IBM SAN 384B and 768B With FCoE

IT organizations continue to face increasing complex system configurations, ever-rising operational costs, and unprecedented data growth as more platforms, applications, and users connect to the data center network. In turn, the storage network infrastructure must continue evolving to enable fast, continuous, and cost-effective access to mission-critical data from anywhere in the world.

IBM System Storage SAN 384B and IBM System Storage SAN 768B add new features to help leverage 10 Gbps converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE) ports while extending the value of existing FC SAN infrastructure.

The FCoE 10 GbE 24-port Blade designed to provide:

• 24 port with 10 GbE line speed
• 10 Gbps Short-reach or Long-reach SFP+ transceivers
• Support for Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Fibre Channel, CEE, and traditional Ethernet protocols

8 Gbps Extension Blade designed to address
the most demanding availability, performance,
manageability, and scalability requirements featuring:

• Twelve FC ports supporting 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, or 8 Gbps link speeds
• Ten Ethernet ports supporting 1 GbE link speeds and up to two optional 10 GbE ports
• FC routing combined with SAN distance extension
• FCIP capability
• Long-wave SFP transceivers designed to support connectivity at distances up to 4 and 10 km
• Extended long distance SFP transceiver designed to support connectivity at distances up to 25 km
• Copper SFP transceiver designed to be used with IP ports on the 8 Gbps Extension Blade

Key prerequisites

• Requires Fabric Operating System V6.3, or later

Planned availability date

• November 20, 2009: All functions and features except SFP Transceiver 1 GbE Copper (2551)
• December 4, 2009: Feature number 2551 (SFP Transceiver 1 GbE Copper)