Software Components, Optional
8/80 SAN Switch Power
Pack+ Software Bundle
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle comes with the 8/80 SAN Switch Power Pack+ or as an optional
software bundle for the 8/80 SAN Switch. It includes the following:
Fabric Vision
Fabric Watch
Performance Monitor
Extended Fabric
ISL Trunking
Fabric Vision
Fabric Vision offers innovative diagnostic, monitoring and management capabilities to help accelerate new
application deployments, address SAN problems before they impact operations and reduce operational
costs. It Includes
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite: A policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built rules and
automation that simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration and monitoring.
Flow Vision: A comprehensive tool that enables administrators to identify, monitor, and analyze
specific application data flows without using taps to ensure optimized performance
Health and performance dashboard: A single customizable screen displayed in HP SAN Network
Advisor that contains all critical SAN information for convenient review and analysis.
Fabric Vision will be included by default in all HP StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and Directors
bundled with Power Pack+ (with FOS 7.2.0a and later). In all other cases, Fabric Vision can be enabled on
HP StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and Directors in any one of the following ways
Application of the Fabric Vision LTU (FOS 7.2.0a and later)
Application of the Power Pack+ LTU (FOS 7.2.0a and later)
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with Power Pack+ to FOS 7.2.0a or later
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with both Advanced Performance Monitor (APM) and
Fabric Watch (FW) licenses to FOS 7.2.0a or later
Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch is an optional license which enables each switch to monitor the SAN for potential faults and
automatically alert network managers to problems before they become failures. Fabric Watch tracks a
variety of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters. Monitoring fabric-wide events, ports, SFPs, and
environmental parameters permits early fault detection and isolation as well as performance
measurement. Each switch in the SAN needs its own Fabric Watch license.
Advanced Performance
Monitor
This optional enabling technology helps administrators monitor and watch specific fabric metrics -- from a
SID (Source ID) to a DID (Destination ID) -- so they can fine-tune and scale the fabric more efficiently. Plus,
Advanced Performance Monitoring includes the ability for early warning detection of hot spots within the
fabric, a powerful tool for maintaining overall balanced performance.
Top Talkers is a component of Advanced Performance Monitoring and tracks the top traffic flows for hosts
and targets for a switch port or a switch. Top Talkers can help identify the ports that need certain Quality
of Service (QoS) attributes or it can help determine portions of the physical topology that need
reconfiguration.
QuickSpecs
HP 8/80 SAN Switch & 8/80 SAN Switch Power Pack+ /B-
Series Family
Product Highlights
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