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The IBM SAN Fibre Channel Switch can be used to attach the following SAN and
storage products:
• IBM SAN Data Gateway with the IBM Enterprise Storage Server, the IBM
Versatile Storage Server, or the IBM Magstar and Magstar MP tape libraries
• IBM SAN Data Gateway Router with supported IBM tape products
• IBM Fibre Channel RAID Storage Server
• IBM Netfinity Fibre Channel RAID Controller Unit
• IBM Netfinity Fibre Channel Hub
For more information about this device, see Netfinity Tape Solutions, SG24-5218.
2.3.4 IBM SAN Data Gateway Router
Figure 20. SAN Data Gateway Router
The IBM SAN Data Gateway Router provides conversion from Fibre Channel to
Ultra SCSI. It has one SWL Fibre Channel port and two SCSI ports. These can be
either differential or single-ended. The router can be used as a desktop model, or
as a rack-mounted unit. In this case, it can be mounted in a Netfinity 9306 rack.
Its main usage is to provide integration of tape libraries, both DLT and Magstar, to
aSAN.
For more information about this device, see Netfinity Tape Solutions, SG24-5218.
2.3.5 Netfinity Fibre Channel RAID Controller Unit
The Netfinity Fibre Channel RAID Controller Unit (part 35261RU or SFCU1xx in
EMEA where xx is the country code) is a rack-mounted device that connects to
and controls disks installed in Netfinity EXP10 and EXP15 storage enclosures.
As shown in Figure 21, it features redundant hot-swappable power supplies and
fans, and with the optional Netfinity Fibre Channel Failsafe RAID Controller
(01K7296), hot-swappable redundant RAID controller cards. The unit has 128 MB
of cache, which is protected by battery backup.
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