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IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2

Express Model

Designed for high-performance, scalable and simple-to-use

medium to enterprise SAN environments

High density design with 32 ports in an efficient 1RU height helps save rack space

Highlights

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Simple-to-use SAN switch with

ease-of-installation and ease-

of-use features designed

speciﬁcally for the needs of

medium-size and enterprise

environments

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Foundation for new infrastruc-

ture simpliﬁcation and business

continuity solutions for servers

running Microsoft® Windows®,

Linux® or NetWare® operating

systems

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High-performance 4 Gigabit per

second links with pay-as-you-

grow FlexPort scalability

enables growth from 16 to 24 to

32 ports

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Designed for high availability

with hot swappable dual power

supplies and HotCAT online

code activation

IBM TotalStorage SMB solutions

The IBM TotalStorage® SAN32M-2

Express Model is designed speciﬁcally

to meet the needs of medium-size and

enterprise SAN environments. It can be

used to create a wide range of high-

performance SAN solutions, from sim-

ple single-switch conﬁgurations to

larger multi-switch conﬁgurations which

support fabric connectivity and

advanced business continuity capabili-

ties. Infrastructure simpliﬁcation solu-

tions for IBM _`® xSeries®

servers include storage consolidation

and high-availability server clustering

with IBM TotalStorage disk storage

arrays. Business continuity solutions

include data protection with

IBM TotalStorage tape libraries and

devices and IBM Tivoli® Storage

Manager data protection software.

A single SAN32M-2 Express Model can

serve as the cornerstone of a Storage

Area Network for those who want to

obtain the beneﬁts of storage

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Designed for high-performance, scalable and simple-to-use medium to enterprise SAN environments IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2 Express Model IBM TotalStorage SMB solutions The IBM TotalStorage® SAN32M-2 Express Model is designed specifically to meet the needs of medium-size and enterprise SAN environments.
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consolidation and are just beginning to While the SAN32M-2 Express Model Storage consolidation is a fundamental implement Fibre Channel storage sys- can be the foundation of medium-sized objective of infrastructure simplification tems.
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The SAN32M-2 Express Model was designed specifically for use as the SAN switch in this type of configuration. It is easy to install and easy to manage. The tan, green and blue servers represent heterogeneous server types which are members of the same SAN and share capacity of the large disk system. The SAN32M-2 Express Model can be upgraded to 32 ports and is futureready to support 4 Gbps servers and storage devices as they are introduced.
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Many disk subsystems, including SAN32M-2 Express Model switches Basic provides intuitive graphic switch IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series, are can also be used to connect two loca- management capabilities. Installation capable of copying data to a remote tions to enable remote data backup. An and backup/restore wizards are location.
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switch or a small fabric to manage, the total throughput between two service when replacing a failed compo- EFCM Basic capabilities and functional- switches automatically by redirecting nent and help reduce or eliminate the ity can help simplify management of traffic from high-utilization links to links risk of erroneously cabling a replace- your SAN solution. with available bandwidth. Open ment switch because of a simple com- Trunking is designed to continuously ponent failure.
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SANtegrity™ Enhanced (Security Preferred Path, a standard feature, is Suite) feature is designed to help designed to allow a customer to define enhance business continuity by reduc- routes across a fabric. The Preferred ing the impact of human influences on Path modifies the behavior of Open networked data. The feature includes Trunking by providing guidance for the SANtegrity Binding and SANtegrity balancing function. The Preferred Path Authentication.
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IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2 Express Model at a glance Product characteristics Product number Base fabric switch Fibre Channel interfaces Optical transceivers Fans and power supplies Hot-swap components Rack support Non-rack support Management software Servers supported* Operating systems supported* Storage products supported* Fibre Channel switches supported Fibre optic cable Warranty (standard) Optional features 202632E IBM TotalStorage SAN32M-2 Express Model with 32 ports: 16 ports activated, 16 shortwa
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For more information Contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner or visit: ibm.com/storage/san/m_type IBM is not responsible for the performance or interoperability of any non-IBM products discussed herein. Performance data for IBM and non-IBM products and services contained in this document was derived under specific operating and environmental conditions.