IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 SwitchThis IBM® Redbooks® product guide describes the IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 switch. cloud infrastructures and growing flash-based storage environments by delivering market-leading Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and capabilities. SAN64B-6 delivers unmatched 32/128 gigabits per second (Gbps) performance, industry-leading port density, and built-in instrumentation to accelerates data access, drive always-on business, and support data center consolidation in small to large-scale enterprise infrastructures. |
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16 Gbps 32 Gbps ports 64 ports Access Gateway mode airflow options Alerting Policy Suite b-type hotpluggable SFP+ bandwidth built-in instrumentation ClearLink Diagnostic Port configuration dashboards data center consolidation data compression delivers unmatched 32/128 deploy deployment device latency device-level performance enables administrators end-to-end EX_Port F_Port Fabric Vision technology Fibre Channel ports FICON flash-based storage environments Flow Vision Forward Error Correction full duplex Gbps line speed Gbps SWL Gen 6 Fibre IBM Network Advisor IBM Redbooks industry-leading port density Insight and VM International Business Machines IO Insight IOPS metrics ISL Trunking latency and IOPS LC connector license load balancing Monitoring and Alerting non-IBM products non-port side optimize organizations Policy Suite MAPS port speed Q-Flex ports QSFP requires b-type hotpluggable sample programs SAN fabrics SAN64B-6 requires b-type SAN64B-6 switch server SFP+ ports slow drain devices specific Syslog technologies and capabilities Virtual Fabrics virtual machine warranty workloads z/OS zoning