Appendix. Product Specifications; General Specifications - IBM System Storage SAN32B-E4 Installation, Service And User Manual

Appendix. Product specifications

This appendix provides the specifications for the SAN32B-E4 Encryption Switch.
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v "Data transmission ranges" on page 52

General specifications

Table 12 lists the general specifications for the switch.
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Table 12. General specifications
Specification
Fibre Channel ports
Ethernet ports
Smart cards
Compression for tape
Encryption
Data Encryption Keys
Re-key sessions
Crypto scalability
Crypto performance
FC performance
Certified maximum
Description
32 FC ports universal (E, F, EX, FL, and M)
Two (2) 1000Base Ethernet ports for I/O
synchronization during re-keying
Recovery card
Hardware-based compression prior to
encryption
AES256-XTS block cipher core for disk
encryption - IEEE 1619.1 compliant
AES256-GCM block cipher core for tape
encryption - IEEE 1619.2 compliant
AES256-ECB block cipher core for
third-party compatibility encryption support
Supports 64K Data-Encryption Keys (DEKs)
- combination of disk LUN keys or tape pool
keys
Supports 12 re-key sessions (outstanding)
per switch. For a given target, supports a
maximum of 2 concurrent re-key sessions -
could be a combination of manual or auto
(expiry based)
Supports 256 target devices, 1024 host ports
(disk array target ports or tape
target/library ports) per switch (quantity is
double for two-way HA cluster
configuration)
Maximum bandwidth of 102 Gbps for disk
I/O traffic; maximum bandwidth of 51 Gbps
for tape I/O traffic
Support for 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps SFPs which
are full duplex capable
6000 active nodes; combination of 56
switches, 19 hops; larger fabrics certified as
required
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