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HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V and 2/8V Power Pack B-Series Family

Overview

Introduction

The highly available HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V and 2/8V Power Pack offer 2 Gb connectivity for an entry-level storage area network (SAN), and the ability to grow to a core-to-edge infrastructure. The simplicity and ease-of-use advantages of the SAN Switch 2/8V and 2/8V Power Pack can help increase administrator productivity and lower the cost of management. This can be especially beneficial for organizations with limited IT expertise.

The Switch delivers eight high performance Auto Sensing 1 and 2 Gb Fibre Channel ports. In addition, the SAN Switch 2/8V and 2/8V Power Pack are fully non-blocking and provide 16 Gb switching (2 Gb full duplex) capacity for un-congested sustained, 2 Gb full duplex throughput. The SAN Switch 2/8V scales to a maximum fabric configuration of two switches and can be upgraded to full SAN configurations by purchasing a full fabric upgrade license. Small-form-factor-pluggable optical transceivers (SFPs) must be ordered separately.

The Power Pack provides the SAN administrator with the necessary tools to monitor the health and performance of the network, while also ensuring the highest levels of security, scalability and manageability. Available pre-configured on the switch or as an upgrade, Power Pack also provides the foundation for integration into HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (SAM), enabling infrastructure management through a single-pane-of-glass. The Power Pack tools can be ordered separately, as well.

Key Features and Benefits

Reduced Total Cost of Ownership for SAN Infrastructure

Enables storage consolidation, simplified management of data center SAN environment

Interoperability with the more than 1 MILLION port HP SAN Switch installed base

Highest integration with HP Open View Storage Area Manager via:

SAN Switch API

SAN Switch element managers

HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager

Broadest range of compatibility with SAN products

Multi-vendor server and storage environment

Widest range of HP SAN solutions

Backward compatible with previously installed 1Gb SAN Switches

HP Power Pack (Optional) - highest supported modular functionality

Trunking - highest throughput between switches (8Gb/sec)

HW enforced WWN Zoning (Advanced Zoning)

Proactive threshold monitor (Fabric Watch)

Advanced Performance Monitor

Per Switch element manager (WebTools)

Support for extended distance (Extended Fabrics)

Support for multi-protocol gateways (Remote Switch)

Broadest Range of HP Packaged SAN Services

Mission critical SAN Services SAN-ES

Assessment and installation services for security

Flexible storage connectivity

The only SAN solutions providing the complete HP SAN Switch functionality from Embedded to Enterprise. The HP SAN Switch value line products allows the capability to apply the complete SAN Switch functionality to an affordable entry level SAN deployment and then to grow that deployment to the largest SAN fabric solutions supported by HP.

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