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online if one power supply fails. Dual
power cords allow attachment to sepa-
rate power sources to help improve
availability. Hot-swappable power com-
ponents help eliminate downtime for
service when replacing a failed compo-
nent and help reduce or eliminate the
risk of erroneously cabling a replace-
ment switch because of a simple com-
ponent failure. Failed power supplies
are designed to be replaced without
special tools, and hot-pluggable optical
transceivers can be replaced without
taking the switch offline.
FlexPort technology is designed to sup-
port switch port upgrades without fab-
ric disruption. In addition, HotCAT
online code activation is designed to
allow firmware to be downloaded and
activated while the fabric switch
remains operational. Redundant
switches can be deployed for high-
availability clustering applications.
Advanced solution management
Open System Management Server
(OSMS), a standard feature, is an ANSI
(American National Standards Institute)-
based capability that supports SAN
management software from vendors
such as VERITAS™, Tivoli and BMC.
OSMS is designed to extend the
switch’s capability to include in-band
management with an open systems
host-based application. OSMS allows
the fabric switch and devices attached
to it to be “discovered,” or seen in a
fabric through a framework software
application.
SANtegrity™ Enhanced (Security
Suite) feature is designed to help
enhance business continuity by reduc-
ing the impact of human influences on
networked data. The feature includes
SANtegrity Binding and SANtegrity
Authentication.
SANtegrity Zoning, a standard capabil-
ity of Enterprise Operating System
(E/OS), provides hardware-enforced
world wide name (WWN) and port zon-
ing. SANtegrity Secure Management
Zone (SMZ) is designed to secure man-
agement access to local and remote
SAN devices over a secure connection.
SANtegrity Binding is designed to
create multiple layers of access
control, including port, switch and
fabric binding.
Standards-based SANtegrity
Authentication is designed to force
each device in the SAN to prove who
they are in order to avoid unauthorized
access and unauthenticated devices.
Preferred Path, a standard feature, is
designed to allow a customer to define
routes across a fabric. The Preferred
Path modifies the behavior of Open
Trunking by providing guidance for the
balancing function. The Preferred Path
configuration helps address user prefer-
ence regarding exit port assignment but
is subject to the standard rules regard-
ing the Fabric Shortest Path First
(FSPF) protocol.
Full Volatility feature is designed to
support high-security environments,
which require no customer data be
retained after power-off. Full Volatility is
designed to configure a switch or direc-
tor so that no frame data is stored after
a power-off.
High port density, rack space
savings
Rapidly growing Fibre Channel SAN
infrastructures place a premium on
rack space. The IBM TotalStorage
SAN16M-2 Express Model uses SFP
LC optical connectors and advanced
packaging that requires only a half-rack
width and one-rack–unit (1U) height for
16 ports redundant power supplies.
Shelf Mount Kit feature enables instal-
lation of two SAN16M-2 Express Model
switches and four power supplies for
redundant 16-port switch solutions in
1RU. The SAN16M-2 Express Model is
also tabletop stackable.