IBM System Storage SAN32B-E4 Switch

To meet the demands of compliance with regulatory mandates, industry standards of data confidentiality, and digital assets protection, the SAN32B-E4 switch from IBM Corp.http://www.ibm.com is designed to deliver:

A thirty-two port, auto-sensing 8 Gbps Fibre Channel switch with cryptography (encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities
Support for Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager for both disk and tape encryption applications in a centralized security platform for SAN environments
A network-based solution that secures data-at-rest for heterogeneous tape drives, disk array Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs), and virtual tape libraries
Seamless integration, forward and backward compatibility with the IBM b-type and m-type fabrics, to help organizations protect their technology investments

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IBM System Storage SAN32B-E4 is designed to deliver fabric-based encryption services, providing up to 96 Gbps of encryption processing for disk and 48 Gbps of compression and encryption processing for tape.

Advantages of the SAN32B-E4 switch include:

Ability to encrypt data at wire speed
Central management of storage and fabric-based security resources
Multi-vendor storage system and fabric support
Transparent, online encryption of cleartext LUNs and rekeying of encrypted LUNs without disruption
Data compression and integrity authentication for tape backup
Simplified, non-disruptive installation and configuration

The SAN32B-E4 switch is designed for use
in the following SAN environments:

New data center deployments with large-scale encryption
Plug-in storage security services for existing SAN fabrics
Heterogeneous disk and tape storage environments with out device-based encryption capability
Standalone switches with encryption and compression
Single and dual SAN fabrics
Secure fabric-based environments that integrate with Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager management system
Expanding encryption environments that require protection for current data security and key management investments

The SAN32B-E4 switch is ideal for applications such as:

Highly sensitive IT applications with secure data-at-rest requirements
Secure data backups for offsite disk and tape storage, and long-term archiving
Support for heterogeneous disk and tape storage environments from a centralized point of management
Decommissioning of disk arrays that require legal validation of the logical destruction and data shredding of devices (the b-type SAN32B-E4 encryption switch helps secure decommissioning of disk-based storage devices by encrypting an entire LUN and destroying the data encryption key)
Secure replication of virtual tape library (VTL) backups to remote facilities

Key prerequisites
The IBM System Storage SAN b-type switch family supports Fibre Channel connectivity for servers and storage. The SAN32B-E4 requires: