The Lenovo Flex System™ FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch offerings are Gen 5 Fibre Channel (FC) embedded modules for Lenovo Flex System. With up to 48 ports that operate at 16 and 8 Gbps FC speeds, each module provides up to 28 internal ports to compute nodes through the Flex System midplane and up to 20 external SFP+ ports. The FC5022 SAN switch modules deliver unmatched scalability and flexibility for Flex System users wanting to connect directly into 8 or 16 Gbps FC storage or to an upstream storage area network (SAN). The FC5022 can be configured in the Access Gateway mode using NPIV for simple upstream connectivity or in the Full Fabric more for more advance switching as a part of the larger Fibre Channel fabric. The switch offers end-to-end 16 Gb with backwards compatibility to 8 Gb and 4 Gb to the SAN connectivity. Monitoring and management are simplified using end-to-end Brocade tools, such as Web Tools and the Brocade Network Advisor (BNA).

The Lenovo Flex System™ FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch offerings are Gen 5 Fibre Channel (FC) embedded modules for Lenovo Flex System. With up to 48 ports that operate at 16 and 8 Gbps FC speeds, each module provides up to 28 internal ports to compute nodes through the Flex System midplane and up to 20 external SFP+ ports.

The FC5022 SAN switch modules deliver unmatched scalability and flexibility for Flex System users wanting to connect directly into 8 or 16 Gbps FC storage or to an upstream storage area network (SAN). The FC5022 can be configured in the Access Gateway mode using NPIV for simple upstream connectivity or in the Full Fabric more for more advance switching as a part of the larger Fibre Channel fabric.

The switch offers end-to-end 16 Gb with backwards compatibility to 8 Gb and 4 Gb to the SAN connectivity. Monitoring and management are simplified using end-to-end Brocade tools, such as Web Tools and the Brocade Network Advisor (BNA).

Features and specifications

The FC5022 16 Gb Switches have the following features and specifications:

Internal ports

28 internal full-duplex 16/8 Gb FC ports

Internal ports operate as F_ports (fabric ports) in native mode or in access gateway mode

Two internal full-duplex 1 GbE ports connected to the chassis management module

Support for the 2-port and 4-port FC adapter cards

External ports

20 external ports for 16 Gb or 8 Gb SFP+ transceivers supporting 4 Gb, 8 Gb, and 16 Gb port speeds (supported SFP+ modules are listed in Table 2). Ports are auto-sensing and activated with the Dynamic Ports on Demand feature.

External ports can operate as F_ports (fabric ports) or E_ports (expansion ports) in native mode or as N_ports NPIV (node ports) in Access Gateway mode

One external 1 GbE port (1000BASE-T) with RJ-45 connector for switch configuration and management (IPv4 and IPv6 support)

One RS-232 serial port (mini-USB connector) that provides an additional means to configure the switch module

Access Gateway mode (N_Port ID Virtualization – NPIV) support

Mirror Port (M-Port) allows you to mirror traffic to an external port between a specific host and target

Power-on self-test diagnostics and status reporting

Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking (licensable or included with the 24-port ESB model), which allows up to eight ports (at 16, 8, or 4 Gbps speeds) to combine to form a single, logical ISL with a speed of up to 128 Gbps (256 Gbps full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization, automatic path failover, and load balancing

Fabric OS (FOS) version 7.0.x or higher, which delivers distributed intelligence throughout the network and enables a wide range of value-added applications, such as Advanced Web Tools and Advanced Fabric Services (on certain models)

Supports up to 768 Gbps end-to-end full-duplex aggregated bandwidth

420 million frames switch per second, 0.7 microseconds latency

8192 buffers for up to 3750 km extended distance at 4 Gbps FC (Extended Fabrics license required)

In-flight 64 Gbps FC compression and decompression support on up to two external ports (no license required)

In-flight 32 Gbps encryption and decryption on up to two external ports (no license required)

48 Virtual Channels (VCs) per port

Fabric scalability of up to 239 switches in Full Fabric mode

Port mirroring to monitor ingress or egress traffic from any port within the switch

Two I2C connections able to interface to redundant management modules

Hot pluggable switches in the chassis and SFP+ optical transceivers in the switches

Single fuse circuit

Four temperature sensors

One internal real-time clock

Managed with Web Tools

Supports up to 128 domains in Native mode and Interoperability mode

Full fabric switch mode may be changed to or from Access Gateway mode

Nondisruptive code load in Native mode and Access Gateway (NPIV) mode

255 NPIV N_port logins per physical port

D_port support on external ports (16Gbps SFP+ only)

Class 2 and Class 3 frames Class of Service

Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)

FTP support for firmware upgrades

SNMP/MIB monitoring functionality contained within the Ethernet Control MIB-II (RFC1213-MIB)

UUID put into MIB structure

End-to-end optics and link validation

Ability to send switch events and syslogs to the Chassis Management Module (CMM)

Traps identify cold start, warm start, link up/link down, and authentication failure events

Support for IPv4 and IPv6 on the management ports

Advanced SAN Fabric Services

Bottleneck Detection

Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP)

Dynamic Path Selection (DPS)

Enhanced BB credit recovery

FDMI

Frame Redirection

Frame-based Trunking

FSPF

IPoFC

Management Server

NPIV

NTP v3

Port Fencing

Reliable Commit Service (RCS)

Simple Name Server (SNS)

Software management

HTTPS

SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB)

SSH

Auditing

Syslog

APM

Network Advisor (base edition standard, ProPlus or Enterprise optional license)

Command Line Interface (CLI)

SMI-S compliant

Administrative Domains

Security management

AES-GCM-256 encryption on ISLs

DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices)

FCAP switch authentication

FIPS 140-2 L2-compliant

HTTPS

IPsec

IP filtering

LDAP with IPv6

Port Binding

RADIUS

User-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Secure Copy (SCP)

Secure RPC

SFTP

SSH v2

SSL

Switch Binding

Trusted Switch

Diagnostics

D_Port offline diagnostics (16 Gbps optics only)

Electrical/optical loopback

Link traffic/latency/distance

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics

Environmental monitoring

FCping

Pathinfo (FC traceroute)

Frame viewer

Non-disruptive daemon restart

Port mirroring

Optics health monitoring

Power monitoring

RAS trace logging

Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)

Flex System FC5022 switches come standard with the following software features:

Full Fabric mode: Enables high performance 16 Gb or 8 Gb fabric switching

Access Gateway mode: Leverages NPIV to connect to any fabric without adding switch domains to reduce management complexity

Dynamic Path Selection: Enables exchange-based load balancing across multiple Inter-Switch Links for superior performance

Advanced Zoning: Segments a SAN into virtual private SANs to increase security and availability

Enhanced Group Management: Enables centralized and simplified management of SAN fabrics through Brocade Network Advisor

Server Application Optimization: Allows VM QoS, authentication, and monitoring from SAN through adapter to VM and associated virtualized application

The 24-port ESB model (part number 90Y9356) is a fully enabled switch with a complete set of licensed features that maximizes performance, ensures availability, and simplifies management for the most demanding applications and expanding virtualization environments. The factory-installed licenses include:

ISL Trunking: Consolidates ISLs into fault-tolerant and load-balanced trunks with bandwidth of up to 128 Gbps for greater performance and simplified management

Adaptive Networking: Ensures high-priority connections that obtain the bandwidth necessary for optimum performance

Advanced Performance Monitoring: Provides end-to-end visibility into fabric performance to maximize performance tuning and the utilization of fabric resources

Fabric Watch: Monitors and creates alerts based on the health of switch and fabric elements

Extended Fabrics: Extends Fibre Channel SANs beyond traditional distance limitations for replication and backup at full bandwidth

Fibre Channel standards

The switch supports the following FC standards:

FC-AL-2 INCITS 332: 1999

FC-GS-5 ANSI INCITS 427 (includes the following):

FC-GS-4 ANSI INCITS 387: 2004

FC-IFR INCITS 1745-D, revision 1.03 (under development)

FC-SW-4 INCITS 418:2006 (includes the following):

FC-SW-3 INCITS 384: 2004

FC-VI INCITS 357: 2002

FC-TAPE INCITS TR-24: 1999

FC-DA INCITS TR-36: 2004 (includes the following):

FC-FLA INCITS TR-20: 1998

FC-PLDA INCIT S TR-19: 1998

FC-MI-2 ANSI/INCITS TR-39-2005

FC-PI INCITS 352: 2002

FC-PI-2 INCITS 404: 2005

FC-PI-4 INCITS 1647-D, revision 7.1 (under development)

FC-PI-5 INCITS 479: 2011

FC-FS-2 ANSI/INCITS 424:2006 (includes the following):

FC-FS INCITS 373: 2003

FC-LS INCITS 433: 2007

FC-BB-3 INCITS 414: 2006 (includes the following):

FC-BB-2 INCITS 372: 2003

FC-SB-3 INCITS 374: 2003 (replaces FC-SB ANSI X3.271: 1996; FC-SB-2 INCITS 374: 2001)

RFC 2625 IP and ARP Over FC

RFC 2837 Fabric Element MIB

MIB-FA INCITS TR-32: 2003

FCP-2 INCITS 350: 2003 (replaces FCP ANSI X3.269: 1996)

SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.2 (includes the following):

SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.03 ISO standard IS24775-2006. Replaces (ANSI INCITS 388: 2004)

SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.1.0

SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.2.0