sharing while maintaining remote fabric isolation. Integrated Routing provides architecture flexibility to
route on a port-by-port basis, enabling increased scalability and fault isolation.
NOTE:
Supported for all B-series SAN Directors.
HP MP Blade Performance
Extension LTU
Optional software license to activate the high performance extension services. The HP MPR Blade provides
two types of SAN Services: FC-FC Subnet Routing Service for SAN island consolidation: Logically connect
devices in multiple SAN fabrics to share storage resources-from any fabric regardless of distance-with the
administration and fault isolation benefits of separately managed fabrics.
FCIP and FC Tunneling Service for SAN extension over distance: Either seamlessly and reliably extends HP
B-Series SANs across MAN and WAN IP networks or dark fiber and xWDM Fibre Channel networks with high
performance extension services, fully integrated with HP CA solutions for EVA and XP. FC and FCIP
extension services are mutually exclusive.
NOTE:
HP MP Blade Performance Extension LTU (T4427A) is an optional license for HP Multi-Protocol
Router blade (AG461B) for the DC SAN Directors.
10GbE and 10Gb FC
Performance Upgrade
Optional software license to activate high performance for either 10GbE or 10Gb Fibre Channel
connectivity.
10GbE Performance Upgrade LTU for MP Extension Blade and Enhanced MP Extension Blade (C8R46A)
Enables10 Gigabit Ethernet ports for the MP Extension Blade and Enhanced MP Extension Blade (C8R46A).
Options for available Ethernet connectivity are:
(10) 1 GbE ports and (1) 10 GbE port or
(2) 10 GbE ports
10Gb Performance Upgrade LTU for 16Gb Fibre Channel Blades
Enables customers to configure the first 8 ports of a 16Gb Fibre Channel blade at 10Gb Fibre Channel
speed. This is required for DWDM and dark fiber metro connectivity.
NOTE:
The optional 10GbE and 10Gb Fibre Channel performance upgrade features can be applied to a
mixture of 16Gb FC blades and the MP Extension Blade or Enhanced MP Extension Blade. The license is
available on an individual SAN Director slot basis based on the particular blade installed. The 10GbE
Performance upgrade feature is available for the MP Extension Blade (AP865A, AP865B) and Enhanced MP
Extension Blade (C8R46A) for all B-series SAN Directors. The 10Gb Performance Upgrade feature is
available for 16Gb Fibre Channel Blades for the SN8000B Directors. Requires 10Gb optics (QK726A and/or
QK727A).
QuickSpecs
HP SN8000B and DC SAN Director Family
Product Highlights
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