4/32 SAN Switch models

The HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch models include:

•HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch Base ships with 16 ports activated and includes Zoning and Advanced Web Tools as standard software components.

•HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch Full ships with 32 ports activated and includes Zoning and Advanced Web Tools as standard software components.

•HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch Power Pack ships with 32 ports activated and includes a Full Fabric license, Advanced Web Tools, and Zoning as standard software components. It also includes integrated licenses for all optional management tools (including Advanced Performance Monitoring, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric and Fabric Watch).

NOTE:

To add ports, see Activating additional 4/32 SAN Switch ports on page 31.

4/32 SAN Switch features

The HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch provides the following features:

•Air-cooled 1U chassis

•Thirty-two fixed autosensing 1, 2, or 4-Gb/s FC ports with the following characteristics:

•Automatic negotiation to the highest common speed of all devices connected to the port

•Port interfaces compatible with SFP transceivers, both SWL and LWL

•Universal and self-configuring ports capable of becoming an F_Port (fabric enabled), FL_Port (fabric loop enabled), or E_Port (expansion port)

•One RS-232 serial port designed to connect to a DTE port

•One 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet port with an RJ-45 connector

•Two redundant, hot-pluggable, universal AC power supplies

•Three redundant, hot-pluggable fans

4/32 SAN Switch chassis

This section provides an illustration of the front (port side) and rear (nonport side) panels of the SAN Switch chassis and identifies the components of each side.

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AA-RWF3A-TE specifications

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