Peripherals
400 iSeries Handbook
The Managed Hub is beneficial for you if you are beginning to implement Fibre Channel
connectivity between your host servers and storage systems in a homogeneous server
environment.
3534 Channel Managed Hub Features
The IBM SAN Fibre Channel Managed Hub offers:
• Industry standard Fibre Channel attachment
• High-speed performance using nonblocking switch-based technology
• Simultaneous 100 MB/second full duplex data transfers across all ports
• Eight ports, one that is configured with either a short wave or long wave optical GBIC
(see the details below)
• StorWatch FC Managed Hub Specialist, a Web browser interface for configuration,
management, and service
• Support of industry standard MIBs enabling standard SNMP management
• IBM SystemXtra support services and financing
The Managed Hub is designed for implementing multinode server clusters and storage
systems for high-availability and disaster recovery solutions. Seven ports incorporate fixed
short-wave laser optical media for device interconnection at a maximum distance of 500
meters. A single GBIC slot accommodates an optional GBIC, which supports either
short-wave or long-wave laser fibre optic cabling with a maximum distance of 10 kilometers.
The Managed Hub is an integrated rack mountable component that is serviced as a single
replaceable unit. Included with the Managed Hub is a rack mounting kit, product
documentation, and a power cord for connecting to the Power Distribution Unit (PDU) in the
rack. The Managed Hub installs in an industry standard 19-inch rack. A stand-alone
configuration is an option. In rack-mounted configurations, 1U space and one outlet on the
rack PDU are required. For stand-alone configurations, you must order the country- unique
power cord.
Attachment to host servers and storage systems requires fiber optical cables. The short wave
ports require multimode optical cables, either 50.0/125 micron optical cables for distances up
to 500 meters, or 62.5/125 micron fiber optical cables for distances up to 175 meters. If a long
wave GBIC is used, the required fiber optical cable is a singlemode, 9.0/125 micron cable for
distances up to ten kilometers.
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