Model Summary Matrix

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Devices Supported

Specific details on supported devices; storage products attachability, SAN connectivity products, and configuration options are available on the Web at:

http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type

Model Conversions

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Technical Description

Physical Specifications Operating Environment Limitations Hardware Requirements Software Requirements The IBM TotalStorage SAN256B director is designed to support up to eight, sixteen-port or thirty two-port Fibre Channel switch blades enabling a single domain core fabric switch with 256 universal (E, F, and FL), full duplex, auto-sensing ports in a single 14U enclosure. Each port is capable of self-negotiation to the highest speed supported by the attached SAN infrastructure, operating at either 1, 2, or 4 Gbps throughput. Distances up to 10 km, 35 Km, or 80 Km are supported using the appropriate optional long wave laser transceiver and 9.0u fiber cables. Short wave laser transceivers support distances up to 500m at 1 Gb or up to 300m at 2 Gbps or 150m at 4 Gbps with 50.0u fiber cables. The SAN256B director is designed to provide high availability features including: Dual-redundant control processors (active/standby) designed to provide automatic control processor fail over Many non-disruptive software upgrades Hot-swappable switch blades Hot-swappable power supplies in redundant power subsystem Hot-swappable blowers in redundant cooling subsystem Extensive diagnostics, and system monitoring capabilities integrated with Fabric OS management tools Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links. The SAN256B director base model includes a minimum of zero switch blades, zero fiber optic transceivers, two control processors, dual power supplies, and fans in 14U rack height. Customers will need to order either the 32-Port or 16-Port 4 Gbps M48 switch blades. Functionality in the SAN256B director base model includes the following: Full Fabric operation and Universal Port operation on all M48 ports (F_Port, FL_Port, and E_Port) Inter Switch Link (ISL) Trunking, Advanced Zoning Web tools, Fabric Watch, Performance Monitor Fabric OS 5.0, Hot Code Activation Physical Specifications The IBM TotalStorage SAN256B is only available for installation in the IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch Cabinet C36. 2109-M48 (14U): Width: 43.74 cm (17.22 in) Height: 61.24 cm (24.11 in) Depth (without door): 70.90 cm (27.90 in.) Depth (with door): 74.20 cm (29.20 in) Weight (without media): 95 to 98 kg (210 to 216 lb) Weight (empty chassis): 47 kg (104 lbs) 2109-C36 (36U): Height: 1804 mm (71.0 in) Width (with side panels): 644 mm (25.4 in) Depth (with front/rear doors): 1098 mm (43.3 in) Weight (2 M48s): 816 kg (1795 lb) Operating Environment IBM TotalStorage SAN256B (2109-M48) Temperature: Ambient Operating: 0 to 40.0 degrees C Non-operating: -40 to 70 degrees C Humidity Ambient Operating: 20% to 85% non-condensing at 40 C Non-operating and storage (non-condensing): 10% to 93% Altitude Operating: 0 to 3 km Shock Operating: 20 G, 11 ms, half sine 1G p-p, 5-500Hz, 1 octave/min Shock Non-operating: 33 G, 11 ms, half sine 2.4G p-p, 5-500Hz, 1 octave/min Vibration Operating: 5G p-p, 0 to 3kHz at 1.0 octave min Vibration Non-operating: 10G p-p, 0 to 5 kHz at 1.0 octave min Power: a maximum of 1500 Volt-Amps, 6.4 amps at 240V AC line voltage or 7.2 amps at 208V AC line voltage. EMC Conformance: ICES 003 Class A FCC Part 15 Class A VCCI Class A ITE EN55022 Class A EN55024 AS NZS 3548 Class A CISPR22 Class A Product Safety/Country Testing/Certification: CSA 60950 (Canada) UL Standard 60950 IEC EN60950 (CF-Europe) EN60950 (Germany) TUV, NEMKO Argentina IRAM Korea RRL Russian Federation GOST GOST Limitations Due to the FCC Classification A and the acoustic sound rating for the IBM TotalStorage SAN256B (2109-M48), this product should not be installed in attended rooms. The SAN256B is used only in a typical commercial / industrial environment and not in a clean room. The IBM TotalStorage SAN256B is supported only in the IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch Cabinet C36 (2109-C36). Hardware Requirements Specific details on supported operating systems, servers, and devices, storage products attachability, SAN connectivity products, and configuration options are available at: http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type Software Requirements Specific details on supported operating system releases are available at: http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type Back to top   Publications The following publications are shipped with the product. Additional copies of individual publications are available on the Internet at: http://www.ibm.com/totalstorage/san/b-type Order Title Number ------------------------------------------ --------- IBM TotalStorage SAN256B Installation, GC26-7761 Service, and User's Guide IBM TotalStorage SAN Cabinet Model C36 GC26-7632 Installation and Service Guide IBM eServer Translated Safety Notices G229-9054 IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type 2109 Statement GC26-7743 of Limited Warranty Back to top   Features -- Specify/Special/Exchange No Charge Specify Codes Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable Feature Exchanges No Charge Specify Codes IBM TotalStorage SAN256B Description Machine Model Feature --------------------------------- ------- ----- ------- IBM TotalStorage SAN256B 2109 M48 First M48 Installed in 2109-C36 9241 (IPO) Second M48 Installed in 2109-C36 9242 (IPO) Field Install M48 in 2109-C36 9243 (IPO)   Installation Summary: The M48 is supported only in the IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch Cabinet C36 (2109-C36). You must specify in your Initial Plant Order if one or two SAN256B directors will be plant installed in the 2109-C36. The only configuration supported in the C36 Cabinet is one or two SAN256B directors. (#9241) First M48 Installed in the 2109-C36 Summary: This feature specifies that this is the first SAN256B to be installed into the C36 Cabinet during manufacture. This M48 will be located in the lower portion of the cabinet (#9242) Second M48 Installed in the 2109-C36 Summary: This feature specifies that this is the second SAN256B to be installed into the C36 Cabinet during manufacture. This M48 will be located in the upper portion of the cabinet. When specifying either feature #9241 or #9242 on your initial order, you must also indicate the corresponding quantity of SAN256B directors (maximum is two) to be installed in the C36 Cabinet by specifying 2109-C36 feature #9240. The C36 Cabinet along with one or two SAN256B directors must be grouped on the same system order. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: 2109-C36 with #9240. Compatibility Conflicts: #9242 and #9243 can not coexist. Compatibility Conflicts: Must specify either #9241, #9242 or #9243 on each SAN256B director initial order. Customer Setup: No. Limitations: None. Initial Plant Order: Yes. Field Installable: No, Initial Plant Order Only. Cable Order: None. (#9243) Field Install M48 in 2109-C36 Summary: This feature indicates that a 2109-C36 Cabinet already exists at the customer's location, and the M48 being ordered will be the second SAN256B director installed in the C36 Cabinet. There must be 14U of contiguous space available in the cabinet to allow field installation of the M48 SAN256B director. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: A 2109-C36 Cabinet must already exist in the customer's location to order a new M48 with #9243. Corequisites: Existing C36 Cabinet. Compatibility Conflicts: #9242 and #9243 can not coexist. Compatibility Conflicts: Must specify either #9241, #9242 or #9243 on each SAN256B director initial order. Can coexist with a 2109-M14 in the same cabinet. Customer Setup: No. Limitations: None. Initial Plant Order: Yes, available only on new M48 orders. Field Installable: No, initial plant orders only Cable Order: None. Special Feature Codes -- Chargeable IBM TotalStorage SAN256B Description Machine Model Feature --------------------------------- ------- ----- ------- IBM TotalStorage SAN256B 2109 M48 - 10 Km 2 Gbps LW SPF Transceiver 2320 - 10 Km 2 Gbps LW SFP Transceiver - 4-Pack 2324 - 35 Km 2 Gbps Ext Dist LW SFP Transceiver 2335 - 80 Km 2 Gbps Ext Dist LW SFP Transceiver 2380 - 4 Gbps SW SFP Transceiver 4-Pack 2414 - M48 16-Port 4 Gbps Switch Blade 3416 - M48 32-port 4 Gbps Switch Blade 3432 - M14/M48 N_Port ID Virtualization 4745 - Fiber Cable LC/LC 1m multimode 5301 - Fiber Cable LC/LC 5m multimode 5305 - Fiber Cable LC/LC 25m multimode 5325 - SC/LC Coupling Cable 5371 - LC/SC Coupling Cable 2m 5372 - 9 Micron Fibre Cable 31m, singlemode SC/LC 5730 - 9 Micron Fibre Cable 31m, singlemode LC/LC 5731 - 9 Micron Fibre Cable 2m, singlemode SC/LC 5732 - M48 Remote Switch Activation 7802 - M48 Extended Fabric Activation 7803 - M48 Advanced Security Activation 7823 - M48 FICON w/CUP Activation 7831 - M48 FICON w/CUP, Advanced Security 7833   SAN256B Configuration Options The SAN256B may be configured by adding up to eight 32-port (#3432) or 16-port (#3416) switch blades and a mixture of short wave and long wave optical transceivers up to the maximum 256 ports. Transceivers - Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Summary: A minimum of sixteen SFPs are required for each 16-Port switch blade (#3416), or thirty-two SFPs for each 32-Port switch blade (#3432) ordered for the SAN256B director. A mixture of short wave, long wave, or extended distance ports can be configured by adding up to a maximum of 256 optical transceivers. All available ports must be populated with SFPs. (#2320) 2 Gbps Long wave SFP Transceiver Summary: This feature provides one long wave SFP transceiver, designed to provide Fibre Channel connections at distances up to 10 Km (6.2 miles), while using the appropriate 9.0/125 micrometer single mode fiber optic cable. (#2335) 35 Km Extended Distance 2 Gbps LW SFP Transceiver Summary: This optional feature provides a Small Form factor Pluggable (SFP) fiber optic transceiver, designed for operation with single mode 9 micron fiber optic cables having distances up to 35 Km. The 35 Km Extended Distance Long wave (LW) SFP Transceiver is designed for full compatibility with the SAN256B director and can help support disaster tolerance solutions without the need for separate gateway integration. (#2380) 80 Km Extended Distance 2 Gbps LW SFP Transceiver Summary: This optional feature provides a Small Form factor Pluggable (SFP) fiber optic transceiver, designed for operation with single mode 9 micron fiber optic cables having distances up to 80 Km. The 80 Km Extended Distance Long wave (LW) SFP Transceiver is designed for full compatibility with the SAN256B director and can help support disaster tolerance solutions without the need for separate gateway integration. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: 255. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: All available ports must be populated with SFPs Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: Max totals of features #2320, #2335, and #2380. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. Transceivers - SFP 4-Packs (#2324) 2 Gbps LW SFP Transceiver - 4 Pack Summary: This feature provides an additional four long wave SFP transceivers, designed to provide 4 Gbps Fibre Channel connections at distances up to 10 Km (6.2 miles), while using the appropriate 9.0/125 micrometer single mode fiber optic cable. (#2414) 4 Gbps SW SFP Transceiver - 4 Pack Summary: This feature provides an additional four short wave SFP transceivers, designed to provide Fibre Channel connections at distances up to 150 meters while using the appropriate 50.0/125 micrometer fiber optic cable, and distances up to 70 meters while using the appropriate 62.5/125 micrometer fiber optic cable. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: 64. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: All available ports must be populated with SFPs. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: Min and Max are totals of features #2324, #2414. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. The total of Fiber Optic Transceiver features = (4 x #2414) + #2320 + (4 x #2324) + #2335 + #2380, and must be a minimum equal to the number of ports available with switch blades (#3416, and #3432), up to a maximum of 256. Switch Blades Summary: No switch blades are shipped on initial SAN256B orders unless selected. The base SAN256B director does not include switch blades which are available in either 32-or 16-port configurations. Requires ordering at least one of the optional blades listed below. IBM recommends deployment of at least two blades per director to enable high availability configurations. The SAN256B may be configured by adding up to eight 32-port (#3432) or 16-port (#3416) switch blades and a mixture of short wave and long wave optical transceivers up to the maximum 256 ports. (#3416) M48 16-Port 4 Gbps Switch Blade Summary: This feature provides a 16-port 4 Gbps switch blade for the SAN256B. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: Eight. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: All available (16) ports must be populated with SFPs Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: No. Limitations: Min and Max are totals of features #3416 and #3432. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#3432) M48 32-Port 4 Gbps Switch Blade Summary: This feature provides a 32-port 4 Gbps switch blade for the SAN256B. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: Eight. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: All available (32) ports must be populated with SFPs Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Set-up: No. Limitations: Min and Max are totals of features #3416 and #3432. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#4745) M14/M48 N_Port ID Virtualization: Summary: Activates N_Port ID Virtualization on the IBM TotalStorage SAN256B director. Requires Fabric OS V5, or higher. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: Requires Fabric OS Version 5 or higher Corequisites: None Compatibility Conflicts: None Customer Setup: Yes Limitations: None Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Fiber Optic Cables: Summary: A fiber optic cable is required for attaching the SAN256B to the host system adapters, or other storage area Fibre Channel components. The cable can be customer supplied, or ordered with the 2109-M48 in the lengths available. The attaching fiber cable must be 50.0/125 micrometers for distances up to 300 meters at 2 Gbps speed or 150 meters at 4 Gbps. The attaching fibre cable must be 62.5/125 micrometers for distances up to 175 meters at 2 Gbps speed or 70 meters at 4 Gbps. The connection is a LC connector type. The maximum number of features allowed per SAN256B director is the total of #5301, #5305, and #5325. (#5301) Fiber Cable LC/LC 1m multimode (#5305) Fiber Cable LC/LC 5m multimode (#5325) Fiber Cable LC/LC 25m multimode Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: 255. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: Max. is total of #5301, #5305, and #5325 Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#5371) SC/LC Coupling Cable (#5372) LC/SC Coupling Cable 2m The maximum number of features allowed per SAN256B director is the total of #5371, and #5372. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: 255. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: Max. is total of #5371, and #5372 Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#5730) 9 Micron Fibre Cable 31m, singlemode SC/LC (#5731) 9 Micron Fibre Cable 31m, singlemode LC/LC (#5732) 9 Micron Fibre Cable 2m, singlemode SC/LC The maximum number of features allowed per SAN256B director is the total of #5730, #5731, and #5732. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: 255. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: Max. is total of #5730, #5731, #5732. Limitations: None. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. In many situations, the lengths and installation of fiber optic cables required will be unique to each customer's configuration and facility specifications. Product support services offered by IBM Global Services' Site and Connectivity Solutions can provide assistance for these unique cabling and installation requirements. Advanced Functions (#7802) M48 Remote Switch Activation Summary: This feature provides a means to obtain the unique activation key necessary to enable the Remote Switch capability within the SAN256B director firmware. Remote Switch function is used on two SAN switches that are interconnected with a pair of CNT's Open System Gateways, providing the fibre channel to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) conversion, across a wide-area network. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: Only two IBM SAN b-type switches can be in a fabric with Remote Switch enabled. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#7803) M48 Extended Fabric Activation Summary: This feature provides a means to obtain the unique activation key necessary to enable the Extended Fabric capability within the SAN256B director firmware. Extended Fabric function provides extensions within the internal switch buffers to maintain performance with distances greater than ten kilometers, and up to eighty kilometers, by maximizing buffering between the selected switch interconnect links. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: None. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#7823) M48 Advanced Security Activation Summary: The IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch Advanced Security Activation optional feature enables policy-based security mechanisms integrated within Fabric Operating System Versions 2.6, 3.1, 4.1, and 5.0. To enable Advanced Security capabilities, all switches within the IBM SAN Switches Fabric must be configured with their respective Fabric OS version (2.6, 3.1, 4.1, and 5.0) before activating the Advanced Security optional feature license key. When activated across the IBM SAN Switch Fabric, the Advanced Security Activation feature is designed to provide the following security capabilities. Centralized security management (trusted switches) Fabric-wide security policies to control access Port level access control Switch level access control Management access controls (Telnet, SNMP, HTTP, API) Encryption of management data such as passwords Strong and non-reputable authentication between switches Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: None. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: None. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#7831) M48 FICON w/CUP Activation Summary: This feature provides in-band management of the supported SAN b-type switch and director products by System Automation for OS/390 or z/OS on IBM 9672 Parallel Enterprise G5 and G6 servers, and zSeries 900 and 990 servers. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: Requires M48 Advanced Security Activation #7823. Compatibility Conflicts: Cannot coexist with feature #7833. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: None. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. (#7833) M48 FICON w/CUP Activation and Advanced Security Bundle Summary: This feature provides the B32 FICON CUP and Advanced Security Activation features in a single package to streamline ordering and deployment. Minimum Number of Features per 2109-M48: None. Maximum Number of Features per 2109-M48: One. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Compatibility Conflicts: Cannot coexist with feature #7831. Customer Setup: Yes. Limitations: None. Field Installable: Yes, both IPO and MES. Cable Order: None. Feature Exchanges Not available. Back to top   Accessories None. Customer Replacement Parts None. Back to top   Machine Elements Not available. Back to top   Supplies None. Diskettes None. Trademarks (R), (TM), * Trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. ** Company, product, or service name may be a trademark or service mark of others. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.  © IBM Corporation 2005. Back to top