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IBM RedBooks SAN24B-5 Product Manual

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IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 Switch
IBM Redbooks Product Guide
This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide describes the IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch. The
SAN24B-5 is designed to provide outstanding price and performance value, combining flexibility,
simplicity, Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology, and enterprise-class functionality in an entry-level switch. The
SAN24B-5 is configurable in 12 or 24 ports and supports 2, 4, 8 or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently
designed 1U form factor. The base unit includes one (249824G/2498-X24) or two (2498-F24) integrated
power supplies and fans. A second power supply provides additional redundancy for increased resiliency.
SAN24B-5 provides a critical building block for today's highly virtualized, private cloud storage
environments. It simplifies server virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure management while
meeting the high-throughput demands of solid state disks. It can address demanding reliability, availability
and serviceability requirements to help minimize downtime to support mission-critical environments.
Figure 1 shows SAN24B-5.
Figure 1. IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch
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SAN24B-5 helps maximize resiliency with nondisruptive software upgrades and a redundant power
supply.
Dynamic fabric provisioning, critical monitoring and advanced diagnostic features help streamline
development and troubleshooting.
Ports-on-demand (PoD) capability allows you to scale from 12 to 24 ports.
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  • Page 1 IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 Switch IBM Redbooks Product Guide This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide describes the IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch. The SAN24B-5 is designed to provide outstanding price and performance value, combining flexibility, simplicity, Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology, and enterprise-class functionality in an entry-level switch. The SAN24B-5 is configurable in 12 or 24 ports and supports 2, 4, 8 or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 1U form factor.

  • Page 2: Key Features

    The 24 ports produce an aggregate 384 Gbps full-duplex throughput; any eight ports can be trunked for 128 Gbps ISLs. Exchange-based dynamic path selection optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balancing by automatically routing data to the most efficient and available path in the fabric, as shown in Figure 2. IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 Switch...
  • Page 3 SAN fabrics. Access Gateway Mode for the SAN24B-5 is supported only in 24-port configurations. Organizations can easily enable Access Gateway Mode through IBM Network Advisor v11, or later, or a command-line interface. Key benefits of Access Gateway Mode are as follows: Improved scalability for large or rapidly growing server and virtual server environments ...
  • Page 4 Organizations can also use D_Ports to run a variety of tests through the IBM Network Advisor or command-line interface (CLI) to test ports, small form-factor pluggables and cables for faults, latency, and distance.
  • Page 5 IBM Network Advisor v12.0 or later is necessary for supporting transitions to cloud environments. IBM Network Advisor v12.1 or later is required to support Fabric Vision license capabilities.
  • Page 6 ISL congestion as well as  abnormal levels of latency in the fabric. This feature works in conjunction with IBM Network Advisor to automatically monitor and detect network congestion and latency in the fabric, providing visualization of bottlenecks in a connectivity map and product tree, and identifying exactly which devices and hosts are affected by a bottlenecked port.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    Specifications Table 1 lists the IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch specifications. Table 1. IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch specifications (part 1 of 2) Item Description Product numbers 2498-F24 (AAS)  2498-X24 (Xccellerator)  249824G (HVEC)  Base machine Base switch includes the following components :...

  • Page 8: Physical Characteristics

    Twelve-port Activation, Advanced Performance Monitor, Fabric Watch, Adaptive Networking, Enterprise Package*, Extended Fabrics, Trunking Activation, Server Application Optimization, Fabric Vision *For the most current and complete details, see the product details at the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC): http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss Physical characteristics Table 2 lists the physical characteristics for the IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch.

  • Page 9: Operating Environment

    Operating environment Table 3 describes the operating environment for the IBM System Networking SAN24B-5 switch. Table 3. Operating environment Item Description Temperature (operating) 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F) Humidity (operating) 10% to 85% noncondensing at 40°C (104°F) Altitude (operating)
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