iSCSI server connectivity for cost-effective infra-
structure simplification solutions. Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP) features are
offered for cost-effective high performance metro and global business continuity
solutions.
IBM TotalStorage SAN16M-R SAN router
(2027-R16)
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Provides multiprotocol SAN routing with twelve 2 Gbps Fibre Channel ports for attach-
ment to existing SANs and four Gigabit Ethernet ports with iSCSI server connectivity
for enterprise infrastructure simplification solutions. SAN Routing features for SAN
island consolidation and iFCP features for SAN extension over IP WAN infrastructures
for enterprise business continuity solutions.