IBM System Storage SAN48B-50 pages

IBM Systems and Technology
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IBM System Storage

IBM System Storage
SAN48B-5
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Designed to meet the demands of hyper-scale private
or hybrid cloud storage environments

Highlights
Gain great flexibility for diverse deployment strategies with the Gen 5 Fibre
Channel switch, which delivers 16 Gbps
performance with up to 48 ports in an
energy-efficient, 1U form factor

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Leverage Ports on Demand (PoD)
capabilities to achieve fast, easy and
cost-effective scaling from 24 to 48 ports
in 12-port increments

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Simplify management with Fabric
Vision technology, which helps reduce
operational costs and optimize application
performance

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Maximize availability with nondisruptive
software upgrades and redundant,
hot-pluggable components

The IBM® System Storage® SAN48B-5 switch is designed to meet
the demands of hyper-scale private or hybrid cloud storage environments
by delivering Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities with
16 Gbps performance that support highly virtualized environments.
To enable greater flexibility and investment protection, SAN48B-5 is
configurable in 24, 36 or 48 ports and supports 2, 4, 8, 10 or 16 Gbps
speeds in an efficiently designed 1U package. This switch—now
enhanced with enterprise connectivity options that add support for
IBM FICON® connectivity—can provide a highly reliable infrastructure
when used with fast, scalable IBM System z® servers.

A building block for virtualized private or
hybrid cloud storage
SAN48B-5 is designed to provide a critical building block for today’s
highly virtualized private or hybrid cloud storage environments. It can
simplify server virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
management while meeting the high-throughput demands of enterprise
data centers.

Enhanced technology that is flexible, simple
and easy to use
Offering low-cost access to Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology while providing “pay-as-you-grow” scalability as well as reliability, availability and
serviceability capabilities to meet the demanding requirements of an
evolving storage environment, SAN48B-5 is designed to deliver Fabric