IBM SAN64B-6 Product Guide

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Table 2 lists the system architecture specifications for the SAN64B-6 switch.
Table 2 System architecture
Feature Description
Product number 8960-F64 (Front/Port-Side Exhaust).
8960-N64 (Rear/Non-Port Side Exhaust).
Fibre Channel ports Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports
configuration. Port numbers above minimum are enabled through 12-port
SFP+ increments with Ports on Demand (PoD) licenses, and through one
4-port QSFP PoD, providing 16-port increments through a Q-Flex license:
E_Ports, F_Ports, D_Ports, and EX_Ports.
Access Gateway default port mapping: 40 SFP+ F_Ports, 8 SFP+ N_Ports.
Scalability Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches.
Certified maximum 6,000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Fabric OS fabrics; larger fabrics
certified as required.
Fibre Channel
performance
򐂰 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex.
򐂰 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex.
򐂰 10.53 Gbps line speed, full duplex.
򐂰 14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex.
򐂰 28.05 Gbps, full duplex.
򐂰 Auto-sensing of 4, 8, 16, 32 Gbps port speeds and capable of supporting
128 Gbps speeds.
򐂰 10 Gbps optionally programmable to fixed port speed.
ISL trunking Frame-based trunking with up to eight 32 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 256
Gbps per ISL trunk.
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS.
Aggregate
bandwidth
2 Tbps.
Maximum fabric
latency
Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; encryption/compression is 1 µsec
per node.
Maximum frame
size
2,112-byte payload.
Frame buffers 15,360 dynamically allocated.
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames).
Port types 򐂰 D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, AE_Port
optional port-type control.
򐂰 b-type Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port.
Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast.
Hot-swap
components
Power supplies, fan modules, SFPs.
Warranty One-year; customer-replaceable unit (CRU); and onsite, next-business-day
response; warranty service upgrades are available.

IBM SAN64B-6 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	SAN64B-6
Category	Switch
Language	English