IBM SAN32M-2 User's Manual
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1. This document could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors IBM may make changes improvements or alterations to the products programs and services described in this document including termination of such products programs and services at any time and without notice Any statements regarding IBM s future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only The information contained in this document is current as of the initial date of publication only and is subject to change without notice IBM shall have no responsibility to update such information TSDO1257 USEN OO2. Rapidly growing Fibre Channel SAN infrastructures place a premium on rack space The IBM TotalStorage SAN32M 2 fabric switch uses SFP LC optical connectors and advanced pack aging that requires only one rack unit 1U height for 32 ports The SAN32M 2 switch is also tabletop stackable IBM TotalStorage SAN32M 2 at a glance Product characteristics Product number Base fabric switch Fibre Channel interfaces Optical transceivers Fans and power supplies Hot swap components Rack support Non rack Support Management software Servers supported Operating systems supported Storage products supported Fibre Channel switches supported Fibre optic cable Warranty standard Optional features 2026 432 IBM TotalStorage SAN32M 2 fabric switch with 32 ports 16 ports activated 16 shortwave 4 Gbps SFP transceivers dual power supplies and PDU jumper cords EFCM Basic Install Wizards Open Systems Management Server and Preferred Path software E Port amp _Port FE Port 4 Gbps shortwave SFPs 2 Gbps longwave SFPs Dual IBM CE replaceable power supplies with integrated cooling SFP optical transceivers power supplies 19 inch 1RU industry standard rack with Rack Mount Kit feature Desktop installation is Supported country specific power cords must be ordered EFCM Basic Install and Backup Restore Wizards IBM server xSeries servers and other Intel processor based servers IBM server pSeries servers and
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4. Designed for high performance scalable and simple to use medium to enterprise SAN environments IBM TotalStorage SAN32M 2 fabric switch a a a ea oy ea a a a ae a High density design with 32 ports in an efficient 1RU height helps save rack space Highlights E Simple to use SAN switch with ease of installation and ease of use features designed specifically for the needs of medium sized and enterprise environments Foundation for new infrastruc ture simplification and business continuity solutions for servers running Microsoft Windows UNIX Linux NetWare and OS 400 AIX z OS operating systems E High performance 1 2 and 4 Gigabit per second links with pay as you grow FlexPort scal ability enables growth from 16 to 24 to 32 ports E Designed for high availability with hot swappable dual power supplies and HotCAT online code activation IBM TotalStorage SMB solutions The IBM TotalStorage SAN32M 2 fab ric switch is designed specifically to address the needs of medium sized and enterprise SAN environments It can be used to create a wide range of high performance SAN solutions from simple single switch configurations to larger multi switch configurations which support fabric connectivity and advanced business continuity capabilities Infrastructure simplification solutions for IBM server xSeries iseries pSeries and zSeries servers include storage consolidati
5. e high availability switch fabric solutions The SAN32M 2 fabric switch uses advanced application specific integrated circuits ASICs to helo minimize the number of internal components and thus improve reliability The SAN32M 2 switch is designed to provide hot swappable load sharing dual power supplies designed to allow the switch to remain online if one power supply fails Dual power cords allow attachment to separate power sources to help improve availability Hot swappable power supplies with inte grated cooling components help elimi nate downtime for service when replacing a failed component and help reduce or eliminate the risk of erro neously cabling a replacement switch because of a simple component failure Failed power supplies require IBM serv ice or switch replacement and hot pluggable optical transceivers can be replaced without taking the switch Offline FlexPort technology is designed to support switch port upgrades without fabric disruption In addition HotCAT online code activation is designed to allow firmware to be downloaded and activated while the fabric switch remains operational Redundant switches can be deployed for high availability clustering applications Advanced solution management Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager EFCM software is designed to support interconnection of multiple IBM TotalStorage SAN m type switches and directors for the c
6. etails IBM TotalStorage SAN32M 2 at a glance Physical characteristics Height rack mount 4 1 cm 1 6 in 1RU Width 43 7 cm 17 2 in Depth 39 4 cm 15 5 in Weight 6 8 kg 15 0 lbs Operating environment Temperature AO 10410 40 10104 Relative humidity 8 to 80 Electrical requirement Power 90 264 VAC 47 63 Hz For more information Contact your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner or visit ibm com san m_type IBM is not responsible for the performance or interoperability of any non IBM products discussed herein Performance data for IBM and non IBM products and services contained in this document was derived under specific operating and environmental conditions The actual results obtained by any party implementing such products or services will depend on a large number of factors specific to such party s operating environment and may vary significantly IBM makes no representation that these results can be expected or obtained in any implementation of any such products or services MB GB and TB equal 1 000 000 1 000 000 000 and 1 000 000 000 000 bytes respectively where referring to storage capacity Actual storage capacity will vary based upon many factors and may be less than stated Some numbers given for storage capacities give capacity in native mode followed by capacity using data compression technology THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT ANY WARR
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8. ment access to local and remote SAN devices over a secure connection SANtegrity Binding is designed to cre ate multiple layers of access control including port switch and fabric binding Standards based SANtegrity Authentication is designed to force each device in the SAN to prove who they are in order to avoid unauthorized access and unauthenticated devices Preferred Path a standard feature is designed to allow a customer to define routes across a fabric The Preferred Path modifies the behavior of Open Trunking by providing guidance for the balancing function The Preferred Path configuration helos address user prefer ence regarding exit port assignment but is subject to the standard rules regard ing the Fabric Shortest Path First FSPF protocol Full Volatility feature is designed to support high security environments which require no customer data be retained after power off Full Volatility is designed to configure a switch or direc tor so that no frame data is stored after a power off SAN32M 2 FICON Management Server feature supports management of the SAN32M 2 switch using System Automation for z OS and System Automation for OS S90 and zSeries 900 servers IBM 90382 ESCON director is a type of dynamic in band management System Automation for Z OS or OS 390 is designed to con currently manage IBM 9032 ESCON directors as well as MCDATA FICON directors High port density rack space savings
9. o maintain application access to data The SAN32M 2 is an excellent switch to use in a clustered server environ ment Separate SAN switches enable two separate SAN fabrics which are desirable as a means to help minimize or eliminate single points of failure The yellow and green clusters shown above provide redundant components at every level and are designed to help minimize application outages Business continuity solution Many small and medium sized compa nies want to implement a business con tinuity or remote backup capability to helo address strict new regulatory requirements The SANS2M 2 fabric switch can help provide the SAN con nectivity required for these environ ments The diagram on the following page is intended to represent two dif ferent sites The blue side represents the production site and the green side represents the remote or backup site Many disk subsystems including the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 and DS4000 series are capable of copying data toa remote location The data path for the remote copy operation is represented by the red links in the diagram Two SAN32M 2 fabric switches can be connected over metro distances up to 10 km using longwave SFP optical transceivers Longer distances can be supported with SAN routers such as the IBM TotalStorage SANO4M R and SAN16M R which transport Fibre Channel Protocol FCP over Internet Protocol IP networks without merging the local and remote fab
10. on and high availability server clustering with IBM TotalStorage disk storage arrays Business continuity solutions include data protection with IBM TotalStorage tape libraries and devices and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager data protection software A single SAN32M 2 switch can serve as the cornerstone of a Storage Area Network for those who want the bene fits of storage consolidation and are just beginning to implement Fibre Channel storage systems Such an entry level configuration can consist of one or two Fibre Channel links to a disk storage array or to an LTO tape drive An entry level 16 port storage consolida tion solution can support up to 15 servers with a single path to either disk or tape The FlexPort feature is designed to enable a base switch to grow to 16 ports in eight port incre ments to Support more servers and more storage devices without taking the switch offline A high availability solution can be cre ated with redundant switches This Capability is ideal for server clustering environments Such a configuration can support from 14 to 30 servers each with dual Fibre Channel adapters cross connected to redundant SAN3B2M 2 switches which are cross connected to a dual controller storage system While the SANS2M 2 can be the foun dation of medium sized SANs it can be configured to participate as a full mem ber in a tier enterprise SAN with other members of the IBM TotalStorage SAN m type famil
11. ple SAN is depicted in the following diagram The SAN32M 2 was designed specifi cally for use as the SAN switch in this type of configuration It is easy to install and easy to manage The tan green and blue servers represent heteroge neous server types which are members of the same SAN and share capacity of the large disk system The SANS2M 2 can be upgraded to 32 ports and is future ready to support 4 Gbps servers and storage devices as they are intro duced Its flexible design allows partici pation with other SAN m type switches in fabrics that evolve as requirements change And it supports advanced functions to help enable participation in complex fabrics including cascaded switches and ISL trunks High availability SAN configuration Many applications require continuous operation A common design approach to achieve that objective is to run multi ole instances of the application across a cluster of servers When a server fails or must be taken offline for mainte nance a backup server is available to help continue operation with a minimum of impact Redundant paths to data are usually configured in a clustered server environment for the same reasons in an effort to helo maintain access to data Each server is configured with redun dant Host Bus Adapters Each Host Bus Adapter is connected to a different SAN switch and each switch is con nected to a different controller in a disk system Every effort is made t
12. pport scalable switch upgrades The FlexPort feature provides an activation key and eight shortwave SFPs which upgrade the switch in eight port increments while helping avoid fabric disruption The ability to increase switch capacity while maintain ing service helps customers implement a pay as you grow strategy while mini mizing impact to applications High performance The SANS2M 2 switch provides 4 Gbps performance on all ports when paired with storage system hardware that sup ports 4 Gbps throughput Each port auto negotiates to 4 2 Gbps or 1 Gbps full duplex depending on the capabilities of the attached device or switch Up to 256 Gbps aggregate throughput is possible with 32 port configurations Network performance can be enhanced with the Open Trunking feature which automatically balances performance throughout a network while helping minimize storage administrators involvement Open Trunking is designed to optimize the total throughput between two switches automatically by redirecting traffic from high utilization links to links with available bandwidth Open Trunking is designed to continu ously monitor loads on all links detect congestion and automatically balance traffic across available ISLs without operator interaction Based on constant traffic monitoring Open Trunking acts to help improve throughput and reroute traffic efficiently High availability Medium sized and enterprise busi nesses requir
13. reation of tiered enterprise SAN solutions EFCM soft ware with a 1U rack mount manage ment server separately orderable products is designed to centralize the management of multiple distributed switches and directors in an enterprise wide Fibre Channel fabric The SAN32M 2 Element Manager feature is designed to enable tiered enterprise to edge EFCM management of SAN32M 2 switches when intercon nected with multiple IBM TotalStorage SAN m type switches and directors in a tiered enterprise SAN solution Open System Management Server OSMS a standard feature is an ANSI American National Standards Institute based capability that supports SAN management software from vendors such as VERITAS Tivoli and BMC OSMS is designed to extend the switch s capability to include in band management with an open systems host based application and to allow the fabric switch and devices attached to it to be discovered or seen ina fabric through a framework software application SANtegrity Enhanced Security Suite feature is designed to help enhance business continuity by reduc ing the impact of human influences on networked data The feature includes SANtegrity Binding and SANtegrity Authentication SANtegrity Zoning a standard capabil ity of Enterprise Operating System E OS provides hardware enforced world wide name WWN and port zon ing SANtegrity Secure Management Zone SMZ is designed to secure man age
14. rics SAN32M 2 fabric switches can also be used to connect two locations to enable remote data backup An Information Lifecycle Management ILM application such as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM which runs on a server in the production site can write data to a tape system at a remote location The same distance capabilities are available for the business continuity solution described above First time SAN users characteristics Easy to install and maintain The SANS2M 2 includes capabilities designed to make it easy to install and easy to maintain for system administra tors who have minimal experience with SAN components EFCM Basic pro vides intuitive graphic switch manage ment capabilities Installation and backup restore wizards are included for novice users which are designed to help guide them through switch setup and operation EFMC Basic formerly SANpilot is designed for first time SAN users with minimum SAN expertise EFCM Basic can help simplify monitoring and config uration management Functions include Web browser access fabric and switch configuration management port activity monitoring and reset firmware updat ing event logging diagnostics and online help Whether you have a single switch or a small fabric to manage EFCM Basic capabilities and functional ity can help simplify management of your SAN solution Pay as you grow scalability The FlexPort Expansion feature is designed to su
15. selected Sun and HP servers IBM server iSeries and selected AS 400 servers IBM server zSeries and selected S 390 servers Microsoft Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux Advanced Server SUSE LINUX SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server SLES United Linux Novell NetWare OS 400 AIX z OS IBM TotalStorage DS8000 DS6000 and Enterprise Storage Server IBM TotalStorage DS4000 and FAStT storage servers IBM TotalStorage 3580 3588 3590 and 3592 tape drives IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader IBM TotalStorage 3494 3582 3583 amp 3584 tape libraries amp 3588 tape drive IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller SVC amp SAN File System SFS IBM TotalStorage SAN m type switches routers and directors Other switches and directors manufactured by McDATA Fibre optic cables are available in various lengths in single mode and multi mode formats 1 year Customer Replaceable Unit CRU Service IBM On site Repair warranty service upgrades are available 8 Port FlexPort Expansion Kit with eight shortwave 4 Gbps SFPs 8 Port FlexPort Expansion Kit with eight longwave 2 Gbps SFPs Base Switch Conversion Kit with sixteen longwave 2 Gbps SFPs 2 Gbps longwave SFP transceiver SAN32M 2 Element Manager SAN32M 2 SANtegrity Enhanced SAN32M 2 Open Trunking SAN32M 2 Full Volatility SAN32M 2 FICON Management Server Refer to ibm com totalstorage san m_type for the most current and complete d
16. y This capability helos pro vide investment protection as SAN requirements evolve and grow over time Simple SAN configuration The introduction of large capacity high availability storage systems offers new opportunities for cost reduction through storage consolidation and infrastruc ture and management simplification In older environments each server accessed its own dedicated storage Capacity using either internal disks that were contained within the server or disks which were part of an external system attached exclusively to that server It has become difficult to sustain that approach as both the requirement for storage capacity and the number of servers has increased Storage consoli dation is a fundamental objective of infrastructure simplification and is based on the philosophy that it is easiest to share and manage capacity contained in a large capacity high performance and high availability external storage system such as provided by the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 and DS6000 series Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks SANs were developed to orovide efficient high performance access from many servers to many storage devices While it is possible in small environ ments to direct connect servers to external storage systems using fibre channel links it is more common to configure a SAN switch between the servers and the storage system to enable multiple servers to share the same storage capacity This sim
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