Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM c-type SAN Directors
The IBM c-type SAN directors include the SAN768C-6, the SAN384C-6, and the SAN192C-6.
The IBM c-Type Series of Multilayer Directors elevate the standard for director-class switches. It allows
a deployment of high-performance SANs with low cost of ownership, layering a rich set of intelligent
features onto a high-performance, protocol-agnostic switch fabric. The IBM c-Type SAN Directors address
the stringent requirements of large data-center storage environments — Providing high availability,
security, scalability, ease of management, and transparent integration of new technologies.
The IBM c-Type SAN Directors provide the following feature capabilities:
• High SAN performance
• High availability with full redundant components, including fabric cards, supervisors, and power
supplies
• Industry-leading scalability
• Intelligent network features such as virtual SAN technology, ACLs, intelligent frame processing, and
fabric-wide QoS
• Multiprotocols support, including Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), and NVMe over Fabric
This chapter has the following topics:
• “IBM SAN768C-6” on page 1
• “IBM SAN384C-6” on page 2
• “IBM SAN192C-6” on page 2
• “Supported Components ” on page 3
• “Chassis Description” on page 4
• “Supervisor Modules” on page 12
• “Fibre Channel Switching Modules” on page 32
• “SAN Extension Modules” on page 34
• “Fan Modules” on page 36
• “Power Supplies” on page 39
• “Supported Transceivers” on page 43
IBM SAN768C-6
Key product features for the IBM SAN768C-6 device.
The IBM SAN768C-6 is a high-port density switch that is designed to meet the requirements of a large-
scale enterprise data center storage environment. It provides a superior performance, scalability,
redundancy, multiprotocol convergence, and enterprise-grade availability in a data center network
The SAN768C-6 includes the following components:
• An 18 slot chassis
• Two supervisor modules
• 6 crossbar fabric switching modules
• Support for 1 to 16 I/O modules
• Three fan modules
• 12 Power Supply Units are included and support for up to 16 PSUs is available.
The SAN768C-6 delivers the following features:
• Up to 6 x 512 x 16 slots = 49.152-Tbps per chassis Fibre Channel switching bandwidth.
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