2042-256 CNT FC/9000-256 FC Director

IBM 2042-256 CNT FC/9000-256 FC Director

Frontier offers used and refurbished IBM 2042-256 CNT FC/9000-256 fibre channel directors. The model 256 offers two adjacent 40U cabinets with 32 ports that are expandable to 256 ports.

Contact us today to configure an IBM 2042-256 director or simply request a quote. 866-226-6344

Features

• Scalable growth with 16 to 64, 24 to 128, and 32 to 256 Fibre Channel ports in 8-port increments that are hot-pluggable, allowing non-disruptive upgrades.
• High performance, full duplex, 200 MB/s per port, non-blocking switch performance.
• Choice of 2Gb and 1Gb Fibre Channel port configurations.
• Existing FC/9000 1Gb models can be upgraded to support 2Gb Fibre Channel connections.
• High Availability Option that supports concurrent hardware maintenance with firmware upgrade capability and automatic failover.
• Flexible Fibre Channel attachments include FICON, FCP Fabric, Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) Public and Private Loop, and cascaded Directors.
• CNT-Virtual Storage Networking (IN-VSN) Enterprise Manager that includes Call Home, pager, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) notification if service is necessary. With private LAN attachment, CNT Virtual Storage Networking (IN-VSN(**)) supports multiple FC/9000 Director management with up to 16 clients for remote management.

• The CNT FC/9000 Fibre Channel Director offers Fibre Channel connectivity to:

  Servers:

  • IBM eServer zSeries and selected S/390 servers
  • IBM eServer pSeries and selected RS/6000 servers
  • IBM eServer iSeries and selected As/400 servers
  • IBM eServer xSeries and selected Netfinity servers
  • Selected Sun and HP servers

  Storage Systems:

  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server
  • IBM TotalStorage FAStT Storage Server
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3592
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape System 3590
  • IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library 3494
  • IBM TotalStorage UltraScalable Tape Library 3584
  • IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Scalable Tape Library 3583
  • IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape Library 3582
  • Other selected storage systems