IBM SAN64B

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Modern storage infrastructure built for flash, NVMe and FICON

With the growing adoption of flash and the ramp-up of NVMe- based storage, organizations will move more data through a SAN than ever before, requiring an increase in I/O capacity to keep up with ever-increasing demand. Coupled with rising complexity and higher expectations for availability, organizations need a network that is capable of maximizing performance while simplifying and automating management. These capabilities are required to help enterprises increase the productivity and efficiency of their storage investments and resources.

To meet these requirements, the network needs to evolve. An IBM® b-type Fibre Channel infrastructure unleashes the performance of NVMe workloads with reduced latency and increased bandwidth. In addition, this infrastructure lays the foundation for an autonomous SAN by combining powerful analytics and advanced automation capabilities to maximize performance and ensure reliability. With autonomous SAN technology, organizations can realize a self-learning, self- optimizing, and self-healing storage network.

The IBM® Storage Networking SAN64B-7, with unmatched 64Gb/s performance and industry-leading port density, provides a building block that supports data growth, demanding workloads, and data-center consolidation. With a 50% latency reduction compared to the previous generation, the SAN64B-7 Switch enables the maximum performance of traditional Fibre Channel, NVMe, and FICON storage.

The SAN64B-7 Switch utilizes built-in analytics to optimize performance and eliminate disruptions. This Gen 7 switch collects comprehensive telemetry data across the fabric to enable advanced analytics. To visualize the data, IBM SANnav™ Management Portal enables organizations to easily understand the health and performance of the SAN. By leveraging automation, SAN admins gain the ability to automate repetitive tasks to save time and mitigate disruptions with limited expertise. The SAN64B-7 simplifies deployment, configuration, and management of SAN resources with a collection of easy-to-use tools.

To further simplify operations and increase visibility, the SAN64B-7 includes Fabric Vision® technology to monitor and analyze the SAN. This technology provides visibility and insight to quickly identify problems and achieve critical service-level agreements (SLAs). To streamline management workflows, organizations can leverage IBM® SANnav Management Portal to accelerate the deployment of new applications, switches, servers, and storage. Furthermore, a modernized graphical user interface (GUI) improves operational efficiencies with visual dashboards for instant visibility and faster troubleshooting.

Fibre Channel ports	Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 56 ports. Ports are enabled in increments of 8 ports up to 56 ports via Ports on Demand (PoD) licenses; E_Ports, M_Ports, F_Ports, D_Ports, EX_Ports. Access Gateway default port mapping: 56 SFP+ F_Ports, 8 SFP+ N_Ports.
Scalability	Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches.
Certiﬁed maximum	4K active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Fabric OS® fabrics
Performance	Fibre Channel: 8.5Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 10.53Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 28.05Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 57.8Gb/s line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 8, 10, 16, 32, and 64Gb/s port speeds. 10Gb/s optionally programmable to ﬁxed port speed.
Load balancing	Frame-based ISL Trunking load balances up to eight SFP+ ports per ISL trunk; up to 512Gb/s per ISL trunk when using 64Gb/s optics. Dynamic Path Selection (DPS) provides exchange-based load balancing across all available ISLs.
Aggregate bandwidth	3.584Tb/s
Maximum fabric latency	Latency for locally switched ports is 460 ns (including FEC).
Maximum frame size	2112-byte payload
Frame buﬀers	24K per switching ASIC
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; optional port-type control Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port
Data traﬃc types	Fabric switches supporting unicast.
Media types	64Gb/s: SAN64B-7 requires hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 64Gb/s SWL. 32Gb/s: SAN64B-7 requires hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 32Gb/s SWL, LWL 10 km, ELWL 25 km. 10Gb/s: SAN64B-7 requires hot-pluggable SFP+, LC connector; 10Gb/s SWL, LWL 10 km. Fibre Channel distance is subject to ﬁber-optic cable and port speed.
USB	One standard USB port for ﬁrmware download, support save, and conﬁguration upload or download.
Fabric Services	Fabric Vision; Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); Flow Vision; Adaptive Networking (QoS); Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring; Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning); Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB Credit Recovery; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; Time Server; Registered State Change Notiﬁcation (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP).
Extension	Fibre Channel, in-ﬂight compression (LZO) and encryption (AES-GCM-256); integrated optional 10Gb/s Fibre Channel for DWDM MAN connectivity.
FICON	FICON cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (IBM z/OS Global Mirror and read/write Tape Pipelining).

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