• Support for up to 768 4/8/16 Gbps, or 8/16/32 Gbps full line-rate autosensing Fibre Channel ports in a
single chassis
• Support for up to 48 Tbps of Fibre Channel system bandwidth
• Multipathing based on Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
• Ability to dynamically reroute traffic in the event of a switch failure
• Network management through the command-line interface (CLI) and through Data Center Network
Manager (DCNM)
• Extensive security features including RADIUS and TACACS+, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP),
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, and Simple Network Management
Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), VSANs, hardware-
enforced zoning, ACLs, and per-VSAN role-based access control (RBAC)
• Support for virtual SAN (VSAN) technology and inter-VSAN routing (IVR)
• Network services such as access control lists (ACLs) and quality of service (QoS)
• Smart zoning
• Power-on self-test (POST) and diagnostics
• Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote Switched Port Analyzer (RSPAN)
Figure 8 on page 17 shows the IBM c-type SAN Supervisor-1E Module.
Figure 8. IBM Supervisor-1E Module
1. Module retaining screw
2. ID: locator LED
3. Link: management port link status LED
4. MGMT Ethernet: system out of band Ethernet management port
5. ACT: management port packet activity LED
6. Console Serial Port: module serial console port
7. Eject Request: eject request button for USB1 device
8. USB1: usb1 status LED
9. USB1 USB port
10. Slot0: slot0 status LED
11. Eject Request: eject request button for slot0 device
12. Reset: module reset button
13. Module lock release button
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