IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch H08 2005H08 User Manual

Product codes
2005H08
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Affordable small and medium business fabric switch for
improved efficiency
IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch H08
Highlights
IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch H08
The IBM® TotalStorage® SAN Switch
H08, with next-generation switch 
technology, is designed to provide
improved availability capabilities, fully
non-blocking performance and
advanced intelligence features. The
IBM H08 SAN Switch is well-suited to
address small and medium business
(SMB) customer requirements for infra-
structure simplification and improved
business continuity.
The H08 SAN Switch is designed to be
interoperable with other members of
the IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch fam-
ily. You can configure a wide range of
scalable solutions that help address
SMB demands for affordable, simple to
operate and integrated heterogeneous
open server SANs.
Configuration options
The entry-fabric switch includes eight
universal ports with four shortwave
(500 M at 1 Gbps, 300 M at 2 Gbps)
SFP transceivers. A mixture of four
Entry-fabric switch with
advanced zoning and 
ability to attach to one
IBM TotalStorage® SAN Switch
for Microsoft® Windows NT®,
Windows® 2000 and UNIX
server clustering
Upgradable to full-enterprise
capabilities for use in large
core-to-edge fabrics
Offers 8-port Fibre Channel
switch with wide range of Small
Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)
transceiver features
Improved availability capabili-
ties include hot code activation
and single field replaceable
unit, FRU design
Provides up to 2 Gigabit/sec.
(Gbps) non-blocking 
performance
Uses WEBTOOLS, Fabric
Manager and open fabric inter-
faces which can help simplify
management of small SAN fab-
rics and large core-to-edge
SAN fabrics
Offers advanced fabric service
features such as end-to-end
performance monitoring and
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking
with aggregate speed up to
8 Gbps
Offers Advanced Security fea-
ture with extensive, policy-
based security capabilities
Eight port fabric switch with advanced intelligence that can help simplify management.