SAN768B-2 and SAN384B-2 Fabric Backbones

System Storage SAN768B-2 (2499-816)

System Storage SAN384B-2 (2499-416)

• Single chassis: up to 384 (SAN768B-2) or 192 (SAN384B-2) 16 Gbps universal (E, F, D, M, and EX) Fibre Channel ports using up to eight 32- or 48-port Fibre Channel blades. Up to 512 (SAN768B-2) or 256 (SAN384B-2) 8 Gbps universal (E, F, M, and EX) Fibre Channel ports using 64-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel blades.
• Multi-chassis: Up to 2304 (SAN768B-2) or 960 (SAN384B-2) 16 Gbps universal Fibre Channel ports; up to 3072 (SAN768B-2) or 1280 (SAN384B-2) 8 Gbps universal Fibre Channel ports; ICL ports (32 or 16 per chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to six b-type SAN768B-2/SAN384B-2 chassis.

16/10/8/4 Gbps D_Port (diagnostic port),E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port and M_Port (mirror port)

1 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 GbE

• 16 Gbps: 32 and 48 port requires hot pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 16 Gbps SWL
• 10 Gbps: hot-pluggable, 10 Gbps small form-factor pluggable (XFP), LC connector; 10 Gbps SWL; 10 Gbps LWL
• 8 Gbps: hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 8 Gbps SWL; 8 Gbps LWL; 8 Gbps ELW
• 1 GbE: hot-pluggable optical SFP, Short-wavelength laser (SWL) and Long-wavelength laser (LWL); GbE copper SFP (8 Gbps extension blade GbE ports only)

Control processors (CPs), core routing modules, power supplies, fan modules, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel 32-port and 48-port blades, 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 64-port blade, 8 Gbps extension blade, SFPs and QSFPs

IBM TotalStorage SAN cabinet (2109-C36) only

HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, Fibre Channel management MIB), SSH; auditing, syslog; web tools, advanced performance monitoring, Fabric Watch; IBM Network Advisor v11.1; command line interface

• IBM Power Systems™, IBM System p®
• IBM System i®
• IBM System x®
• Other Intel processor-based servers with Linux, Microsoft Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
• Selected Sun and HP servers

• Windows 2003, Windows 2008
• Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
• SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
• IBM AIX® storage system
• Other selected operating systems

• XIV Storage System
• System Storage DS8000® storage servers
• System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
• System Storage DS5000, DS4000 and DS3000
• System Storage TS2240, TS2340 tape drives
• System Storage TS2250 and TS2350 tape drives
• System Storage TS3100, TS3200, TS3310, and TS3500 tape libraries
• Other selected storage systems

System Storage and TotalStorage b-type and m-type SAN directors, switches and routers; other directors, switches and routers manufactured by Brocade

Fiber optic cables with LC connectors are required and available in various lengths in single-mode and multimode formats

Jumper cables are included for installation; country-specific power cords must be ordered for desktop/stand-alone installation

One year; 24×7 same-day maintenance service options are available

32- and 48-port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blades (FC#3632, 3648); 64-port 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch blade (FC #3864); 22-port 8 Gbps Extension blade (FC #3890); SFPs; fiber optic cables; Inter-chassis license; upgrade power supplies; 8 Gbps Advanced Extension Activation; 8 Gbps Extension Blade 10 GbE Activation and Integrated Routing

• SAN768B-2
  • Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)
  • Height: 61.24 cm (24.11 in., 14U)
  • Depth (without door): 61.19 cm (24.09 in.)
  • Depth (with door): 73.20 cm (28.82 in.)
• SAN384B-2
  • Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in.)
  • Height: 35.00 cm (13.78 in., 8U) plus 4.37 cm exhaust shelf (1.72 in., 1U)
  • Depth without door: 61.19 cm (24.09 in.)
  • Depth with door: 73.20 cm (28.82 in.)

• SAN768B-2
  • 103.50 kg (228.20 lbs) for 384-port configuration fully populated
  • 39.55 kg (82.20 lbs) for chassis
• SAN384B-2
  • 68.04 kg (150.00 lbs) for 192-port configuration fully populated
  • 25.76 kg (56.80 lbs) for empty chassis