IBM SAN768B and SAN384B Designed for highest performance and scalability for the most demanding enterprise SAN environments Highlights Drive new levels of performance with 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) and 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) technologies Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) through consolidation of network resources Protect existing infrastructure investment while positioning for future technologies Manage your infrastructure with greater flexibility and scalability Unify management framework for consolidated and virtualized resources Improve energy efficiency by combining higher bandwidth with reduced power consumption The IBM SAN768B and IBM SAN384B fabric backbones are highly robust network switching platforms designed for evolving enterprise data centers. Each machine combines breakthrough performance, scalability and energy efficiency with long-term investment protection. Supporting open systems and System z environments, they address data growth and server virtualization challenges; enable server, SAN and data center consolidation; and reduce infrastructure and administrative costs. Built for large enterprise networks, the SAN768B has eight vertical blade slots to provide up to 512 8-Gbps Fibre Channel ports. The SAN384B is ideal for midsize core or edge deployments, providing four horizontal blade slots and up to 256 8-Gbps Fibre Channel ports. The flexible blade architecture also supports FCoE and SAN extension advanced functionality for high-performance server I/O consolidation and disaster recovery solutions. The SAN768B and SAN384B are extremely efficient at reducing power consumption, cooling and the carbon footprint in data centers. While providing exceptional performance and scale, these networking backbones use less than one watt per Gbps significantly more efficient than alternate offerings. The SAN768B and SAN384B build on years of innovation, using the core technology of systems designed to perform at greater than 99.999 percent uptime in the world s most demanding data centers. With its intelligent sixth-generation application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and advanced hardware and software capabilities, the SAN768B and SAN384B provide a reliable foundation for fully connected multiprotocol SAN fabrics capable of supporting thousands of servers, storage and networking devices.
As members of the IBM family of b-type SAN products, the SAN768B and the SAN384B are designed to participate in fabrics containing other b-type and m-type devices manufactured by Brocade. This versatile hardware can serve as the backbone in a complex fabric and provide connections to other b-type and m-type directors, switches and routers. Fabric optimization services The IBM SAN768B and IBM System Storage SAN389B can be expandable platforms for intelligent, policy-driven services that can help manage and protect your enterprise data in virtualized environments. The SAN768B and SAN384B backbones utilize Brocade Fabric OS (FOS), which provides several characteristic features, including Bottleneck Detection, Top Talkers (part of Advanced Performance Monitoring), and Adaptive Networking, a suite of tools that includes Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation and quality of service (QoS). Managed through Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) or the command line interface, these advanced capabilities help optimize fabric behavior and application performance. QoS and traffic management applications help ensure that application workloads meet service levels if congestion occurs anywhere in the data path. Resource recovery applications can detect stranded resources or inefficiently used resources, and reclaim or reallocate them to optimize data flow according to predefined policies. For example: Bottleneck Detection identifies and alerts administrators to ISL or device congestion as well as device latency conditions in the fabric. These conditions can cause latency and I/O timeouts if left undetected and unresolved, particularly in highly virtualized server environments. Top Talkers measures the top bandwidth-consuming traffic (including by individual virtual machine) in real time over a physical device connection or throughout a network switch. Premier platform for data center connectivity Ingress Rate Limiting restricts data flow from less-critical hosts at preset bandwidths. Traffic Isolation dedicates paths in the fabric to specific data flows, enabling predictability and avoiding network congestion. QoS expedites critical traffic in the event of congestion while keeping all traffic flowing. Virtual Fabrics The IBM SAN768B and the IBM System Storage SAN384B support the ANSI standard-based implementation of Virtual Fabrics (VF). Virtual Fabrics adds the capability for physical switches to be partitioned into independently managed logical switches, each with its own data, control, and management paths. Logical switches can be used to allocate fabric resources on a per-port basis rather than on a per-switch basis. Additionally, logical switches can simplify resource allocation by customer, department, application or storage tier, and consolidate resources across multiple fabrics. Each logical switch belongs to one logical fabric. A logical fabric can include both logical and physical switches. Physical switches joining a logical fabric are not required to support the Virtual Fabric feature, making it compatible with existing 2
fabrics. All fabric services, such as Zoning, QoS and Access Control List (ACL) policies are managed separately in each logical fabric. Virtual Fabrics enable improved ISL bandwidth utilization, per-port resource allocation and flexible management partitioning, which can result in reduced power and cooling costs, more ports for connectivity to end devices, and a simplified management scheme. Investment protection and efficiency To help enterprises protect their technology investments, the SAN768B and the SAN384B feature backward compatibility with IBM b-type and m-type fabrics, as well as interoperability with other fabrics. The SAN768B and SAN384B can connect to IBM TotalStorage SAN256B, IBM TotalStorage SAN140M and IBM TotalStorage SAN256M directors and also to b-type and m-type switches and routers. By adopting an evolutionary strategy rather than a rip-and-replace approach, enterprises can save significant time, money and effort as they move forward while minimizing disruption and risk. The SAN768B and SAN384B are high-performance, highly efficient platforms, in terms of watts per gigabit per second of bandwidth. They require significantly less power to deliver much greater bandwidth, which helps make them considerably more cost-effective than previous alternatives. As a 512-port end user backbone solution, the SAN768B backbone with 8 Gbps SFPs delivers extremely high performance per chassis. It requires significantly less power to deliver much greater bandwidth than the 4 Gbps SAN256M director and the 4 Gbps SAN256B director. For a 256-port end user backbone solution, the SAN384B backbone with 8 Gbps SFPs delivers higher performance per chassis, requiring less power to deliver much greater bandwidth than the 4 Gbps SAN256B director. Technical capabilities Each IBM SAN768B and IBM System Storage SAN384B contains redundant control processor modules (active/standby) and core blades (active/active), plus slots for FC port blades and advanced functionality blades. All Fibre Channel ports on the blades support full-duplex, nonblocking performance. A base system does not include any port blades; at least one blade is required for host, storage and SAN connectivity. Available blades for the SAN768B and SAN384B include: 8 Gbps 16-port, 32-port, 48-port and 64-port FC blades 10 Gbps six-port FC blades FCoE 10 GbE 24-port Blade supports twenty-four 10 Gbps CEE/FCoE ports 8 Gbps Extension Blade supporting twelve 8 Gbps FC ports, ten 1 Gbps GbE ports, and two optional 10 Gbps GbE ports Each SAN768B and SAN384B features ultra-high-speed Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) ports to connect up to three backbones, providing extensive scalability and flexibility at the network core without using any Fibre Channel ports. The optional Inter-Chassis Cable Kit and either the Inter-Chassis License or the Inter-Chassis Links, Half features enable connections between SAN768B and SAN384B (both systems must have the Inter-Chassis Cable Kit and either the Inter-Chassis License or Inter-Chassis License, Half optional features). Each ICL port on the SAN768B provides 16 x 8 Gbps trunked ISL connections, while the SAN384B provides 8 x 8 Gbps trunked ISL connections. 3
Total ICL bandwidth between SAN768B chassis is 512 Gbps and preserves sixty-four 8 Gbps ports for server, storage and switch connections. Connecting three SAN768B chassis yields 1536 universal FC ports with 12.288 Tbps aggregate bandwidth. Total ICL bandwidth between SAN384B chassis is 256 Gbps and preserves 32 Gbps ports for server, storage and switch connections. Connecting three SAN384B chassis yields 768 universal FC ports with 6.144 Tbps aggregate bandwidth. All backbones connected via ICLs must be mounted in the same cabinet or in adjacent cabinets. ICL bandwidth load balanced across 8 x 8 Gbps framebased trunk groups using Dynamic Path Selection. Fibre Channel ports use an optical transceiver to convert electrical signals to optical pulses and optical pulses back to electrical signals. Each 8 Gbps port blade requires either an 8/4/2 Gbps SFP+ or 4/2/1 Gbps SFP optical transceivers. All 8 Gbps ports are capable of automatically negotiating to the highest speed supported by the attached server, storage system, director, switch or router. The FCoE ports require a 10 Gbps SFP optical transceiver. Each 1 Gbps FCIP port can use either an SFP optical transceiver (1 Gbps and 10 Gbps) or a copper transceiver, while the 10 Gbps FCIP ports require SFP optical transceivers. Each 10 Gbps FC port requires an XFP optical transceiver. All 8 Gbps port blades support the following Fibre Channel port types: FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), E_Port, EX_Port (Fibre Channel Integrated Routing). Fibre Connectivity (FICON ) is supported on 16-port and 32-port blades and on 48-port blades as part of a logical switch configuration using Virtual Fabrics. FICON is not supported on the 64-port blade. Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies and fans help maximize availability and simplify serviceability. The SAN768B Power Supply Upgrade provides two additional power supplies. Compact platform for enhanced data center connectivity The SAN768B and SAN384B are supported only in an IBM TotalStorage SAN Cabinet (2109-C36). Up to two SAN768Bs or three SAN384Bs can be installed in one cabinet. Fabric operating system and management software Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) is included with each System Storage SAN768B and SAN384B, and it contains all functions necessary to operate a base system. Both require FOS level 6.2.0 or higher and selected features require FOS level 6.4.0 or higher. FOS offers the following advanced functions (either included in the base switch or as optional features). Advanced FOS functionality includes: Adaptive networking services is a set of features that provides users with tools and capabilities for incorporating network policies to ensure optimal behavior of a large SAN. It uses network intelligence to anticipate congestion and to dynamically make adjustments in the fabric so that application traffic continues to flow. Advanced performance monitoring helps identify end-toend bandwidth usage by host/target pairs and is designed to provide for capacity planning. Advanced Web tools enables GUI-based administration, configuration and maintenance of a SAN switch. 4
Advanced zoning partitions a SAN into logical groups (called zones) to restrict device communication and apply certain policies only to members within the same zone. Enhanced group management (EGM) enables additional device-level management functionality for IBM b-type SAN products when added to the element management and also allows large consolidated operations to groups of devices (such as firmware downloads and configuration uploads and downloads). Extended fabric extends SAN fabrics beyond the Fibre Channel standard of 10 km by optimizing internal switch buffers to maintain performance on ISLs connected at extended distances. Fabric watch constantly monitors mission-critical switch operations for potential faults and automatically alerts administrators to problems before they become costly failures. FICON with CUP activation is designed to provide in-band management of the SAN768B and SAN384B by System Automation for z/os from IBM System z9 EC and zseries 990 and 900 servers. This support is designed to provide a single point of control for managing connectivity in active FICON I/O configurations. Integrated routing allows any FC port in a backbone to be configured as an EX_Port to support Fibre Channel (FC) routing. ISL trunking enables FC packets to be distributed efficiently across multiple ISLs between two IBM b-type SAN fabric switches and directors while preserving in-order delivery. Both b-type SAN devices must have trunking activated. Server Application Optimization (SAO) isolates and prioritizes individual Virtual Machine data flow for end-to-end QoS, preserving individual SLAs from each VM through the SAN. Virtual fabrics allow a physical switch to be partitioned into independently managed logical switches, each with its own data, control and management paths. Optional advanced SAN Extension functionality includes: 8 GBPS Advanced extension enables two features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL). FCIP Trunking allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP circuits) via multiple interfaces to provide a high-bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency. Up to four IP source and destination pairs are supported in FOS V6.3. The Adaptive Rate Limiting feature provides a minimum bandwidth guarantee for each tunnel with full utilization of the available network bandwidth without affecting throughput performance under high traffic load. 8 GBPS extension blade 10 GbE activation enables up to two 10 GbE ports on the 8 Gbps Extension Blade. With this license, two additional operating modes, in addition to 1 GbE port mode, can be selected. Either two 10 GbE ports, or ten 1 GbE and one 10 GbE ports, can be configured on an 8 Gbps Extension Blade. One license applies for each 8 Gbps Extension Blade. 8 GBPS advanced FICON accelerator employs emulation techniques to reduce or eliminate performance degradation over extended distances for applications such as IBM z/os Global Mirror and remote tape. Benefits include improved FICON read and write performance, which allows faster data backup and recovery operations. IBM Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) is a software program that centralizes management of data center fabrics, maximizes productivity by automating tasks, provides an intuitive GUI-based interface with wizard-driver operations, and actively monitors mission-critical fabrics in real time. DCFM is recommended as the preferred network management program. 5
IBM SAN768B and IBM SAN384B at a glance Product characteristics Product numbers IBM SAN768B (2499-384) IBM SAN384B (2499-192) Base machine Base chassis includes the following components: Two control processor modules and two-core routing modules. Two power supplies; SAN768B has option for two additional power supplies. SAN768B: Three fan modules. SAN384B: Two fan modules. Fabric Operating System. SAN768B: Enterprise Software Bundle (including Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Enhanced Group Management, Extended Fabric, Fabric Watch, Server Application Optimization and Trunking). SAN384B: Enterprise Software Bundle (including Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Enhanced Group Management, Fabric Watch, Server Application Optimization and Trunking). Advanced Web Tools and Zoning. No port or advanced functionality blades are included in the base (at least one 8 Gbps or 10 Gbps FC port blade, FCoE 10 GbE 24-port blade, 8 Gbps Extension Blade is required for server, storage or SAN connectivity). SAN768B: Rack mounting kit, rack-mount power cords, service tools, serial cable and documentation. SAN384B: Side Exhaust Duct Kit (which also serves as a rack-mount kit), rack-mount power cords, service tools, serial cable and documentation. Fibre Channel interfaces 8/4/2/1 Gbps E_Port, F_Port, and FL_Port 10 Gbps E_Port EX_Port with optional Integrated Routing feature Converged Ethernet interfaces 10 Gbps FICON interfaces 8 Gbps FCIP interfaces 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and/or 10 GbE Transceivers 4 Gbps: Hot-pluggable, Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; 4 Gbps Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL); 4 Gbps Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL); 4 Gbps Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL) 8 Gbps: Hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL; 8 Gbps LWL 8 Gbps: 64-port blade requires hot-pluggable msfp, msfp LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL only 10 Gbps: Hot-pluggable, 10 Gbps Small Form-Factor Pluggable (XFP), LC connector; 10 Gbps SWL; 10 Gbps LWL CEE and 10 GbE: hot-pluggable optical 10 GbE SFP+, Short Reach (SR) and Long Reach (LR) 1 GbE: Hot-pluggable optical SFP, Short-Wave Laser (SWL) and Long-Wave Laser (LWL); GbE Copper SFP Hot-swap components Rack support Management software Control processors (CPs), core routing modules, power supplies, fan modules, FC port blades, FCoE 10 GbE 24-port blade, 8 Gbps Extension Blade, SFPs and XFPs IBM TotalStorage SAN Cabinet (2109-C36) only HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), Telnet; Auditing, Syslog; Web Tools, Fabric Watch; IBM Data Center Fabric Manager; command line interface Servers supported IBM System z9 EC, z9 BC and zseries 990 and 900; IBM Power Systems, IBM System i, System p and selected RS/6000 and AS/400 servers; IBM System x and selected Netfinity servers; other Intel based servers with Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2003; selected Sun and HP servers; IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) 6
IBM SAN768B and IBM SAN384B at a glance Storage products supported IBM and IBM TotalStorage b-type and m-type SAN directors, switches and routers; other direc- tors, switches and routers manufactured by Brocade Fibre Channel switches supported Fibre optic cable Warranty Optional features Physical characteristics Height (rack mount) Width Depth (with door) Depth (without door) Weight (maximum ports fully populated) IBM DS8000 ; IBM DS6000 ; IBM DS5000; IBM System Storage DS4000 ; IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server ; IBM TotalStorage Enterprise NAS Gateway 500; IBM 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; other selected storage systems Fiber optic cables with LC connectors are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multi-mode formats 1-year; 24x7; same-day maintenance service options are available after warranty expiration SAN768B: 16-port, 32-port, 48-port, and 64-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; FCoE 10 GbE 24-port blades; 8 Gbps Extension blades; SFPs and XFPs; fiber optic cables; Inter-Chassis Cable Kit; Inter-Chassis License; Upgrade Power Supplies; FICON w/cup activation; 8 Gbps Advanced Extension; 8 Gbps Extension Blade 10 GbE Activation; 8 Gbps Advanced FICON Accelerator; and Integrated Routing SAN384B: 16-port, 32-port, 48-port, and 64-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; 10 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades; FCoE 10 GbE 24-port blades; 8 Gbps Extension blades; SFPs and XFPs; fiber optic cables; Inter-Chassis Cable Kit; Inter-Chassis License; FICON w/cup activation; 8 Gbps Advanced Extension; 8 Gbps Extension Blade 10 GbE activation; 8 Gbps Advanced FICON Accelerator; Extended Fabric; and Integrated Routing SAN768B: 61.24 cm/24.11" (14U) SAN384B: 35.0 cm/13.78" (8U) plus 4.37 cm/1.72" exhaust shelf (1U) 43.74 cm/17.22" 73.20 cm/28.82" 61.19 cm/24.09" SAN768B: 103.50 kg/228.20 lbs SAN384B: 68.04 kg/150.0 lbs Operating environment Temperature (operating) SAN768B: 10 to 40 degrees C (50 to 104 degrees F) SAN384B: 0 to 40 degrees C (32 to 104 degrees F) Humidity (operating) SAN768B: 20% to 85% relative humidity (RH) noncondensing at 40 degrees C (104 degrees F), with a maximum gradient of 10% per hour. SAN384B: 10% to 85% relative humidity (RH) noncondensing at 40 degrees C (104 degrees F), with a maximum gradient of 10% per hour Altitude (operating) Airflow Electrical requirement Nominal input voltage Input line frequency Heat dissipation Inrush current Up to 3 kilometers/10,000 feet 00059 cu m/hr/350 cu ft/min 200-240 V ac, Universal 47-63 Hz 1440 watts or 4914 British thermal units (Btu) Maximum of 20 amps 7
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