Key Features and Benefits
Superior Performance
8Gb/s full duplex performance to enable up to 384 Gbit/s of uncongested throughput
Optional enhanced ISL Trunking combines up to eight ISLs between a pair of switches into a single, logical high-speed
trunk capable of up to 64 Gbit/s of throughput
Flexible storage connectivity
The only SAN solutions providing the complete HP SAN Switch functionality from Embedded to Enterprise. The HP B-
series line of 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.
Reduced Total Cost of Ownership for SAN Infrastructure
Enables storage consolidation, simplified management of data center SAN environment
Broadest range of compatibility with SAN products
Multi-vendor server and storage environment
Widest range of HP SAN solutions
Interoperability with more than 3 Million HP SAN Switch installed base
HP Power Pack+ Software Bundle (Optional) - Rich, feature packed software that provides the highest supported modular
functionality. It includes
Fabric Vision
Trunking
Fabric Watch
Advanced Performance Monitor
Extended Fabric
Broadest Range of HP Packaged SAN Services
Mission critical SAN Services SAN-ES
Assessment and installation services for security
Highest integration with Storage Essentials via:
SAN Switch API
SAN Switch element managers
Unique Bundle model
The HP StoreFabric 8/24 8Gb Bundled Fibre Channel switch model facilitates ease of ordering by offering the HP 8/24
Base SAN switch along with sixteen 8Gb optical transceivers in one package
The HP StoreFabric 8/24 8Gb Bundled Fibre Channel switch model is offered at a lower price than the sum of the list prices
of the HP 8/24 Base SAN switch and the 8Gb optical transceiver
QuickSpecs
HP 8/24 SAN Switch
Features and Benefits
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