Designed to interconnect distant SANs via secure Internet Protocol
Efficient package with two active Fibre Channel ports and two Ethernet Internet Protocol ports
IBM System Storage SAN04B-R
multiprotocol router
Highlights
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Designed for high performance
with 4 Gigabit per second
(Gbps) Fibre Channel (FC) ports
and hardware-assisted traffic
processing for line-rate per-
formance across Ethernet
Internet Protocol (IP) ports
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Utilizes existing Internet, IP-
based Metropolitan Area
Network (MAN) or Wide Area
Network (WAN) infrastructures
for metro and global SAN
extension for business
continuity solutions
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Hardware-based compression,
large window sizes and selec-
tive acknowledgement of IP
packets designed to optimize
performance of SAN extension
over IP networks
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Integrated IBM System
Storage™ SAN b-type (Brocade)
switch management helps sim-
plify installation and administra-
tion and helps provide fabric
investment protection
A wide range of IBM System Storage
mid-range and enterprise Storage Area
Network (SAN) infrastructure simplifica-
tion and business continuity solutions
can be created with the IBM System
Storage SAN04B-R multiprotocol
router. Infrastructure simplification solu-
tions for the IBM Power™ Systems and
System x™ family include disaster tol-
erance over metropolitan and global IP
networks with IBM System Storage disk
arrays, tape libraries and IBM Tivoli®
Storage Manager data protection
software.
Local site infrastructure simplification
solutions may be extended to one or
more remote sites for enhanced data
protection and disaster tolerance. The
IBM System Storage SAN04B-R multi-
protocol router provides Fibre Channel
over IP and FCIP Tunneling Service for
distance extension which can enable
cost effective and manageable metro
and global business continuity solu-
tions. This extended distance connec-
tivity can help create consolidated
remote tape vaulting data protection
plus metro mirror and global mirror
disk-based disaster tolerant solutions.
High performance
The IBM System Storage SAN04B-R
multiprotocol router is designed to
deliver 4, 2 and 1 Gigabit per second
(Gbps) full-duplex Fibre Channel or
50 Megabit per second Ethernet line-
rate performance on all ports. Each
router FC port auto-negotiates to 4 or
2 or 1 Gbps depending on the speed of
the device at the other end of the link.
The Ethernet ports enable reliable SAN
extension across the Internet, IP-based
Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)
and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
through the use of Fast Write,
hardware-based compression and
storage-optimized protocol
enhancements.
High-availability features
Mid-size SAN users require high-
availability fabric solutions. The
IBM System Storage SAN04B-R multi-
protocol router uses second-generation
advanced application-specific inte-
grated circuits (ASIC) electronic compo-
nents to help minimize the number of
components and improve reliability. The
SAN04B-R router is designed to pro-
vide hot-swappable, load-sharing dual
redundant power supplies that allow
the router to remain online if one power
supply fails. Dual power cords allow
attachment to separate power sources
for improved availability. Hot-swappable
power supplies and redundant cooling
fans help eliminate downtime for service
when replacing a failed component.
Hot-pluggable SFP transceivers are
designed to be replaced without taking
the router offline.
High availability solutions require redun-
dant components, including clustered
servers with dual Host Bus Adapters,
dual independent fabrics and disk stor-
age arrays with dual controllers each
with dual adapters. Dual IBM System
Storage SAN04B-R routers may be
configured in a high availability solution
to create a resilient “meta” SAN
infrastructure.
Configuration flexibility
A variety of SFP transceivers are avail-
able to meet diverse requirements.
Standard short wave optical Fibre
Channel SFPs are available to connect
at distances up to 1500 meters. Long
wave optical Fibre Channel SFPs are
available to connect at distances of up
to 4 km, 10 km or 30 km. Optical SFPs
are always used to connect the FC
ports to a Fibre Channel fabric, how-
ever both optical and copper SFPs are
available to connect the Ethernet ports
to an Ethernet fabric.
The router helps provide full Fibre
Channel fabric services with many stan-
dard features including WEBTOOLS
with Advanced Zoning, FCIP Tunneling
Service and Extended Fabric.
Fabric Operating System
Brocade® Fabric OS® (FOS) is
included with each SAN04B-R and
contains all functions necessary to
operate a base system. The SAN04B-R
requires FOS level 6.1.0 or higher. FOS
offers the following advanced functions:
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ADVANCED PERFORMANCE MONI-
TOR helps identify end-to-end
bandwidth usage by host/target
pairs and is designed to provide for
capacity planning.
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TRUNKING enables FC packets to be
efficiently distributed across multi-
ple ISLs between two IBM SAN
b-type fabric switches and directors
while preserving in-order delivery.
Both SAN b-type devices must have
trunking activated.
IBM System Storage SAN04B-R at a glance
Product characteristics
Produce Number 2005-R04
Base fabric switch IBM System Storage SAN04B-R multiprotocol router with 2 active Fibre Channel ports,
2 Ethernet IP ports and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.1.0 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide,
CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, SFP extraction tool, two 110 volt power
cords for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, Extended Fabric, Fabric Watch, FCIP
Activation, Full Fabric Activation and Web Tools. All active ports must be populated with
SFPs.
Fibre Channel interface E_Port, F_Port
Optical transceivers Choice of 4 Gbps short wave, long wave and extended distance long wave (supports 4,
2 and 1 Gbps link speeds) Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP). The optical transceivers may
be used on any of the ports of the SAN04B-R router (both FC and Ethernet).
Copper transceiver Up to 1 Gigabit per second Ethernet (GbE) (50 MbE on SAN04B-R)
Fans and power supplies Three fans, two power supplies
Hot-swappable components SFP transceivers, fans and power supplies
Non-rack support Non-rack installation is supported; country-specific power cords are required and must be
ordered
Servers supported*
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IBM Power Systems, System i™ and selected AS/400® servers, System p™ and
selected RS/6000® servers
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System x, selected Netfinity® servers and other Intel® processor-based servers
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Select Sun™ and HP servers
Operating systems supported*
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Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows 2003
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Red Hat Linux®, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
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SUSE™ Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
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IBM AIX®, HACMP™, i5/OS® and OS/400®
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Other selected operating systems
Storage Products Supported*
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IBM System Storage DS8000™, DS6000™ and DS4000™ storage servers
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IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server® systems
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IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family of storage servers
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IBM System Storage n Series NAS Filers and Gateways
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IBM TotalStorage 3580, 3588, 3590, and 3592 tape drives
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IBM TotalStorage 3494, 3582, 3583 and 3584 tape libraries
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IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader
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IBM TotalStorage 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1
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IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller
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Other selected storage systems
Fibre Channel switches supported Current IBM System Storage and TotalStorage SAN b-type and m-type switches, routers
and directors (must be running current firmware)
Fibre optic cable Fibre optic cables are required and are available in various lengths in single-mode and multi-
mode formats
Power cords Jumper cables are included for rack installation; country-specific power cords must be
ordered for desktop/standalone installation
Warranty 1-year; Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU); warranty service upgrades are available
Optional features Performance Monitor, Trunking Activation
IBM System Storage SAN04B-R at a glance
Physical characteristics
Height 42.44 mm/1.67 inches
Width 429 mm/16.89 in
Depth 635 mm/25.00 in
Weight 12.43 kg/27.4 lb
Temperature Operating: 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° degrees F)
Non-operating: -25° to 70° C (-13° to 158° F)
Humidity Operating: 20% to 85% non-condensing @ 40° C (104° F)
Non-operating: 10% to 90% non-condensing at 70° C (158° F)
Power 85 – 264 V AC (Universal), 47 – 63 Hz
For more information
To learn more about the IBM System
Storage SAN04B-R, please contact
your IBM marketing representative or
IBM Business Partner, or visit:
ibm.com/systems/storage/san/b-type/
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