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Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM c-type SAN Directors

The IBM c-type SAN directors include the SAN768C-6, the SAN384C-6, and the SAN192C-6.

The IBM c-Type Series of Multilayer Directors elevate the standard for director-class switches. It allows

a deployment of high-performance SANs with low cost of ownership, layering a rich set of intelligent

features onto a high-performance, protocol-agnostic switch fabric. The IBM c-Type SAN Directors address

the stringent requirements of large data-center storage environments — Providing high availability,

security, scalability, ease of management, and transparent integration of new technologies.

The IBM c-Type SAN Directors provide the following feature capabilities:

• High SAN performance

• High availability with full redundant components, including fabric cards, supervisors, and power

supplies

• Industry-leading scalability

• Intelligent network features such as virtual SAN technology, ACLs, intelligent frame processing, and

fabric-wide QoS

• Multiprotocols support, including Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), and NVMe over Fabric

This chapter has the following topics:

• “IBM SAN768C-6” on page 1

• “IBM SAN384C-6” on page 2

• “IBM SAN192C-6” on page 2

• “Supported Components ” on page 3

• “Chassis Description” on page 4

• “Supervisor Modules” on page 12

• “Fibre Channel Switching Modules” on page 32

• “SAN Extension Modules” on page 34

• “Fan Modules” on page 36

• “Power Supplies” on page 39

• “Supported Transceivers” on page 43

IBM SAN768C-6

Key product features for the IBM SAN768C-6 device.

The IBM SAN768C-6 is a high-port density switch that is designed to meet the requirements of a large-

scale enterprise data center storage environment. It provides a superior performance, scalability,

redundancy, multiprotocol convergence, and enterprise-grade availability in a data center network

The SAN768C-6 includes the following components:

• An 18 slot chassis

• Two supervisor modules

• 6 crossbar fabric switching modules

• Support for 1 to 16 I/O modules

• Three fan modules

• 12 Power Supply Units are included and support for up to 16 PSUs is available.

The SAN768C-6 delivers the following features:

• Up to 6 x 512 x 16 slots = 49.152-Tbps per chassis Fibre Channel switching bandwidth.

IBM SAN192C-6 User Manual

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