IBM SAN24B-R Network Router User Manual


 
IBM System Storage SAN04B-R at a glance
Product characteristics
Produce Number 2005-R04
Base fabric switch IBM System Storage SAN04B-R multiprotocol router with 2 active Fibre Channel ports,
2 Ethernet IP ports and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.1.0 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide,
CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, SFP extraction tool, two 110 volt power
cords for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, Extended Fabric, Fabric Watch, FCIP
Activation, Full Fabric Activation and Web Tools. All active ports must be populated with
SFPs.
Fibre Channel interface E_Port, F_Port
Optical transceivers Choice of 4 Gbps short wave, long wave and extended distance long wave (supports 4,
2 and 1 Gbps link speeds) Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP). The optical transceivers may
be used on any of the ports of the SAN04B-R router (both FC and Ethernet).
Copper transceiver Up to 1 Gigabit per second Ethernet (GbE) (50 MbE on SAN04B-R)
Fans and power supplies Three fans, two power supplies
Hot-swappable components SFP transceivers, fans and power supplies
Non-rack support Non-rack installation is supported; country-specific power cords are required and must be
ordered
Servers supported*
IBM Power Systems, System i™ and selected AS/400® servers, System p™ and
selected RS/6000® servers
System x, selected Netfinity® servers and other Intel® processor-based servers
Select Sun™ and HP servers
Operating systems supported*
Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows 2003
Red Hat Linux®, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
SUSE™ Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
IBM AIX®, HACMP™, i5/OS® and OS/400®
Other selected operating systems
Storage Products Supported*
IBM System Storage DS8000™, DS6000™ and DS4000™ storage servers
IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server® systems
IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family of storage servers
IBM System Storage n Series NAS Filers and Gateways
IBM TotalStorage 3580, 3588, 3590, and 3592 tape drives
IBM TotalStorage 3494, 3582, 3583 and 3584 tape libraries
IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader
IBM TotalStorage 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1
IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller
Other selected storage systems
Fibre Channel switches supported Current IBM System Storage and TotalStorage SAN b-type and m-type switches, routers
and directors (must be running current firmware)
Fibre optic cable Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multi-
mode formats
Power cords Jumper cables are included for rack installation; country-specific power cords must be
ordered for desktop/standalone installation
Warranty 1-year; Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU); warranty service upgrades are available
Optional features Performance Monitor, Trunking Activation