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IBM SAN Directors

Model	Ports	Performance	Add to Request?
SAN256B	16-256	Auto-sensing 1Gbps, 2Gbps and 4Gbps	Add
SAN256M	64-256	Auto-sensing 1Gbps, 2Gbps and 4Gbps	Add
SAN140M	16-140	Auto-sensing 1Gbps, 2Gbps and 4Gbps	Add
SAN Switch M14	32-128	Auto-sensing 1Gbps and 2Gbps	Add
SANC40M Cabinet	Fit up to 39U of M-Type Switches in a Space-Saving Cabinet and up to 512 Fibre Channel Ports		Add

SAN256B

• Supports FICON Director switching with Fibre/FICON intermix and FICON cascading
• Built-in hardware redundancy to avoid single points of failure
• Configure with one or two routing blades
• Advanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking
• FC-FC Routing
• Web Tools
• Advanced Zoning
• Fabric Watch
• Performance Monitoring
• Fabric Access Layer API

Optional Features:

• Remote Switch Activation
• Extended Fabric Activation
• FICON CUP (Control Unit Port)
• FCIP Activation for long-distance SAN connectivity tunneling

SAN256M

• FICON Switching
• Support for up to 10Gbps ISLs
• Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager
• SANtegrity Binding for authentication and cascading between multiple directors
• FICON CUP (Control Unit Port) & ESCON compatibility
• Open Trunking
• Performance Monitoring
• Director LPAR and Open VSAN for IT simplification
• Redundant power supplies, cooling fans, and processors
• 14U form factor

SAN140M

• FICON Switching
• support for up to 10Gbps ISLs
• Redundant power supplies, cooling fans, and processors
• Hot-swappable, field replaceable components
• Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager
• Automatic fault detection and isolation
• 12U form factor
• Single stage switching architecture for low-latency
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
• Open trunking
• Open System Management Server
• SANtegrity Binding for authentication
• Preferred Path Option

SAN Switch M14

• FICON Switching
• Zoning
• WEBTOOLS
• Support for up to 10Gbps ISLs
• Fabric Watch
• ISL Trunking
• Performance Monitoring
• Fabric Manager
• Redundant hot-pluggable hardware components, including processors, power supplies, and cooling fans
• Concurrent hardware and firmware maintenance without downtime
• Frame Filtering for intelligent fabric services
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)

SANC40M

• Dual power distribution
• 1U management server and 39U for M-type switches and directors
• supports up to 512 Fibre Channel ports, and up to 24 Ethernet ports
• supports up to 28 power connections, or 14 with dual independent power distribution

A certified IBM Business Partner like North American Systems is uniquely qualified to help you plan, configure, test, stage, and upgrade your networked storage solution for SAN or NAS. North American Systems can help you build a system that ensures you maximize ROI, minimize TCO, and optimize efficiencies by selecting a solution or upgrade that fits your business needs.

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