IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement
ZG09-0629, dated August 25, 2009
IBM Ethernet Switch r-series high-capacity modular
Ethernet switches for versatile deployment
Table of contents
1Overview 11 Publications
2Key prerequisites 12 Technical information
2Planned availability date 20 Terms and conditions
3Description 23 Prices
8Product number 23 Announcement countries
At a glance
The IBM® Ethernet Switch r-series family includes:
• Four slot IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04)
– Up to 64x 10 GbE or 192x 1 GbE ports per system
• Eight slot IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08)
– Up to 128x 10 GbE or 384x 1 GbE ports per system
• Sixteen slot IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16)
– Up to 256x 10 GbE or 768x 1 GbE ports per system
• Thirty-two slot IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32)
– Up to 512x 10 GbE or 1,536 1 GbE ports per system
Overview
IBM Ethernet r-series switches are designed to meet the needs of data centers,
large enterprises, high-performance computing (HPC) environments, and Internet
exchanges and Internet service providers (IXPs and ISPs) as a highly dense
aggregation or distribution switch.
IBM Ethernet r-series switches are well suited for high-performance computing
environments. They are designed to offer low latency through the switch with
densities of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, fiber Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet in
compact size chassis with up to 1,536 ports of Gigabit Ethernet or 512 ports of 10Gigabit Ethernet in a single chassis. The high-performance architecture offers up to
3.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) of data switching. IBM Ethernet r-series switches are
available in four chassis models, allow network designers to standardize on a single
product family for end-of-row, aggregation, and backbone switching, and are well
suited for data center and enterprise deployment.
IBM Ethernet r-series switches come in 4-slot, 8-slot, 16-slot, and 32-slot
configurations and are designed to deliver the following capabilities:
• Compact chassis design supports high-density single rack configurations - up to
512 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 1,536 Gigabit Ethernet ports in a 32-slot chassis
• IPv4 and IPv6 Layer 2 and Layer 3 unicast and multicast support for powerful and
flexible network deployment
• System redundancy (management module, switch fabric module, and power)
across all r-series chassis
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• Interchangeable half-height line modules reduce sparing costs and provide costeffective modular growth
• Scalable hardware-based IP routing to 512,000 IPv4 routes per line module
• Advanced virtual output queue (VoQ) design eliminates head-of-line blocking and
provides scalable quality of service (QoS)
• End-to-end quality of service (QoS) supported with hardware based honoring,
marking and congestion management
• High-availability design features redundant and hot-pluggable hardware, Layer 2
software upgrades and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Open Shortest Path
First (OSPF) restart
• Advanced nonblocking Clos fabric features adaptive self-routing with system
degradation in the event of two or more module failures
• Embedded sFlow per port supports scalable hardware-based traffic monitoring
across all switch ports without impacting performance
Key prerequisites
IronWare Operating System level R2.7.02, or later.
For a list of supported servers, refer to the Hardware requirements section.
Planned availability date
September 4, 2009:
• IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04)
• IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08)
• IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16)
October 30, 2009:
• IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32)
The following geographies/countries apply to both planned availability dates above:
• U.S. and Canada
• All European, Middle Eastern, and African countries except:
Algeria, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea,
Belarus, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho,
Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldavia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Niger,
Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo,
Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates, South Africa,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Yemen, and West Bank.
• All Latin American countries except:
Belize, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Suriname, Haiti, and
Venezuela.
• All Asia Pacific countries except:
Brunei, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, China,
Vietnam, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Wallis and Futuna.
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Description
IBM Ethernet r-series switches are designed to help address the needs of data
centers and large enterprises where high-density Ethernet switches are needed. IBM
Ethernet r-series switches include the four slot IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003R04), eight slot IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), sixteen slot IBM Ethernet
Switch B16R (4003-R16), and thirty-two slot IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32)
models. These switches offer high port capacity and density, based on the number of
available slots, with up to 512 10-Gigabit Ethernet or 1536 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports
in a single 32-slot chassis.
The IBM Ethernet r-series switches are designed for nonstop operation, supporting
1:1 management module redundancy, N+1 switch module redundancy, M+N power
module redundancy, and N+1 fan redundancy. Each of these hardware components
are hot-swappable, reducing service downtime. This hardware resiliency is designed
to be enhanced with software resiliency including system failover, restart, MRP,
VSRP, and VRRP for Layer 2 and Layer 3 resiliency.
Systems configured with dual management modules have subsection detection and
failover. Hitless Management Failover (HMF) ensures that the forwarding engines on
the line modules are not impacted by a management failover, and enables nonstop
packet forwarding during a management failover. With hitless Layer 2 software
upgrades and graceful restart routing, fast convergence occurs in the event of a
management module failure.
The IBM Ethernet r-series switches are designed to help network planners deploy
an Ethernet infrastructure that addresses today's requirements with a scalable
architecture designed to support network growth and evolution. The switches
incorporate the latest advances in switch architecture, system resilience, quality of
service (QoS) and switch security in a family of modular chassis settings.
The switch architecture is an adaptive self-routing Clos switch fabric with a virtual
output queue (VOQ) design. This nonblocking architecture is optimized for maximum
throughput and low latency for all size packets. This scalable design can help with
the reliable delivery of all IP-based voice, video, and data applications.
The switches ship with the Brocade IronWare software, embedded sFlow per
port, advanced IPv4/IPv6 Ethernet Layer 2 switching, IPv4/IPv6 L3 routing, and
multilayer security services.
The IBM Ethernet r-series switches are designed to support industry-leading
Layer 2 features. To provide self-healing topologies in Layer 2 configurations, the
switches support industry standard Ethernet protocols including Spanning Tree
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Protocol (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP), per VLAN STP (PVST), per VLAN group
STP (PVGST), and Multi-instance Spanning Tree (MSTP). The switches can also
support Brocade Metro Ring Protocol (MRP) for sub-second service restoration in
ring topologies, Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP) for redundant switch
configurations, VLAN topology grouping, and VLAN tunneling for advanced Layer 2
service configurations.
The IBM Ethernet r-series switches are designed to support Layer 3 feature set
for scalable Exterior Gateway and Interior Gateway Protocols (EGP and IGP). The
switches can support a wide array of IPv4 routing protocols including RIPv1/v2,
OSPFv2, BGP-4, and IS-IS. To future-proof the network, support for IPv6 routing
protocols include RIPng, OSPFv3, and BGP-4+.
A scalable, resilient network can be built using IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation for
up to eight links. BPDU Guard and Root Guard support prevent rogue hijacking of
the spanning tree root and maintain a contention-free and loop-free environment,
especially during dynamic network deployments. Additionally, IP SouceGuard can be
configured to prevent IP source address spoofing.
With Brocade Direct Routing (BDR), the Forwarding Information Base (FIB) is
downloaded to the hardware-based forwarding engine on each line module. Policy
Based Routing (PBR) allows customizable routing policies using ACLs. This feature
can be used to balance network usage by controlling the network paths for different
traffic flows.
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and VRRPE enable the switches to
operate as a backup router to other network routers. In the event of a router failure,
the switch can automatically and seamlessly perform the task of the failed router.
The IBM Ethernet r-series switches can help to meet the growing use of streaming
video and voice in a converged network by providing hardware-based support for
a number of multicast protocols including MSDP, PIM-SM, and PIM-DM. This allows
network managers to efficiently deploy next generation multicast applications.
Network administrators can enforce QoS policies based on port, VLAN, source MAC,
ACL rules, IEEE 802.1p priority, Type of Service (ToS), DiffServe settings, or Rate
Limiting status. The wide variety of methods supported can help administrators to
granularly tune traffic according to their needs, such as strict priority for Voice over
IP, video, and high-performance computing applications.
Combinations of Strict Priority (SP) and Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) can provide
flexibility for network administrators. In the event of egress port congestion, traffic
policies can be configured for tail drop or weighted random early detection (WRED)
operation.
Advanced bandwidth management can allow intelligent bandwidth management
using hardware based enforcement of Committed Information Rate (CIR) with
Excess Burst control capabilities and seamless integration with other QoS features.
Wire-speed Access Control Lists (ACL) is designed to control packet forwarding
and restrict access to the system management interface, while providing wirespeed switching and routing. An extensible ACL implementation for Layer 3 and
Layer 4 information identifies traffic based on source or destination IP address,
IP protocol type, TCP or UDP port, IP precedence, or ToS values. Flexible Layer
2 implementation identifies traffic based on source or destination MAC address,
Ethernet type, VLAN-ID values, and 802.1p values.
High priority voice and data traffic flow through the chassis utilizing the high
performance hardware-based QoS features of the switches. Wire-speed security
can be maintained by locking out unauthorized users with port security, by filtering
DoS and unauthorized traffic with ACLs, and by monitoring traffic flows with sFlow.
The switches can allow you to grow from just 24 ports of 10/100/ 1000 at the edge
and up to 1,536 ports of 10/100/ 1000 or 512 ports of 10-Gigabit Ethernet in the
core. A common architecture across the entire series can meet the demands of
enterprise network needs while incorporating resiliency, security, and scalability in
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an architecture designed to scale from the edge to the core to reduce the cost of
ownership.
Optional features
The four slot IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04), eight slot IBM Ethernet Switch
B08R (4003-R08), sixteen slot IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16), and thirtytwo slot IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) models are available with a number
of selectable options. Various Management, Switch Fabric, and Interface Modules
can be installed in each slot, providing flexible connectivity options. Base models
do not include any Interface Modules, and it is recommended that you order at
least one to provide connectivity. You are not required to populate all ports with
transceivers, but ports can only be used with the IBM supplied transceivers specified
in this document.
All base systems include one Management Module and a varying number of
Switch Fabric Modules and power supplies to support full throughput and power
functionality.
32-slot Management Module (#1651): The 32-slot Management Module
(#1651) controls the IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) hardware components,
runs the networking protocols, and provides the Real Time Operating System
(RTOS). Each 4003-R32 chassis requires one management module and can accept
a second one for redundancy. Each management module contains two PCMCIA slots
(requires #8710 for usage), a console port, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port for
management.
4/8/16-slot Management Module (#1652): The 4/8/16-slot Management
Module (#1652) controls the IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04), IBM Ethernet
Switch B08R (4003-R08), and IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16) hardware
components, runs the networking protocols, and provides the Real Time Operating
System (RTOS). Each 4003-R04, 4003-R08, or 4003-R16 chassis requires
one management module and can accept a second one for redundancy. Each
management module contains two PCMCIA slots (requires #8710 for usage), a
console port, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port for management.
8/16-slot Switch Fabric Module (#1653): The 8/16-slot Switch Fabric Module
(#1653) for the IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08) and IBM Ethernet Switch
B16R (4003-R16) chassis switches data packets between interface modules
installed within the same chassis. The 4003-R08 accommodates three switch fabric
modules with two required for full throughput plus one redundant. The 4003-R16
accommodates four switch fabric modules with three required for full throughput
plus one redundant.
4-slot Switch Fabric Module (#1654): The 4-slot Switch Fabric Module (#1654)
for the IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04) chassis switches data packets
between interface modules installed within the same chassis. The 4003-R04
accommodates three switch fabric modules with two required for full throughput
plus one redundant.
4-port Ethernet Module 10 GbE (XFP) (#1661): The 4-port Ethernet Module 10
GbE (XFP) (#1661) interface module allows the IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003R04), IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003R16), and IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) to connect to other network
devices at a fixed speed of 10 Gbps. Each physical port requires a qualified XFP
transceiver for connectivity.
16-port Ethernet Module 10 GbE (SFP+) (#1662): The 16-port Ethernet
Module 10 GbE (SFP+) (#1662) interface module allows the IBM Ethernet Switch
B04R (4003-R04), IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), IBM Ethernet Switch
B16R (4003-R16), and IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) to connect to other
network devices at a fixed speed of 10 Gbps. Each physical port requires a qualified
SFP+ transceiver for connectivity.
24-port Ethernet Module 10/100/1000 MbE (RJ45) (#1663): The 24-port
Ethernet Module 10/100/1000 MbE (RJ45) (#1663) interface module allows the
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IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04), IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), IBM
Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16), and IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) to
connect to other network devices at an auto-sensing and auto-negotiated speed of
10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps. Each physical port provides connectivity through an
RJ-45 connector.
48-port Ethernet Module 10/100/1000 MbE (MRJ-21) (#1664): The 48-port
Ethernet Module 10/100/1000 MbE (MRJ-21) (#1664) interface module allows the
IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04), IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), IBM
Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16), and IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) to
connect to other network devices at an auto-sensing and auto-negotiated speed
of 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps. There are eight physical ports with Mini RJ-21
(MRJ21) connectors that each support six 10/100/1000 MbE ports each. A cable
with a MRJ21 connector breaking out into six individual RJ-45 connectors can be
used to connect to each of the eight physical MRJ21 ports to support a total of 48x
10/100/1000 MbE connections from this interface module.
For information on available products, and where to buy MRJ21 cabling and patch
panels, contact your IBM representative or visit
24-port Ethernet Module 100/1000 MbE (SFP) (#1665): The 24-port Ethernet
Module 100/1000 MbE (SFP) (#1665) interface module allows the IBM Ethernet
Switch B04R (4003-R04), IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), IBM Ethernet
Switch B16R (4003-R16), and IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32) to connect to
other network devices at an auto-negotiated speed of 100 Mbps or 1 Gbps. Each
physical port requires a qualified SFP transceiver for connectivity.
4003-R32 Firmware Upgrade Renewal, one year (#7090): The initial purchase
of an IBM Ethernet Switch B32R includes one year of firmware upgrade entitlement.
This feature provides you with one additional year of renewal for upgrades included
in future releases of the IronWare firmware. You are not eligible to access new
features and functions without the purchase of this feature.
4003-R16 Firmware Upgrade Renewal, one year (#7091): The initial purchase
of an IBM Ethernet Switch B16R includes one year of firmware upgrade entitlement.
This feature provides you with one additional year of renewal for upgrades included
in future releases of the IronWare firmware. You are not eligible to access new
features and functions without the purchase of this feature.
4003-R08 Firmware Upgrade Renewal, one year (#7092): The initial purchase
of an IBM Ethernet Switch B08R includes one year of firmware upgrade entitlement.
This feature provides you with one additional year of renewal for upgrades included
in future releases of the IronWare firmware. You are not eligible to access new
features and functions without the purchase of this feature.
4003-R04 Firmware Upgrade Renewal, one year (#7093): The initial purchase
of an IBM Ethernet Switch B04R includes one year of firmware upgrade entitlement.
This feature provides you with one additional year of renewal for upgrades included
in future releases of the IronWare firmware. You are not eligible to access new
features and functions without the purchase of this feature.
Transceivers
You must install a SFP, SFP+, or XFP transceiver into each Gigabit Ethernet and 10
Gigabit Ethernet capable SFP, SFP+, or XFP port you want to use. Only IBM supplied
transceivers can be used to populating the ports on these products.
XFP Transceiver 10GB Copper 15m CX4 (#2101): Provides passive 10 Gbps
XFP transceiver (10GBASE-CX4) capable of 15 m over appropriate CX4-grade copper
cables. Receives LC connector.
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XFP Transceiver 850nm 300m MMF (#2110): Provides 10 Gbps Short-Reach
(850 nm) XFP transceiver (10GBASE-SR) capable of 300 m over multimode fiber
with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
XFP Transceiver 1310nm 10Km SMF (#2111): Provides 10 Gbps Long-Reach
(1310 nm) XFP transceiver (10GBASE-LR) capable of 10 km over single-mode fiber
with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
XFP Transceiver 1550nm 40Km SMF (#2112): Provides 10 Gbps Extended
Reach (1550 nm) XFP transceiver (10GBASE-ER) capable of 40 km over single-mode
fiber with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
SFP+ Transceiver 10 GbE SR 300m MMF (#2130): Provides 10 Gbps ShortReach (850 nm) SFP+ transceiver (10GBASE-SR) capable of 300m over multimode
fiber. Receives LC connector.
SFP+ Transceiver 10 GbE LR, 10Km SMF (#2131): Provides 10 Gbps LongReach (1310 nm) SFP+ transceiver (10GBASE-LR) capable of 10 km over singlemode fiber. Receives LC connector.
SFP Transceiver 1GE Copper RJ-45 (#2202): Provides passive 1 Gbps SFP
transceiver (1000BASE-T) capable of 100 m over CAT5 or higher cabling with copper
RJ-45 connector.
SFP Transceiver 1GE SX MMF w/OM (#2211): Provides 1 Gbps Short
wavelength (850 nm) SFP transceiver (1000BASE-SX) capable of 550 m over
multimode fiber with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
SFP Transceiver 1GE LX SMF w/OM (#2212): Provides 1 Gbps Long wavelength
(1310 nm) SFP transceiver (1000BASE-LX) capable of 10 km over single-mode fiber
with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
SFP Transceiver 1GE LHA SMF w/OM (#2213): Provides 1 Gbps Extra Long
wavelength (1550 nm) SFP transceiver (1000BASE-LHA) capable of 70 km over
single-mode fiber with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
SFP Transceiver 100MbE MMF w/OM (#2216): Provides 100 Mbps Short
wavelength (1310 nm) SFP transceiver (100BASE-FX) capable of 2 km over
multimode fiber with optical monitoring capabilities. Receives LC connector.
MID-Mount Rack mount kit 4-slot (#5900), 8-slot (#5901), and 16-slot
(#5902):
The IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003-R04) and IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003R08) have fixed front mount brackets. The IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16)
has adjustable mounting brackets. These options (#5900, #5901, and #5902)
provide additional mounting brackets that can be installed on the chassis to do a
mid-mount installation.
2400 W ac power supply 32-slot, 200-240 V ac (#8651): The 2400 W ac
power supply 32-slot, 200-240 V ac (#8651) provides power supplies for the IBM
Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32). The 4003-R32 accommodates eight 2400 W ac
power supplies with four required plus four redundant. This power supply is hot
swappable.
1200 W ac power supply 8/16-slot, 90-264 V ac (#8652): The 1200 W ac
power supply 8/16-slot, 90-264 V ac (#8652) provides power supplies for the IBM
Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16) and IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08). The
4003-R16 accommodates eight 1200 W ac power supplies with four required plus
four redundant. The 4003-R08 accommodates four 1200 W ac power supplies with
two required plus two redundant. This power supply is hot swappable.
1200 W ac power supply 4-slot, 90-264 V ac (#8653): The 1200 W ac power
supply 4-slot, 90-264 V ac (#8653) provides power supplies for the IBM Ethernet
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Switch B04R (4003-R04). The 4003-R04 accommodates three 1200 W ac power
supplies with one required plus two redundant. This power supply is hot swappable.
128 MB PCMCIA ATA flash memory for management modules (#8710):
This feature is a specially formatted flash PCMCIA card for the 32-slot Management
Module (#1651) for the IBM Ethernet Switch B32R (4003-R32), and the 4/8/16slot Management Module (#1652) for the IBM Ethernet Switch B16R (4003-R16),
IBM Ethernet Switch B08R (4003-R08), and IBM Ethernet Switch B04R (4003R04). The flash card can store up to 128 MB of system files, including boot images,
startup configuration files, and running configuration files. As a result, system
management tasks such as copying files between the flash card and flash memory
on the Management Module can also be performed.
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