IBM System Storage and TotalStorage SAN brocade (b-type) switches

Current models

• The IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 (2005-16B) is a high performance, scalable and simple-to-use fabric switch providing an 8, 12 or 16 port, 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps) fabric (requires storage hardware that supports 4 Gbps throughput) for servers running Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX®, Linux®, NetWare® and OS/400® operating systems, server clustering, infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. SAN16B-2 Express models (200516B) provide an 8-port, 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps) fabric packaged with short wave and long wave Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers.
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• The IBM System Storage SAN32B-3 (2005-B5K or 20055KB) is a high performance SAN fabric switch providing 16, 24 or 32 ports with 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds for most common operating system environments. It is suitable for use as a core switch in midrange environments and as an edge-switch in enterprise environments.
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• The IBM System Storage SAN64B-2 (2005-B64) is a high performance medium-size and enterprise fabric switch providing 32, 48 and 64-port, 4 Gigabit/second (Gbps) fabric switching for infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions.
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• The IBM System Storage SAN18B-R multiprotocol router (2005-R18)) is a high performance medium-size and enterprise SAN router provides sixteen 1, 2 and 4 Gbps Fiber Channel switch ports and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports for fabric switching, interconnection of multiple Fibre Channel fabrics and hardware-assisted traffic processing for long-distance extension using Internet Protocol.
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• The IBM TotalStorage SAN256B (2109-M48) is a high-performance, high-density and high-availability SAN director designed to be the foundation for large enterprise-class infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions. The SAN256B director provides from 16 to 384 ports and contains two control processors for high availability.
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To order an IBM SAN system configured to your needs, please contact your IBM representative or qualified IBM business partner. You can submit a request-a-quote form, and an IBM representative will contact you.