IBM Storage Area Network Enterprise Directors

IBM TotalStorage SAN256B

The IBM TotalStorage® SAN256B is a next generation 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 384 ports and contains two control processors for high availability. From one to eight switch port blades can be configured, each of which contains either 16, 32 or 48 Fibre Channel (FC) ports. Each FC port can support 4, 2 or 1 Gigabits per second (Gbps) link speeds (4 Gbps link speeds require storage system hardware that supports 4 Gbps throughput). One or two routing blades can be configured, each of which contains sixteen FC ports plus two 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for connection to an Internet Protocol (IP) network. With a extensive standard features—including Advanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking, FC-FC Routing, Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch, Performance Monitoring and Fabric Access Layer (API)—and available optional features—including Remote Switch Activation, Extended Fabric Activation, Advanced Security Activation, IBM FICON® with CUP and FCIP Activation—the SAN256B can support a wide range of advanced SAN management, extended fabric and security requirements. The SAN256B can serve as both the core or edge building block in an IBM TotalStorage b-type fabric or as a high-density stand-alone director, helping provide investment protection and configuration flexibility.


IBM TotalStorage SAN256B Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Performance - 4, 2 and 1 Gbps auto-sensing.
• Ports - up to 384.
• Operating systems - as supported by IBM System i™, p™, x™ and z™ servers.

IBM TotalStorage SAN140M

IBM TotalStorage® SAN140M (2027-140, replaces McDATA® 6064 and 6140) high-availability enterprise director provides 16-140 ports; 1, 2 and 4 Gbps fabric switching for Windows® NT®/2000 and UNIX®; and IBM FICON® switching for mainframe server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. McDATA Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager provides integrated management of complex IBM SAN m-type core-to-edge fabrics.

IBM TotalStorage SAN140M Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Ports - 16 - 140 ports.
• Performance - 1, 2 or 4 Gbps auto-sensing.
• Servers - System i™, System p™, xSeries®, System z™.

IBM TotalStorage SAN256M

IBM TotalStorage® SAN256M high availability enterprise director (2027-256) provides 10 Gbps backbone connections, 64-256 ports 4 Gbps fabric switching for Windows NT®/2000 and UNIX®; and IBM FICON® switching for mainframe server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. McDATA® Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager provides integrated management of complex IBM SAN m-type (McDATA) tiered enterprise fabrics.

IBM TotalStorage SAN256M Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Ports - 64 - 256.
• Performance - 1 ,2 and 4Gbps devices. 10Gbps inter-switch links, ISLs.
• Servers - System i™, System p™, System x™, System z™.

IBM TotalStorage SANC40M

IBM TotalStorage® SANC40M (2027-C40, replaces McDATA® Fabricenter FC-512) provides space saving cabinet for IBM TotalStorage SAN m-type (McDATA) directors and switches. Redundant power distribution for high-availability directors, space for 1U rack mount server and 39U for directors and switches and cabling flexibility to support up to 512 Fibre Channel ports.

IBM TotalStorage SANC40M Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Ports - Support up to 512 Fibre Channel ports.

Cisco MDS 9513 for IBM System Storage

The Cisco MDS 9513 for IBM System Storage™ provides 12 to 524 ports, 4 Gbps fabric switching for Windows® NT®/2000, UNIX® and mainframe IBM FICON® switching for server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The base director offers Virtual SAN (VSAN), Cisco® Fabric Manager and 11 feature slots. Features include 12-, 24- and 48-port 4 Gbps and 4-port 10 Gbps FC Modules; IP and Storage Service Modules; Enterprise, SAN Extension over IP, Fabric Manager Server, Storage Services Enabler and Mainframe Packages.

Cisco MDS 9513 for IBM System Storage Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Servers - IBM System z9™, IBM System p5™, IBM System i™, System p™, IBM System x™ and IBM System z™.
• Link Speeds - 1, 2, 4 and 10 Gbps.
• Ports - 12 to 528.

Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage

The Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage™ supports 1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fibre Channel switch connectivity and intelligent network services to help improve the security, performance and manageability required to consolidate geographically dispersed storage devices into a large enterprise SAN.

Cisco MDS 9506 for IBM System Storage Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Ports - Up to 192.
• Link Speeds - 1, 2, or 4 Gbps.
• Operating Systems - IBM AIX®, Linux®, Microsoft® Windows NT® or Microsoft Windows® 2000.

Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage

The Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage provides 24 to 336 Fibre channel ports—with 2 Gigabit per second performance—and 4 to 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports for iSCSI or FCIP connectivity. With a high-availability design, it includes Virtual SAN (VSAN) capability for SAN consolidation into virtual SAN “islands” on a single physical fabric and comprehensive security for large enterprise SANs deployment. The director uses intelligent networking services to help simplify mainframe FICON and Fibre Channel SAN management and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).

Cisco MDS 9509 for IBM System Storage Brochure (pdf - 56Kb)

• Operating Systems - AIX®, Linux®, Microsoft® Windows NT® or Microsoft Windows® 2000.
• Link Speeds - 1, 2, or 4 Gbps.
• Ports - Up to 336 Fibre Channel ports.