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The 2498-F48 is the IBM System Networking SAN48B-5, which IBM identifies as the Brocade 6510. It is a 1U Gen 5 Fibre Channel switch configurable with 24, 36 or 48 ports, scaling in 12-port Ports on Demand steps, with auto-sensing 2, 4, 8 and 16 Gbps ports and a 10 Gbps setting. It needs Fabric OS 7.0 or later.
It has dual hot-swappable redundant power supplies with integrated cooling fans, and IBM offers airflow either as port-side exhaust (the default) or non-port-side exhaust. Universal ports self-configure as E, F, M or D ports, and the switch runs as a full-fabric switch or as an NPIV-enabled Access Gateway.
Fabric features include ISL trunking of up to eight ports into one logical link of up to 128 Gbps, Virtual Fabrics, Dynamic Path Selection, FICON and FICON cascading, and in-flight compression and encryption on up to two ports. Only the first eight ports can be set to 10 Gbps for metro connectivity. Advanced Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, Fabric Watch and Virtual Fabrics are in the base Fabric OS; Extended Fabrics, ISL Trunking, Adaptive Networking and Integrated Routing are optional licenses.
A smaller Gen 5 model is the 2498-F24 SAN24B-5; more switches are under storage systems.
| 2498-F48 Specs | |
| Machine type and model | 2498-F48 |
| IBM name | System Networking SAN48B-5 |
| Brocade equivalent | Brocade 6510 |
| Form factor | 1U |
| Ports | 24, 36 or 48 (Ports on Demand, 12-port steps) |
| Port speeds | 2, 4, 8, 16 Gbps auto-sensing; 10 Gbps setting |
| Minimum software | Fabric OS 7.0 |
| Power | dual hot-swappable supplies with fans |
| ISL trunking | up to 8 ports, 128 Gbps |
| Airflow | port-side exhaust default, non-port-side option |