IBM SAN32M-2 - Manual (Page 5)

Advanced solution management
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity
Manager
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager
(EFCM) software is designed to
support interconnection of multiple
IBM TotalStorage SAN m-type switches
and directors for the creation of tiered
enterprise SAN solutions. EFCM soft-
ware with a 1U rack mount manage-
ment server (separately orderable
products) is designed to centralize the
management of multiple, distributed
switches and directors in an enterprise-
wide Fibre Channel fabric.
The SAN32M-2 Element Manager
feature is designed to enable tiered
enterprise-to-edge EFCM management
of SAN32M-2 switches when intercon-
nected with multiple IBM TotalStorage
SAN m-type switches and directors in a
tiered enterprise SAN solution.
Open System Management Server
(OSMS), a standard feature, is an ANSI
(American National Standards Institute)-
based capability that supports SAN
management software from vendors
such as VERITAS, Tivoli and BMC.
OSMS is designed to extend the
switch’s capability to include in-band
management with an open systems,
host-based application and to allow
the fabric switch and devices attached
to it to be “discovered,” or seen in a
fabric through a framework software
application.
SANtegrity™ Enhanced (Security
Suite) feature is designed to help
enhance business continuity by reduc-
ing the impact of human influences on
networked data. The feature includes
SANtegrity Binding and SANtegrity
Authentication.
SANtegrity Zoning, a standard capabil-
ity of Enterprise Operating System
(E/OS), provides hardware-enforced
world wide name (WWN) and port zon-
ing. SANtegrity Secure Management
Zone (SMZ) is designed to secure man-
agement access to local and remote
SAN devices over a secure connection.
SANtegrity Binding is designed to cre-
ate multiple layers of access control,
including port, switch and fabric
binding.
Standards-based SANtegrity
Authentication is designed to force
each device in the SAN to prove who
they are in order to avoid unauthorized
access and unauthenticated devices.
Preferred Path, a standard feature, is
designed to allow a customer to define
routes across a fabric. The Preferred
Path modifies the behavior of Open
Trunking by providing guidance for the
balancing function. The Preferred Path
configuration helps address user prefer-
ence regarding exit port assignment but
is subject to the standard rules regard-
ing the Fabric Shortest Path First
(FSPF) protocol.
Full Volatility feature is designed to
support high-security environments,
which require no customer data be
retained after power-off. Full Volatility is
designed to configure a switch or direc-
tor so that no frame data is stored after
a power-off.
SAN32M-2 FICON® Management
Server feature supports management of
the SAN32M-2 switch using System
Automation for z/OS and System
Automation for OS/390® and zSeries
900 servers. IBM 9032 ESCON®
director is a type of dynamic in-band
management. System Automation—for
z/OS or OS/390—is designed to con-
currently manage IBM 9032 ESCON
directors as well as McDATA® FICON
directors.
High port density, rack space savings
Rapidly growing Fibre Channel SAN
infrastructures place a premium on rack
space. The IBM TotalStorage
SAN32M-2 fabric switch uses SFP LC
optical connectors and advanced pack-
aging that requires only one-rack unit
(1U) height for 32 ports. The
SAN32M-2 switch is also tabletop
stackable.