Hardware Components - IBM SAN768B-2 User Manual

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SAN768B-2 Installation, Service, and User Guide
Attention: This product may not be certified in your country for connection by
any means whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks nor to
be used in a public services network. Further certification may be required by law
prior to making any such connection. Please contact IBM for information.
The SAN768B-2 features a modular and scalable mechanical construction that
allows a wide range of flexibility in installation, fabric design, and maintenance.
The chassis may be mounted with the cables facing the front of the equipment rack
or to the rear, and consists of the following:
v Up to eight hot-swappable port blade assemblies can be configured in a single
chassis, delivering up to 512 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports.
v Two slots for control processor blades (CP8):
– A single active CP8 blade can control all 512 ports in the chassis.
– The standby CP8 blade assumes control of the SAN768B-2 if the active CP
fails.
v Two slots for core switch blades (CR16-8):
– CR16-8 blade interconnects all port blades
– Inter-chassis link (ICL) connectors to connect to as many as nine neighboring
chassis (with FOS 7.0.1). Six chassis can be connected with FOS v7.0.0.
– Both CR16-8 blades are active
v Modular hot-swappable port blades:
– 64-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-64)
– 32-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-32E)
– 48-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-48E)
– 32-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-32)
– 48-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-48)
– 64-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-64)
v Modular hot-swappable application blades:
– FX8-24: 24-port (12 FC, 10 1-GbE, and 2 10-GbE) FCIP extension blade
enabling long distance communication over existing IP infrastructure.
– FCOE10-24: 24-port (24 10-GbE) CEE-based FCoE blade enabling enhanced
connectivity using existing Ethernet infrastructure. The FCoE blade can be
used in the same chassis with only the FC8-32E and FC16-32 port blades. The
FCoE blade cannot be used with any other FC port or application blades in
the same chassis.
v Modular hot-swappable encryption blades:
– FS8-18: 16-port, up to 4 blades per chassis, supporting in-flight data
cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data-compression capabilities.
v Modular hot-swappable field replaceable units (FRUs):
– Three blower assemblies
– Up to four power supplies
– Two WWN cards
– Blades use small form-factor pluggable (SFP+, mSFP, and QSFP) optical
transceivers.
- The 8-Gbps SFP+s and mSFPs auto-negotiate at 2, 4, and 8 Gbps
- The 10-Gbps speeds must be manually set and require special 10-Gbps FC
SFP + transceivers