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The 2109-M48 is the IBM System Storage SAN256B director, a single-domain machine with up to 384 Fibre Channel ports that can run at 1, 2, 4, 8 or 10 Gbps. It supports FICON, FICON and Fibre Channel intermixing, FICON CUP and FICON cascading, so one chassis can serve both System z and open-systems SANs.
The chassis is 14U with ten slots. Two CP4 control processor blades, built on the Condor ASIC, sit in slots 5 and 6, and the other slots take port blades. FC4-16, FC4-32 and FC4-48 blades are the 4 Gbps options (the FC4-16 carries 16 ports at 1, 2 and 4 Gbps). From Fabric OS v6.1 the director also accepts the 8 Gbps FC8-16, FC8-32 and FC8-48 blades, but 8 Gbps is reached only for switching local to the same 8 Gbps blade.
Two 1000 W power supplies are fitted as standard with room for four, and two are needed for normal operation. Three blower assemblies are standard. The WWN card on the blower side keeps the chassis serial number, the IP address of each CP card slot, the switch configuration and the FRU history logs.
Web Tools, zoning, Fabric Watch, trunking and advanced performance monitoring are standard; Extended Fabric and FICON with CUP activation are optional.
Related b-type parts: the 2499-384 SAN768B, which shares the SAN256B chassis size and the FC8 blades, and the entry 2498-B24 SAN24B-4 switch.
| 2109-M48 Specs | |
| Model | 2109-M48 (IBM System Storage SAN256B) |
| Ports | 16 to 384 |
| Port speeds | 1, 2, 4, 8, 10 Gbps |
| Chassis | 14U, 10 slots |
| Control processors | 2 x CP4 (slots 5 and 6, Condor ASIC) |
| Port blades | FC4-16, FC4-32, FC4-48; FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48 (Fabric OS v6.1 and later) |
| Power supplies | 2 x 1000 W standard, room for 4 |
| Blowers | 3 standard |
| Mainframe | FICON, FICON CUP, FICON cascading |
| Optional software | Extended Fabric, FICON with CUP |