IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express (249824E)

 
Base fabric switch  IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express switch with 24 ports, 8 ports activated (0 to 7) and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.1.0 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide, CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, small form factor pluggable (SFP) extraction tool, 110 volt power cord for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, Enhanced Group Management (EGM) (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), EZSwitchSetup wizard, Full Fabric (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), Web Tools
 
Fibre Channel interface  E_Port, F_Port, FL_Port and M_Port
 
Optical transceivers  Choice of 8 Gbps (supports 8, 4 and 2 Gbps link speeds) and 4 Gbps (supports 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds) short wave and long wave SFP
 
Fans and power supplies  Dual fans, one power supply
 
Hot-swappable components  SFP optical transceivers
 
Non-rack support  Non-rack installation is supported; country-specific power cords are required and must be ordered
 
Servers supported*  IBM Power Systems, IBM System i® and selected IBM AS/400® servers, IBM System p® and selected IBM RS/6000® servers

IBM System x, selected IBM Netfinity® servers and other Intel® processor-based servers

Select Sun and HP servers

 
 
Operating systems supported*  Microsoft Windows NT®, Windows 2000, Windows 2003

Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Linux Advanced Server

SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

IBM AIX, HACMP™, i5/OS®, OS/400

Other selected operating systems

 
 
Storage Products Supported*  IBM System Storage DS8000®, DS6000™ and DS4000 storage servers

IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server® systems

IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family of storage servers

IBM System Storage N Series NAS Filers and Gateways

IBM TotalStorage 3580, 3588, 3590, and 3592 tape drives

IBM TotalStorage 3494, 3582, 3583 and 3584 tape libraries

IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader

IBM TotalStorage 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1

IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller

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 cord  Jumper cable is included for rack installation; country-specific power cord must be ordered for desktop/standalone installation
 
Warranty  1-year; Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU); warranty service upgrades are available
 
 
 
 
 Optional features  8-Port Activation, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitor, Enterprise Package**, Extended Fabric, Fabric Watch, Full Fabric (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), Trunking Activation, SAO license