A wide range of IBM System Storage mid-range and enterprise SAN
infrastructure simplification and business continuity solutions can be created
with the IBM System Storage SAN06B-R multiprotocol extension router.
Infrastructure simplification solutions for the IBM Power Systems™ and IBM
System x® families of products include disaster tolerance over metropolitan and
global IP networks with System Storage disk arrays, tape libraries and IBM
Tivoli® Storage Manager data protection software. Separate SAN islands can also
be consolidated using FC routing. Support for IBM System z® servers is provided
via the optional 8 Gbps Advanced Extension and IBM FICON® CUP Activation
features.
Local site infrastructure simplification solutions may be extended to one or
more remote sites for enhanced data protection and disaster tolerance. The IBM
System Storage SAN06B-R multiprotocol extension router provides FCIP and FCIP
Tunneling Service for distance extension, which can enable cost-effective and
manageable metro and global business continuity solutions. This extended
distance connectivity can help create consolidated remote tape vaulting data
protection plus metro mirror and global mirror disk-based, disaster-tolerant
solutions.
Since the introduction of SANs, customers have built multiple SAN networks
(or islands) for different applications, often with fabric switch components
from different manufacturers. Some islands were built by different departments
within a company, while other islands resulted from mergers, acquisitions or
reorganizations. Dissimilar SAN equipment with different capabilities or a
desire to isolate important applications has constrained opportunities for
enhanced infrastructure simplification and vital business continuity solutions.
The optional IBM System Storage SAN06B-R multiprotocol extension router Integrated
Routingfeature can provide Fibre Channel FC-FC Routing Service, which
allows the interconnection of multiple SAN islands without requiring that the
separate fabrics be merged into a single large SAN. This capability can help
create a tiered or extended enterprise SAN infrastructure without having to
redesign or reconfigure the entire environment. The Server Application
Optimization (SAO) license is now available as an optional feature.