Technical Specifications

The following tables highlight the features and specifications for the IBM SAN512B-8 Director.

System Specifications

System Component Description
Enclosure IBM SAN512B-8 Director: 12 blade slots, 14U rack-mountable chassis; 27–31 in. and 22–27 in. rail kits for the four-post rack.
Control processor Redundant (active/standby) control processor blades.
Scalability For scalability support, refer to the Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines for Fabric OS.
Performance
  • 10GbE line speed, full duplex
  • 16G line speed, full duplex
  • 25GbE line speed, full duplex
  • 32G line speed, full duplex
  • 50GbE line speed, full duplex
  • 64G line speed, full duplex
  • 100GbE line speed, full duplex
  • 128G line speed, full duplex

Autosensing of 16, 32, 64, and 128G port speeds depending on the transceiver used. Speed matching between 16, 32, 64, and 128G port speeds.
Slot bandwidth 6.1Tb/s (data rate)
Local switching bandwidth 6.1Tb/s (data rate)
Chassis bandwidth IBM SAN512B-8 Director: 62Tb/s per chassis (384 locally switched device ports with a 128G data rate plus 16 Gen 8 ICLs).
X8 UltraScale ICL Ports

Brocade X8 UltraScale ICL ports connect over optical cables in the following manner:

  • Brocade X8 Gen 8 100m OSFPs require MPO-16 fiber cable connectors and multimode ribbon fiber cable, limited to 100 meters at Gen 8 ICL data rate.
  • Gen 7 ICL to Gen 8 ICL require OSFP-to-QSFP breakout cable connectors.
  • The OSFP connector has 16 lanes in a row; the Gen 8 ICL OSFP uses all 16 lanes.
  • Plug orientation does not matter as the plug is polarized. The patch cables must be female-female and key-up to key-up orientation (Type B).
ISL trunking Can use up to eight ports in a trunk group to form a 1024Gb/s trunk.
Power inlet 3000W AC/DC power supply. C20 input connector.
Power supplies: IBM SAN512B-8 Director Up to six modular, hot-swappable 3000W AC power supplies (100–240 VAC autosensing), 3+3 or N+N redundancy. See Power Supply Requirements for details on the minimum power supplies required for operation and redundancy.
Cooling IBM SAN512B-8 Director: Three fan assemblies, non port-side exhaust or intake, for 2+1 redundancy. Each assembly contains four fans for a total of 12. The system requires 11 out of 12 functioning fans for operation. One fan assembly can be hot-swapped, but must be replaced within 10 minutes.
System architecture Nonblocking-shared memory.
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload.
Frame buffers 40,000 per ASIC.
Port types
  • CR128-8 CR blades: E_Port, EX_Port, and D_Port.
  • FC128-48 port blades: F_Port, E_Port, Ethernet port, EX_Port, M_Port, SIM, and D_Port. Self-discovery is based on switch type (U_Port) with an optional port type control.
Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast.
Media types For current information on qualified transceivers supported by this device, refer to the Brocade Transceiver Support Matrix and the resources on the Brocade Transceiver Modules webpage. These resources include transceiver product briefs.
USB One USB port per control processor for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload or download.
Fabric services BB Credit Recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (Default Zoning, Port/WWN Zoning, Peer Zoning); Congestion Signaling; Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Fabric Performance Impact Notification (FPIN); Fabric Vision; FDMI; FICON CUP; Flow Vision; F_Port Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Decommission/Fencing; QoS; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Name Server; Target-Driven Zoning; Traffic Optimizer; Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); VMID and AppServer.
FICON FICON cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (IBM z/ OS Global Mirror and Read/Write Tape Pipelining).
Inter-chassis link (ICL) Chassis-to-chassis linkage through connectors on the ICL blade.

Fibre Channel

System Component Description
Fibre Channel ports

Up to 384 128G ports, universal FC (E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port, D_Port, FICON).

FC128-48 port blades provide up to 192 100GbE Ethernet ports, which reduces the FC port count.
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (interswitch frames).
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface standard (FC-PH).
Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW 5.0.
Switching capacity An aggregate switching capacity of 20.4 billion frames per second, 384-port chassis.

LEDs

System Component Description
Port status Bicolor (green and amber) Fibre Channel port LED on port blades displaying nine different states based on port activity and status.
Blade power and status Unicolor (green) LED displaying the power-off and power-on condition. Unicolor (amber) LED displaying four different states based on blade operation.
CP blade status

Unicolor (green) Ethernet link status LED displaying two different states depending on link operation. Unicolor (green) Ethernet link activity LED displaying two different states depending on link operation.

Unicolor (blue) control processor (CP) LED displaying two different states depending on active or standby status.

Unicolor (bright white) LED illuminates to indicate blade location (beacon).
Fan status

Unicolor (green) LED displaying the power-off and power-on condition.

Unicolor (amber) LED with CLI displaying four different states based on fan operation.
Power supply status Unicolor (green) LED with CLI displaying nine different states based on power-supply operation.

Management Connectors

System Component Description
RJ-45 connector For the 1000 Ethernet management port and 10GbE Ethernet port on control processor (CP) blades.

Weight and Physical Dimensions

Model Height Width Depth Weight (Empty) Weight (Fully Loaded)
IBM SAN512B-8 Director

61.8 cm

24.3 in.

44.2 cm

17.4 in.

68.7 cm

27 in.

45.2 kg

99.6 lb

116.8 kg

257.5 lb

Weight includes all blades and six power supplies.
Blade Description Height Length Depth Weight
CPX8 blade Control processor blade.

4.4 cm

1.7 in.

16.3 cm

6.4 in.

30.0 cm

11.8 in.

1.6 kg

3.5 lb
CR128-8 blade Core routing blade for the IBM SAN512B-8 Director. 13.2 cm 5.2in.

58.2 cm

22.9 in.

39.6 cm

15.6 in.

7 kg

15.4 lb
ICLX8-8 blade (without media) Inter-chassis link (ICL) blade.

4.4 cm

1.7 in.

23.9 cm

9.4 in.

30.0 cm

11.8 in.

2.4 kg

5.3 lb
FC128-48 port blade (without media) 48-port Brocade port blade.

4.7 cm

1.9 in.

42.3 cm

16.6 in.

30.0 cm

11.8 in.

3.95 kg

8.70 lb

Environmental Requirements

Condition Operational Nonoperational (Storage)
Ambient temperature 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) at sea level –25°C to 70°C (–13°F to 158°F)
Relative humidity (noncondensing) 5% to 93% at 40°C (104°F) with a maximum gradient of 10% per hour 10% to 93% at 70°C (158°F)
Altitude (above sea level) 0 to 3000m (10,000 feet) 0 to 12,000m (40,000 feet)
Shock 10G, 11 ms, half-sine wave 20G, 11 ms, half-sine wave
Vibration

Random vibration is 5–10Hz @ +5dB/ Oct; 10–200 Hz @ 0.0005 G2Hz;

200–500 Hz @ –5dB/Oct; Scale 0.5 Grms

Random vibration is 3–10Hz @ +5dB/ Oct; 10–200 Hz @ 0.0065 G2Hz;

200–500 Hz @ –5dB/Oct; Scale 1.12 Grms
Air flow   N/A
Operating noise IBM SAN512B-8: 69.3 dB N/A

Power Supply Specifications (Per PSU)

Power Supply Model Maximum Output Power Rating (DC) Output Power vs. Input Voltage Input Line Frequency Maximum Input Current Input Line Protection Maximum Inrush Current
FRU numbers: 3000W 1434W Output 50–60 Hz 16A Line & <50A peak for < 10 ms
  • XBR-X8-RACNPIPSU-0104
  • XBR-X8-RACNPEPSU-0104
  

100–120 VAC

(nominal)

90–132 VAC (range)

2936W Output 200–240

 (nominal)   neutral fused

at cold or warm start. 25A peak for cycles 10 ms to 150 ms.

Less than fuse rating for > 150 ms.
    VAC (nominal)        
    180–264 VAC (range)        

Power Supply Requirements

The minimum number of power supplies needed in your system for operation and to achieve redundancy depends on the blade and port configuration and on the AC input voltage level:

  • N is the minimum number of power supplies to operate the configuration.
  • N+N doubles the number of power supplies for full AC input and DC output redundancy
  • N+1 adds an additional power supply for DC output redundancy in the case of a single power supply failure.
Note: N+N redundancy is required to sustain operation in the event of a disruption to one of two power feeds where there is redundancy in a data center.

Although examples for different port and blade configurations are provided, for more information and help with determining the actual number of power supplies for your deployment, contact your local Brocade representative.

Model Name Configured Ports Input Connection Minimum Power Supplies for Operation Number of Power Supplies for Redundancy
Brocade IBM SAN512B-8 Director 384 128G ports and Gen 8 ICLs 100–120 VAC (low line) 5 6 (5+1)
200–240 VAC (high line) 3 6 (N+N)

Power Consumption (Modules)

For blades in the following table:

  • Idle: blade enabled, chips initialized, no optics, ports disabled
  • Typical: blade enabled, optics in 50% of ports, passing line rate
  • Maximum: blade enabled, optics installed, traffic, full-line rate, 64-byte smallest packet, 40° C(104° F) ambient temperature, maximum power for all supported optics
Module Name Module Description Power Consumption
CPX8 Control Processor Blade

Idle = 37W

Typical = 37W Maximum = 39W
CR128-8 Core Routing Blade for IBM SAN512B-8

Idle = 300W

Typical = 518W Maximum = 570W
FC128-48 Brocade 48-Port Blade

Idle = 118W

Typical = 240W Maximum = 323W
ICLX8-8 ICL Blade for IBM SAN512B-8

Idle = 78W

Typical = 168W Maximum = 268W
Fan Assembly Fan Assembly containing four fans

Idle = 95W

Typical = 158W Maximum = 748W

Fibre Channel Data Transmission Ranges

Port Speed (G) Cable Size (Microns) Short Wavelength (SWL) Long Wavelength (LWL) Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL)
16 50

35m (115 ft) (OM2)

100m (328 ft) (OM3)

125m (410 ft) (OM4)

 N/A N/A
62.5 15m (49 ft) N/A N/A
9 N/A 10 km (6.2 miles) 25 km (15.5 miles)
32 50

70m (230 ft) (OM3)

100m (328 ft) (OM4)

 N/A N/A
62.5 10m (32.8 ft) N/A N/A
9 N/A 10 km (6.2 miles) 25 km (15.5 miles)
64 50

70m (230 ft) (OM3)

100m (328 ft) (OM4

and OM5)

 N/A N/A
62.5 N/A N/A N/A
9 N/A 10 km (6.2 miles) 25 km (15.5 miles)
128 50

70m (230 ft) (OM3)

100m (328 ft) (OM4

and OM5)

 N/A N/A
62.5 N/A N/A N/A
9 N/A N/A N/A
Gen 8 ICL OSFP 50

70m (230 ft) (OM3)

100m (328 ft) (OM4)

 N/A N/A
62.5 10m (32.8 ft) N/A N/A
9 2 km (1.24 miles) N/A N/A

Data Port Specifications (Fibre Channel)

Model Port Type Number of Ports Description
Brocade IBM SAN512B-8 Director 128 SFP+ 384 E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight FC128-48 Fibre Channel port blades.
  Gen 8 ICL 64 Fibre Channel ICL ports using two ICLX8-8 blades.

Data Port Specifications (Ethernet)

Ports 24–47 are Ethernet capable and support Ethernet speeds up to 100G.

Model Port Type Number of Ports Description
Brocade IBM SAN512B-8 Director 128G 24 Up to 192 100G Ethernet ports supported with eight FC128-48 port blades.

Class 1M Transceiver Specifications

Specification Standards Approval Description
Class 1M Pass Radiation output and standards information
< 3.1 mW N/A Max output of laser radiation
N/A N/A Pulse duration
840–860 nm N/A Emitted wavelength
IEC 60825-1:2007 IEC 60825-2:A2/2010 Pass The name and publication date of the standard.

Serial Port Specifications (Pinout RJ-45)

Pin Number Signal Description
1 Not supported N/A
2 Not supported N/A
3 UART1_RXD Receive data
4 GND Logic ground
5 GND Logic ground
6 UART1_TXD Transmit data
7 Not supported N/A
8 Not supported N/A

Serial Port Specifications (Protocol)

Parameter Value
Baud 115200
Data bits 8
Parity None
Flow control None Flow control is disabled on customer terminal servers.