ISL Trunking for the The IBM Flex System™ FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch consolidates ISLs into fault-tolerant and load-balanced trunks with bandwidth of up to 128 Gbps for greater performance and simplified management



The IBM Flex System™ FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch is a high-density, 48-port, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel switch that is used in the IBM Flex System chassis. The switch provides 28 internal ports to compute nodes by way of the midplane, and 20 external SFP+ ports. These SAN switch modules deliver an embedded option for IBM Flex System users deploying storage area networks in their enterprise. They offer end-to-end 16 Gb and 8 Gb connectivity. The N-Port Virtualization mode streamlines the infrastructure by reducing the number of domains to manage while enabling the ability to add or move servers without impact to the SAN. Monitoring is simplified by an integrated management appliance, or clients using end-to-end IBM B-type SAN can exploit the IBM management tools.