Detailed introduction to IBM 2498-B24 san switch, 8-port activation:
| Produce Number | 2498-B24 and 249824E | |
| Base fabric switch | IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express switch with 24 ports, 8 ports activated (0 to 7) and Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) 6.1.0 or later, hardcopy Installation Guide, CD-ROM (with manuals), service and wrap tools, small form factor pluggable (SFP) extraction tool, 110 volt power cord for rack installation, rail kit, Advanced Zoning, Enhanced Group Management (EGM) (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), EZSwitchSetup wizard, Full Fabric (standard on 2498-B24, optional on 249824E), Web Tools | |
| Fibre Channel interface | E_Port, F_Port, FL_Port and M_Port | |
| Optical transceivers | Choice of 8 Gbps (supports 8, 4 and 2 Gbps link speeds) and 4 Gbps (supports 4, 2 and 1 Gbps link speeds) short wave and long wave SFP | |
| Fans and power supplies | Dual fans, one power supply | |
| Hot-swappable components | SFP optical transceivers | |
