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IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 Switch

This IBM® Redbooks® product guide describes the IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6

switch. Faced with explosive data growth, data centers need more input/output (IO) capacity

to accommodate massive amounts of data, applications, and workloads. In addition to this

surge in data, users expect applications to be available and accessible from anywhere, at any

time, on any device.

To meet these business demands, organizations need to deploy and scale up applications

quickly, moving to higher virtual machine densities, and deploying flash storage to help those

applications scale to support thousands of users. To realize the full benefits of these

architectures, organizations treat the network as a strategic part of a highly virtualized

environment to increase optimization and efficiency to support rapid scalability.

The SAN64B-6 switch is designed to meet the demands of hyper-scale virtualization, larger

cloud infrastructures, and growing flash-based storage environments by delivering

market-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities.

SAN64B-6 delivers unmatched 32/128 gigabits per second (Gbps) performance,

industry-leading port density, and built-in instrumentation to accelerate data access, drive

always-on business, and support data center consolidation in small to large-scale enterprise

infrastructures.

SAN64B-6 is built for maximum flexibility, scalability, and ease of use supporting “pay-as-you

grow” scalability from 24 to 64 ports, with 48 enhanced small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+)

and four Q-Flex ports, in an efficient 1U package.

Figure 1 shows the SAN64B-6 switch.

Figure 1 SAN64B-6 switch

Did you know?

The IBM SAN64B-6 switch provides the following benefits:

򐂰 Meet demands of virtualization, cloud, and flash-based storage

򐂰 Deliver market-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities

򐂰 Provide scalability to support growth, demanding workloads, and data center consolidation

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