DC SAN Director
Performance
DC SAN Backbone Director
512 ports at 8Gb speed
4 Tbit/sec of chassis bandwidth
512 Gbit/sec of Inter Chassis Link (ICL) bandwidth (freeing up to 64 8Gb ports for server,
storage, and fabric connections)
DC04 SAN Director
256 ports at 8Gb speed
2 Tbit/sec of chassis bandwidth
256 Gbit/sec of Inter Chassis Link (ICL) bandwidth (freeing up to 32 8Gb ports for server,
storage, and fabric connections)
SAN scalability
The SN8000B 8-Slot Director scales up to 384 16 Gbps ports or 512 8Gbps ports in a single switch domain.
The SN8000B 4-Slot Director scales up to 192 16 Gbps ports or 256 8 Gbps ports in a single switch domain.
The DC SAN Backbone Director scales up to 512 8Gbps ports in a single switch domain.
The DC04 SAN Director scales up to 256 8 Gbps ports in a single switch domain.
Please see the following web site for SAN configuration support information:
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
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High-availability features
Redundant, hot-swappable components
Separate Control Processor (CP) and Core (CR) switching blades
No active components on the backplane
Redundant hot swappable power and cooling subsystems
Enhanced data integrity on all data paths
Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links
Integration with SNMP managers
Automatic Control Processor fail over
Non-disruptive "hot" software code loads and activation
Easy configuration, save and restore
Advanced Fabric Services
ISL Trunking
Hardware Enforced Zoning
Frame Filtering
Web Tools
Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
End-to-End Performance Analysis
Extended Fabrics
Fabric Watch
Adaptive Networking
Server Application Optimization (SAO)
SAN Network Advisor
QuickSpecs
HP SN8000B and DC SAN Director Family
Product Highlights
DA - 12993 Worldwide — Version 39 — December 20, 2013
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