Technical Specification

Item Table

S/N Item Unit Qty.

A. SAN Switch (Type 1), at least 384 Ports, 192 Ports used Nos 6
B. SAN Switch (Type 2), at least 96 Port, 64 Ports used Nos 4
C. Implementation & Migration Service Job 1
D. Training Service Job 1
E. Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) Job 1

A. SAN Switch (Type 1)

S/N Specifications Bidder Response

1. Brand: To be mentioned by the bidder
2. Country of Origin: To be mentioned by the bidder
3. Country of Shipment: To be mentioned by the bidder
4. Product Release Date: Not before 2020
Architecture/Scalability/Performance
5. The SAN switch solution must seamlessly integrate with the
concurrent use of both traditional Fibre Channel and NVMe storage
traffic, allowing organization to seamlessly transition to Fibre
Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe/FC) workloads.
6. The specified SAN switch solution should be of enterprise-grade and
director-class, providing a minimum of 192 ports of 64Gbps FC
ports and scalable to at least 384 ports, without any
oversubscription.
7. All FC ports on the SAN switch must be equipped with 64Gbps Add another 1 sfp
SFPs. Additionally, include 2x 32Gbps SFPs/SFP+ for Extended for 40km and
Long Wave (ELW) support, ensuring secure transceiver functionality these 3 additional
for distances of at least 25km. for only 04 switch
8. The switch must support local switching on port cards to enable
point-to-point line rate throughput.
9. When fully populated with 384 FC ports, the switch must
demonstrate the capability to sustain an internal bandwidth of
24Tbps, exclusive of considerations for cascading port bandwidth.
10. The solution should safeguard existing device investments by
featuring auto-sensing capabilities for speeds of 8, 16, 32, and 64
Gbit/sec.
11. The proposed switch must demonstrate the capability to
accommodate an additional minimum bandwidth of 6Tbps for
interconnecting with other chassis-based switches, all while
preserving the maximum supported number of Fibre Channel ports
on the SAN switch.
12. The offered SAN switch solution must support expansion and
scalability by enabling seamless interconnection with additional
switches without diminishing the number of available ports on each
individual switch. Furthermore, the solution should include the
necessary SFPs to deliver the highest bandwidth and the required
cables to establish connections with two additional FC switches
within the same data center.
13. Offered SAN switch shall support additional 32 x QSFP ports for
inter-switch connectivity.
14. The switch shall support different port types such as F_Port, E_Port,
EX_Port, N_Port, VE_Port and support standard fiber channel class
of services like class 2, class 3 and class F.
15. The switch must meet strict latency standards: less than 600
nanoseconds (ns) for port-to-port local switching and less than 2
microseconds (μs) for blade-to-blade latency using cut-through
routing.
16. Offered switch shall support at-least 24000 frame buffers per
switching ASIC inside the switch. The fabric switch must support
various data traffic types, including Unicast, Multicast, and
Broadcast. It should be capable of accommodating at least 255
Multicast groups to facilitate efficient communication within the
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network.
17. Offered switch shall support both in-flight compression as well as
AES 256 bit encryption.
18. The provided switch must be licensed and configured with the
following features:
 BB Credit Recovery
 Advanced Zoning based upon Port & WWN
 Dynamic Path Selection
 Extended Fabrics
 Fabric Congestion Notification
 FSPF (Fabric Shortest Path First)
 Integrated Routing
 ISL (Inter-Switch Link) Trunking
 NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization)
 Registered State Change Notification
 Reliable Commit Service
 Simple Name Server
 Target-Driven Zoning
 Traffic Optimizer

19. The switch must support the Virtual Fabrics feature, allowing the
partitioning of a physical SAN into logical fabrics. This feature
enables isolation by application, business group, customer, or traffic
type, providing enhanced security and performance optimization
capabilities within the SAN environment.
20. The SAN switch offered should include a Trunking license,
facilitating the aggregation of multiple physical ports into a single
logical link. This feature enhances bandwidth utilization, load
balancing, and network resilience within the SAN environment.
21. The SAN switch provided must include the following high availability
features:
 Redundant, hot-swappable components.
 Separate Control Processor (CP) and Core (CR) switching
blades.
 No active components on the backplane.
 Redundant hot-swappable power and cooling subsystems.
 Enhanced data integrity on all data paths.
 Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed
links.
 Integration with SNMP managers.
 Automatic Control Processor failover.
 Non-disruptive "hot" software code loads and activation.
 Easy configuration, save, and restore functionality.

22. The switch should be supplied with LC-LC Multi-mode OM4 cables
from a reputed OEM, distributed as follows for all populated ports:
 40% with 15-meter cables
 40% with 30-meter cables
 20% with 50-meter cables

23. Each control processor blade should feature at least one USB port,
facilitating firmware download and configuration upload/download
functionalities.
Intelligent Networking
24. The switch should come equipped with Adaptive Networking
services, including Quality of Service (QoS), to enhance application
performance in consolidated, virtual environments. It should support
the ability to define high, medium, and low priority QoS zones,
enabling the prioritization of traffic to expedite high-priority data
transmission.
25. The SAN switch must be configured with the necessary licenses to
enforce bandwidth restrictions on data flow from less critical hosts,
ensuring optimal resource allocation and performance management
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within the network.
26. The SAN switch must support Fibre Channel Integrated Routing
(FCIR) functionality, allowing for selective device sharing between
different Fibre Channel fabrics while maintaining isolation between
remote fabrics for enhanced scalability and fault isolation within the
SAN environment.
27. The switch shall be configured for advanced zoning and ACL to
simplify administration and significantly increase control over data
access.
28. The switch should be configured to provide real-time measurement
of top bandwidth-consuming traffic for specific physical or virtual
devices, or end-to-end across the fabric.
Management/Security
29. The SAN switch must feature comprehensive management
capabilities, including support for both web-based management
interfaces and command-line interface (CLI), to accommodate
varying administrative preferences which ensures efficient
configuration and monitoring processes, offering intuitive graphical
tools for ease of use and advanced capabilities for precise control
over switch settings.
30. The provided SAN switch must be accompanied by fabric
management software that offers the following capabilities:
 Policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built rules and
automation for simplified fabric-wide threshold configuration
and monitoring.
 Comprehensive tool for identifying, monitoring, and analyzing
specific application data flows without the need for taps,
ensuring optimized performance.
 Proactive and non-intrusive monitoring of storage device IO
performance and behavior through integrated network
sensors, offering deep insight into issues and ensuring
service levels.
 Configuration and operational monitoring policy with
automation services using a template-based approach to
scale the fabric.
 Comprehensive tool for identifying, monitoring, and analyzing
specific application data flows to simplify troubleshooting,
maximize performance, and avoid congestion without the use
of taps, ensuring optimized performance.
 Ensures optical and signal integrity for Fibre Channel optics
and cables.
 Customizable screen containing all critical SAN information
for convenient review and analysis.

31. The SAN switch must support configuration of alerts based on

threshold values for temperature, fan status, power supply status,
port status, memory usage, CPU utilization, interface errors, and
module status. These alerts enable proactive monitoring and
management of system health, ensuring optimal performance and
reliability of the network infrastructure.
Availability/Maintenance/Troubleshooting
32. The SAN switch must ensure high availability by eliminating single
points of failure, offering enterprise-class features including dual-
redundant control processors, WWN cards, and redundant hot-
swappable power and cooling subsystems. Moreover, power supply
and fan assemblies should incorporate different field-replaceable
units (FRUs) to enhance both reliability and serviceability.
33. The switch should be rack-mountable, allowing for convenient
installation in standard equipment racks commonly used in data
center environments.
34. The switch must support Power-On Self-Test (POST) and
online/offline diagnostics, including RAStrace logging, environmental
monitoring, non-disruptive daemon restart, FCping, Pathinfo (FC
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traceroute), and rolling reboot detection, to enable proactive
monitoring, fault detection, and troubleshooting, ensuring the
integrity and reliability of the SAN switch.
35. The offered SAN switch shall be energy-efficient, consuming less
than 4.5 kVA of power when fully populated.
Centralized Management Software
36. The bidder should provide centralized SAN Management Software
with the following capabilities:
 Streamlining common workflows, including configuration,
zoning, deployment, troubleshooting, and reporting.
 Ability to provide Health Summary Dashboard, Topology
View, Inventory view, and Reporting functionalities.
 Advanced Web Tools; Management Portal and Global View;
Command Line Interface (CLI); HTTP/HTTPS; RESTful API;
SSH; SNMP; NTP etc.
Warranty & Support Service
37. The vendor is required to provide a 5-year warranty period, along with
24/7/365 support and a 4-hour SLA response time.
38. In case of service outages or emergencies, a streamlined incident
escalation process should be in place to ensure prompt resolution.
Additionally, critical faulty parts in the switch should be promptly replaced
within 24 hours of identification to minimize downtime and ensure efficient
resolution.
39. OEM must provide evidence of having a local logistics center in Dhaka for
spare parts availability.
40. The proposed solution should include an online customer/client support or
service portal where Bangladesh Bank can create support incidents, and all
incident history should be retained within the portal throughout the product's
warranty and AMC period.
41. The vendor is responsible for replacing any faulty, damaged, or
underperforming parts at no cost during the warranty, post-warranty, and
AMC periods and Labor & parts should be provided free of charge for any
repairs or replacements within the warranty and AMC periods.

B. SAN Switch (Type 2)

S/N Specifications Bidder Response

1. Brand: To be mentioned by the bidder
2. Country of Origin: To be mentioned by the bidder
3. Country of Shipment: To be mentioned by the bidder
4. Product Release Date: Not before 2020
Architecture/Scalability/Performance
5. The SAN switch solution must seamlessly integrate with the
concurrent use of both traditional Fibre Channel and NVMe storage
traffic, allowing organization to seamlessly transition to Fibre
Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe/FC) workloads.
6. The specified SAN switch solution should be of enterprise-grade
providing a minimum of 64 ports of 64Gbps FC ports and
scalable to at least 96 ports, without any oversubscription.
7. All FC ports on the SAN switch must be equipped with 64Gbps
SFPs.
8. The solution should safeguard existing device investments by featur-
ing auto-sensing capabilities for speeds of 8, 16, 32, and 64 Gbit/
sec.
9. The switch must support local switching on port cards to enable
point-to-point line rate throughput.
10. When fully populated with 96 FC ports, the switch must demonstrate
the capability to sustain an internal bandwidth of minimum 8Tbps,
exclusive of considerations for cascading port bandwidth.
11. The offered SAN switch solution must support expansion and
scalability and should include the necessary SFPs to deliver the
highest bandwidth and the required cables to establish connections
with two additional FC switches within the same data center.
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12. The proposed switch must demonstrate the capability to May be this for
accommodate an additional minimum bandwidth of 6Tbps for director-class
interconnecting with other chassis-based switches, all while should be omitted
preserving the maximum supported number of Fiber Channel ports
on the SAN switch.
13. The switch shall support different port types such as F_Port, E_Port,
EX_Port, N_Port, VE_Port and support standard fiber channel class
of services like class 2, class 3 and class F.
14. The switch must meet strict latency standards: less than 600
nanoseconds (ns) for port-to-port local switching.
15. Offered switch shall support at-least 2000 dynamic frame buffers per
switching ASIC inside the switch.
16. Offered switch shall support both in-flight compression as well as
AES 256 bit encryption.
17. The provided switch must be licensed and configured with the
following features:
 BB Credit Recovery
 Advanced Zoning based upon Port & WWN
 Dynamic Path Selection
 Extended Fabrics
 Fabric Congestion Notification
 FSPF (Fabric Shortest Path First)
 Integrated Routing
 ISL (Inter-Switch Link) Trunking
 NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization)
 Registered State Change Notification
 Reliable Commit Service
 Simple Name Server
 Target-Driven Zoning
 Traffic Optimizer

18. The switch must support the Virtual Fabrics feature, allowing the
partitioning of a physical SAN into logical fabrics. This feature
enables isolation by application, business group, customer, or traffic
type, providing enhanced security and performance optimization
capabilities within the SAN environment.
19. The SAN switch offered should include a Trunking license,
facilitating the aggregation of multiple physical ports into a single
logical link. This feature enhances bandwidth utilization, load
balancing, and network resilience within the SAN environment.
20. The SAN switch provided must include the following high availability
features:
 Redundant, hot-swappable components.
 Separate Control Processor (CP) and Core (CR) switching
blades.
 No active components on the backplane.
 Redundant hot-swappable power and cooling subsystems.
 Enhanced data integrity on all data paths.
 Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed
links.
 Integration with SNMP managers.
 Automatic Control Processor failover.
 Non-disruptive "hot" software code loads and activation.
 Easy configuration, save, and restore functionality.

21. The switch should be supplied with LC-LC Multi-mode OM4 cables
from a reputed OEM, distributed as follows for all populated ports:
 40% with 15-meter cables
 40% with 30-meter cables
 20% with 50-meter cables
S/N Specifications Bidder Response
22. The switch should have at least one USB port, facilitating firmware
download and configuration upload/download functionalities.
Intelligent Networking
23. The switch should come equipped with Adaptive Networking
services, including Quality of Service (QoS), to enhance application
performance in consolidated, virtual environments. It should support
the ability to define high, medium, and low priority QoS zones,
enabling the prioritization of traffic to expedite high-priority data
transmission.
24. The SAN switch must be configured with the necessary licenses to
enforce bandwidth restrictions on data flow from less critical hosts,
ensuring optimal resource allocation and performance management
within the network.
25. The SAN switch must support Fibre Channel Integrated Routing
(FCIR) functionality, allowing for selective device sharing between
different Fibre Channel fabrics while maintaining isolation between
remote fabrics for enhanced scalability and fault isolation within the
SAN environment.
26. The switch shall be configured for advanced zoning and ACL to
simplify administration and significantly increase control over data
access.
27. The switch should be configured to provide real-time measurement
of top bandwidth-consuming traffic for specific physical or virtual
devices, or end-to-end across the fabric.
Management/Security
28. The SAN switch must feature comprehensive management
capabilities, including support for both web-based management
interfaces and command-line interface (CLI), to accommodate
varying administrative preferences which ensures efficient
configuration and monitoring processes, offering intuitive graphical
tools for ease of use and advanced capabilities for precise control
over switch settings.
29. The provided SAN switch must be accompanied by fabric
management software that offers the following capabilities:
 Policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built rules and
automation for simplified fabric-wide threshold configuration
and monitoring.
 Comprehensive tool for identifying, monitoring, and analyzing
specific application data flows without the need for taps,
ensuring optimized performance.
 Proactive and non-intrusive monitoring of storage device IO
performance and behavior through integrated network
sensors, offering deep insight into issues and ensuring
service levels.
 Configuration and operational monitoring policy with
automation services using a template-based approach to
scale the fabric.
 Comprehensive tool for identifying, monitoring, and analyzing
specific application data flows to simplify troubleshooting,
maximize performance, and avoid congestion without the use
of taps, ensuring optimized performance.
 Ensures optical and signal integrity for Fibre Channel optics
and cables.
 Customizable screen containing all critical SAN information
for convenient review and analysis.

30. The SAN switch must support configuration of alerts based on

threshold values for temperature, fan status, power supply status,
port status, memory usage, CPU utilization, interface errors, and
module status. These alerts enable proactive monitoring and
management of system health, ensuring optimal performance and
reliability of the network infrastructure.
S/N Specifications Bidder Response
Availability/Maintenance/Troubleshooting
31. The SAN switch must ensure high availability by eliminating single
points of failure, offering enterprise-class features including dual-
redundant control processors, WWN cards, and redundant hot-
swappable power and cooling subsystems. Moreover, power supply
and fan assemblies should incorporate different field-replaceable
units (FRUs) to enhance both reliability and serviceability.
32. The switch should be rack-mountable, allowing for convenient
installation in standard equipment racks commonly used in data
center environments.
33. The switch must support Power-On Self-Test (POST) and
online/offline diagnostics, including RAStrace logging, environmental
monitoring, non-disruptive daemon restart, FCping, Pathinfo (FC
traceroute), and rolling reboot detection, to enable proactive
monitoring, fault detection, and troubleshooting, ensuring the
integrity and reliability of the SAN switch.
34. The offered SAN switch shall be energy-efficient, consuming less Have to check
than 4.5 kVA of power when fully populated. power for type B
Centralized Management Software
35. The bidder should provide centralized SAN Management Software
with the following capabilities:
 Streamlining common workflows, including configuration,
zoning, deployment, troubleshooting, and reporting.
 Ability to provide Health Summary Dashboard, Topology
View, Inventory view, and Reporting functionalities.
 Advanced Web Tools; Management Portal and Global View;
Command Line Interface (CLI); HTTP/HTTPS; RESTful API;
SSH; SNMP; NTP etc.
Warranty & Support Service
36. The vendor is required to provide a 5-year warranty period, along
with 24/7/365 support and a 4-hour SLA response time.
37. In case of service outages or emergencies, a streamlined incident
escalation process should be in place to ensure prompt resolution.
Additionally, critical faulty parts in the switch should be promptly
replaced within 24 hours of identification to minimize downtime and
ensure efficient resolution.
38. OEM must provide evidence of having a local logistics center in
Dhaka for spare parts availability.
39. The proposed solution should include an online customer/client
support or service portal where Bangladesh Bank can create support
incidents, and all incident history should be retained within the portal
throughout the product's warranty and AMC period.
40. The vendor is responsible for replacing any faulty, damaged, or
underperforming parts at no cost during the warranty, post-warranty,
and AMC periods and Labor & parts should be provided free of
charge for any repairs or replacements within the warranty and AMC
periods.

C. Implementation & Migration Service

S/N Specifications Bidder Response

1. The implementation of the proposed SAN Switch solution should be
carried out by the OEM Professional Service Team, ensuring a
comprehensive approach that includes planning, design,
configuration, implementation, migration and thorough
documentation.
2. The implementation should be carried out for 03 DC of Bangladesh
Bank located at Motijheel & Mirpur, Dhaka and Rajshahi.
3. Bidder should deliver required appliance/VM with necessary license
(if required) for installation of central management software for listed
SAN Switch of Type A & B.
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4. The Central management software should include and cover all the
necessary license for features supported for both type of SAN Switch
of Type A & B and handover the same to Bangladesh Bank.

D. Training Service

S/N Specifications Bidder Response

Local Training (Pre-Implementation Training)
1. The bidder should provide a 05 days training of Design,
Configuration and Implementation of 3DC SAN solution for 06
Persons:
 The training should be authorized OEM training.
 The training should be conducted by OEM authorized foreign
trainer.
 The training should provide the lab guide with the lab facility
for all trainees.
 All training-related costs should be carried by Bidder (i.e.,
Trainer accommodation, transport, allowance, lunch,
refreshment, etc., and Trainee lunch, refreshment, transport
etc.)
Foreign Training (Post-Implementation Training)
2. The bidder should provide a 05 days training of Administration and
Troubleshooting of implemented 3DC SAN solution for 06 Persons:
 The training should be authorized OEM training.
 The training should be conducted by OEM authorized foreign
trainer.
 Training Location should be OEM regional head office
country.
 The training should provide the lab guide with the lab facility
for all trainees.
 All training-related costs should be carried by Bidder (i.e.
accommodation, transport, allowance, meals etc.)

E. Pre-Shipment Inspection(PSI)

S/N Specifications Bidder Response

1. The Purchaser will assign a three-member team of Bangladesh Bank
to perform Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) of all hardware items
before shipment from OEM Warehouse.