Table 3. WAN throughput licensing (continued)
Product
configuration FC ports Ethernet ports
WAN rate
limiting
Approximate
application
throughput
Medium
configuration
(Base + WAN
Rate Upgrade 1)
24 16-Gbps ports 16 1/10 GbE
ports
10 Gbps 30 Gbps (see
note above)
Max
configuration
(Base + WAN
Rate Upgrade 1
and WAN Rate
Upgrade 2)
24 16-Gbps ports 16 1/10 GbE +
two 40-GbE
ports
Unlimited 80 Gbps (see
note above)
v Two base unit SKUs:
– One SKU with SWL SFPs (Enterprise Bundle and Advanced Extension are
included)
– One SKU with LWL SFPs (Enterprise Bundle and Advanced Extension are
included)
v Streamlined feature licensing:
– The SAN42B-R uses common licenses with other midrange products (for
example, SAN48B-5) for IR and CUP.
– A new SKU for Advanced Acceleration for FICON license on the SAN42B-R is
introduced
v All ports and interfaces on the switch are active except for the 40 GE interfaces.
The 40 GE interfaces are enabled as part of WAN Rate Upgrade 2.
Available licenses
The following features are available with the purchase of a specific license key for
the SAN42B-R
v Integrated Routing (IR)
v Advanced Acceleration for FICON
v FICON CUP
v WAN Rate Upgrade 1
v WAN Rate Upgrade 2
For information on these features, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.
Port side of the switch
The port side (see Figure 1 on page 4) includes the system power and status LEDs,
USB port, Ethernet management port, console port, serial number pull-out tab, and
Fibre Channel ports and FCIP ports.
Chapter 1. Overview of the SAN42B-R switch 3