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McDATA Sphereon Fibre Channel Switch Model 4500
The IBM 2031 McDATA Sphereon “Core to Edge” 4500 Fibre Channel Switch Model 224 provides
storage consolidation using a high availability and high-port density 1-U high design. The McDATA
Sphereon 4500 offers up to 24 non-blocking ports (longwave or shortwave transceivers), providing 1
Gbps and 2 Gbps FC-AL and Fabric (FC-SW) operation. The ports are auto-sensing and
auto-negotiating, and can be purchased in 8-port increments. The McDATA Sphereon 4500 provides
integrated support for full Fabric and FC-AL tape attachment to McDATA core fabric switches and
directors. The McDATA Sphereon 4500 is a 1U unit that can be mounted in the McDATA Fabricenter
FC-512 Cabinet (IBM 2032-C40), IBM racks (IBM 7014), or industry standard 19-inch racks.
Highlights:
2 Gb Fibre Channel, auto-sense for connection to 1 Gb
Eight-, 16-, or 24-port, Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)
LC connections
For use with the iSeries #2765, #2766, #2787 and #5704 PCI-X Fibre Channel Tape Controller (LC
Duplex)
Open trunking, a feature of McDATA, is currently not supported on iSeries servers.
Longwave SFP transceivers
Flex-port additional 8-port enablement
Base unit with 16 SW SFP ports enabled
Base unit with 24 SW SFP ports enabled
Sphereon Product Manager
50 micron SC/SC cable coupler
10 m 50 micron LC/SC fibre cable
10 m 50 micron LC/LC fibre cable
Minimum operating system level: OS/400 V5R2
For detailed device and server support details, see:
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/san/mcdata4500/SM4500.pdf
Withdrawn from IBM Marketing on 28 October 2004; replaced by 2026-224.
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