Introduction

IBM BladeCenter® Open Fabric includes industry-leading Fibre Channel switch modules that offer an easy way to manage, high performance Fibre Channel networking capabilities for BladeCenter systems-including end-to-end 8Gb technology supported on all chassis. Compatible with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager software, these switch modules from IBM, Cisco, Brocade and Emulex supporting 1Gb, 2Gb, 4Gb and 8Gb rates with as many as 20 ports, provide flexible Fibre Channel networking capabilities designed to help your business run better.

Management features

Switch type

Unmanaged

Ports & interfaces

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity

20

Data transmission

Maximum data transfer rate

8 Gbit/s

Design

Stackable

Y

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

N