HP Brocade 8Gb SAN User instructions

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Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HPE BladeSystem c-Class
The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for
HPE BladeSystem c-Class delivers an easy to manage embedded Fibre Channel switch with 8
Gbps performance. The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch hot
-plugs into the back of the HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. The
integrated design frees up rack space, enables shared power and cooling, and reduces cabling and small form
-factor pluggables.
Enhanced trunking support with external switches provides higher bandwidth to enable demanding
applications such as server
virtualization. New features in the Power Pack+ option enable you to manage data flow to maintain optimized application
performance. The 12 or 24 auto
-sensing ports support lower bandwidth components for investment protection and an upgrade
license enables you to 'pay as you grow'. The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch saves space and cost, significantly simplifies the SAN
environment, enables easier deployment and management, and delivers the performance required for emerging higher throughput
applications.
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch
Integrated SAN
connectivity
•Enables data center consolidation with HPE BladeSystem c-Class through a state-of-the-art
zero-footprint design while lowering cost through shared power and cooling, fewer cables and
SFPs, and a reduction in space.
8 Gbps storage
networking
•
Enables support of virtualized environments and other emerging technologies through high-
speed technology that doubles the performance of the storage network. Both internal and
external facing ports auto-sense lower bandwidth components for flexibility and investment
protection (2, 4, or 8 Gb).
Non
-blocking
architecture
•Includes connection speed support for all ports to provide a high-performance system with
aggregate bandwidth of up to 192 Gbps (24 ports x 8 Gbps at full duplex).
ISL Trunking
performance
enhancements
•Now providing support for up to a single trunk made up of all eight SAN ports for a total of up
to 64 Gbps balanced throughput. Trunking of the SAN-facing ports with external Brocade or
HPE B-series switches provides a high-bandwidth solution while lowering costs through fewer
SFPs and cables. F-Port Trunking supported in Access Gateway mode.
Adaptive Networking
Services
•Enables organizations to better manage data flows and meet service level agreements while
maintaining optimized application performance in virtual environments with new Adaptive

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Networking services, including Adaptive Fabric Quality of Service, Traffic Isolation, and Ingress
Rate Limiting.
Access Gateway mode
•
Employs N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), an ANSI T11 standard, to enable interoperability with
other SAN fabrics and eliminate domain considerations while improving SAN scalability.
Broad range of
management tools and
SMI
-s conformance
•Integrates with HPE Onboard Administrator for BladeSystem, HPE Systems Insight Manager,
HPE Storage Essentials and leverages HPE B-series management and monitoring tools. An
SMI-s API enables the use of industry standard interfaces to integra
te management with other
applications.
Available in three
models with a scalable
licensing option
•Available in 12-port, 24-port and 24-
port Power Pack+ Full Fabric models. Choose the features
and management options that make sense for your needs. In addition, enables 'pay as you
grow' scalability for easy, scalable growth in dynamic business environments with a non-
disruptive 12-port upgrade for the 12-port model.
What's New
•New 2016 RoHS compliant HPE SAN switches
NOTE:
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive or RoHS is a directive adopted by the European Union that restricts
the use of certain hazardous materials in the manufacture of various types of electronic and electrical equipment. The RoHS
compliant products with new part numbers
listed in this document are functionally equivalent to the corresponding
products with old part numbers and are fully interchangeable.

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Advanced Fabric
Services
•Hardware Enforced Zoning (included)*
•Dynamic Path Selection (included)*
•WebTools (included)
•Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
•Power Pack+ fabric services software bundle (optional)
-Fabric Vision
-ISL Trunking
-Fabric Watch**
-Extended Fabrics*
-Advanced Performance Monitoring**
•Secure Fabric OS (included in base FOS)*
•SAN Network Advisor (optional)
* Not supported in Brocade Access Gateway mode.
**Partial support in Access Gateway mode (see the Access Gateway Administrator's guide for full
details)
Manageability
•
WebTools (included)
•Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
•Advanced Performance Monitoring (optional Power Pack+ upgrade)
•HPE OnBoard Administrator (included with HPE BladeSystem)
•HPE Systems Insight Manager (included with HPE BladeSystem)
•HPE Storage Essentials (optional)
•API
•SNMP
•SMI
Interoperability
Brocade Access Gateway enables Broca
de embedded SAN switches to interoperate with other SAN
fabrics running supported firmware. While in Brocade Access Gateway mode, the device must also be
connected to an NPIV
-enabled edge switch or director. Supported edge environments are listed in the
Brocade Fabric OS® release notes.
Software Components, Standard
Access Gateway
*
Brocade Access Gateway Mode enables seamless connectivity for Brocade embedded SAN switches to
other supported SAN fabrics, enhances scalability, and simplifies manageabili
ty. Utilizing N_Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV) standards, Brocade Access Gateway eliminates switch/domain considerations.
* Brocade Access Gateway mode does not support many switch
-related features, including most
features in the Power Pack+ bundle. Pleas
e refer to the Fabric OS Release Notes and Access
Gateway Administrator's Guide for details.
Frame Filtering
A special B
-Series ASIC-
based capability that enables new applications and features. The switch has the
ability to "view" the first 64
-bytes of the Fibre Channel frame. At this time, Frame Filtering enables
advanced capabilities such as Advanced Zoning and Advanced Performance Monitoring (optional).
Advanced Zoning
Zoning (Port and Worldwide Name), as well as Access Control, are enforced b
y hardware within the
ASIC that provides the same simple administration previously enforced only with software. Hardware

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enforcement enables the highest level of zoning enforcement without any impact to performance.
Administrators can organize a physical f
abric into logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by
devices outside the Zone.
WebTools
- included in
Brocade Fabric OS
Enables organizations to monitor and manage single Fibre Channel switches and monitor small SAN
fabrics. Tasks can be perf
ormed through a Java-capable Web browser from a standard laptop, desktop
PC or workstation from any location within the enterprise.
EGM
Enhanced Group Management (EGM) is a FOS license that is included with all B
-Series switches and
enables multi
-swit
ch operations. It helps automate operations across multiple switches to save time and
streamline repetitive operations, which are typically prone to error. EGM drives consistency across
fabrics, while minimizing the risk associated with potential downtime
due to configuration mismatches.
EGM provides streamlined troubleshooting for more effective fabric monitoring and diagnosis.
SAN Network Advisor Professional, Professional Plus and Enterprise enable EGM functionality.
Customers have EGM functionality enab
led within the hardware product and need only to make the
decision around which SAN Network Advisor application is right for them.
Dynamic Path Selection
Improves performance by dynamically routing data traffic across multiple links and trunk groups.
Secure Fabric OS
-
included in Brocade Fabric
OS
Secure Fabric OS features have been fully integrated into the base Fabric OS since v5.3.0. These
comprehensive security features for SAN fabrics provide policy
-based security protection for more
predic
table change management, assured configuration integrity and reduced risk of downtime.
Security methods supported include digital certificates and digital signatures, multiple levels of
password protection, strong password encryption and Public Key Infrast
ructure (PKI)-based
authentication, and 128
-bit encryption of the switch's private key used for digital signatures. These
features enable organizations to customize SAN security to meet specific policy requirements and work
in conjunction with Advanced Zon
ing to further secure access to the SAN, simplify storage
management, and reduce provisioning time.
Adaptive Networking
Services
This suite of tools optimizes fabric behavior and ensures ample bandwidth for mission
-critical
applications. The tools currently include Quality of Service (QoS), Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation,
and Top Talkers. By assigning zones a high, medium, or low priority, QoS allocates bandwidth in the
event of congestion to expedite high
-priority traffic and keep all traffic flowing. Ingress Rate Limiting
restricts data flow from less
-critical hosts at preset bandwidths. Traffic Isolation assigns high-
bandwidth
data flows to specific ISLs. And Top Talkers measures the top bandwidth
-
consuming traffic in real time
for a specific physical or virtual device, or end to end across the fabric.
Server Application
Optimization
Server Application Optimization (SAO) improves overall application performance for physical servers
and virtual machines. SAO, when deployed with Brocade F
ibre Channel HBAs, extends Brocade
Adaptive Networking from the Brocade SAN fabric to the server infrastructure. This delivers
application
-level, fine-grain Quality of Service (QoS) management to the HBAs and related server
applications.
Solution Requirem
ents:
•SAO requires Brocade <> HBA installed in the server
Software Components, Optional

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Power Pack+ Software
Bundle
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle includes:
•Fabric Vision
•Fabric Watch**
•Advanced Performance Monitoring**
•Extended Fabrics*
•ISL Trunking
* Not supported in Access Gateway mode
**Partial support in Access Gateway mode (See the Access Gateway Administrator´s guide for full
details)
Fabric Vision
Fabric Vision offers innovative diagnostic, monitoring and management capabilities to hel
p 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 HPE SAN
Network Advisor that contains all critical SAN information for convenient review and analysis
Fabric Vision will be included by default in all
HPE StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and
Di
rectors bundled with Power Pack+ (with FOS 7.2.0a and later). In all other cases, Fabric Vision can be
enabled on
HPE 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
ISL Trunking
For high performance and seamless failover, this optional license logically groups up to eight E
-ports
(switch mode) or F
-ports (Access Gateway mode) to provide a high bandwidth trunk between two
Br
ocade or HPE B-Series switches. Each switch needs its own license. The fabric operating system
views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth ISL resource (up to 64 Gbps when routing connections
between 8 Gbps capable switches). Connections are load
-balanced across the individual links, which
comprise the logical trunk group.
Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch enables each switch to monitor the health of 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
Monitoring
This enabling technology helps administrators monitor application data traffic from a SID (Source ID) to
a DID (Destination ID), so they can fine
-tune and scale the fabric more efficiently. Plus, Advanced
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powerful tool for maximizing SAN performance.
Extended Fabrics
Extends the native Fibre
-Channel traffic up to 590 km. Extended Fabrics increases the scalability,
reliability, and performance benefits of Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs) beyond the native
10 km distance specified by the Fibre Channel standard.
SAN Network Advisor
Professional
HPE
SAN Network Advisor Professional is a management application available at no-
charge and comes
with B
-series SAN Switches and:
•Allows management of up to 2 Fabric OS (FOS) fabrics (up to a 300 switch ports) at a time
•Performs group switch management beyond the scope of Web Tools
•Does not offer management of the SN8000B 8-Slot or DC SAN Backbone Directors
It is targeted for SMB customers that use FOS based SAN fabrics and require a management solution
for smaller SANs based on a single fabric.
SMB customers that initially sta
rt off with SAN Network Advisor Professional and have a small SAN
environment may over time feel the need for an enterprise
-class product (SAN Network Advisor
Enterprise) as their environments start to grow in size and complexity, and as they start to uptake more
enterprise
-class functionality (such as Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP, etc.). A non-disruptive upgrade
path is available from SAN Network Advisor Professional to SAN Network Advisor Enterprise.
SAN Network Advisor
Enterprise and
Professional+
HP
E SAN Network Advisor Enterprise and Professional+ are the enterprise-class products that support
FOS products as well as FOS and M
-EOS products together. SAN Network Advisor Enterprise provides
complete SN8000B 8
-Slot Director and DC SAN Backbone Director management including enterprise-
class features/environments such as FICON, Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP, adaptive networking, etc
while
HPE
SAN Network Advisor Professional+ provides the same feature set except for support for the
SN8000B 8
-Slot Director, DC SAN Backbone Director, and FICON.
HPE
SAN Network Advisor Enterprise delivers unprecedented scalability, up to 100 fabrics and 15,000
switch ports, while
HPE SAN Network Advisor Professional+ scales to 36 SAN Fabrics and 2560 switch
ports. To accommodate growth, there is an upgrade available to SAN Network Advisor Enterprise from
SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus.
Both offerings provide brand
-new features including Adaptive Networking features for quality of
service, ingress rate limiting and traffic isolation zones.
BladeSystem compatibility
The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for
HPE BladeSystem c-Class must be deployed within the HPE BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure
and is compatible only with HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures.
HPE ProLiant Servers
ProLiant BLc server blades (All Proliant BLc server blades with support for Fibre Channel Mezzanine
cards)
HPE Integrity Servers
Integrity BLc server blades
HPE
FC HBA Mezzanines
All
HPE Fibre Channel Mezzanine cards for Bladesystem c-Class are supported
•Please refer to HPE
FC HBA Mezzanine Product QuickSpecs for server support details. 8Gb FC
HBA Mezzanie support with the Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch requires HPE FOS v6.2.Od or later.
Brocade 804 8Gb FC HBA requires FOS v6.3.1c or 6.4.0b or later.
HPE BladeSystem c-
HPE
BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 Enclosures

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Class
Enclosures
Switch interoperability
HPE
B-Series Switches,
Directors, and Routers
Gen 5 Fibre Channel 16
Gb Switches and
Directors
•SN8000B Director Switch (Enterprise)
•SN6500B Fibre Channel Switch (High-end)
•SN6000B Fibre Channel Switch (Midmarket)
•SN3000B Fibre Channel Switch (Entry)
•Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HPE c-Class BaldeSystem
8 Gb Switches and
Directors
•Embedded switch for HPE 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
•8/8 SAN Switch
•8/24 SAN Switch
•8/40 SAN Switch
•Encryption SAN Switch
•DC04 SAN Director
•8/80 SAN Switch
•DC SAN Backbone Director
4 Gb Switches and
Directors
•4/256 SAN Director
Virtual Connect
•HPE Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Module for HPE c-Class
BladeSystem
•HPE Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port Fibre Channel Module
•HPE Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module
Multi
-Protocol Routers
and Gateways
•MPX200 Multiprotocol Router (iSCSI, FCIP, FC, FCoE) and Data
Migration*
•Multi-protocol Extension Blade
•10/24 Blade for DC SAN Directors
•1606 Extension SAN Switch
•2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch
•
•SN4000B
* Supported in the same fabric with Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for
HPE BladeSystem c-Class, but
not directly connected.

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Service and Support Information
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Warranty
(1
-1-1) Hardware Warranty - One-year on-site warranty, normal business hours, next business day
response, installation not included.
NOTE:
The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software. Saleable
software carries its own warranty, please see below.
Software Warranty:
HPE warrants only that the software media will be free of physical defects for a
period of ninety (90) days from delivery.
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY:
The entire liability of HPE and its suppliers and your exclusive remedy for
software that does not conform to thi
s Limited Warranty shall be the repair or replacement of the
defective media. This warranty and remedy are subject to your returning the defective media
during the warranty period to
HPE in the country in which you obtained the software.
Services Included with
Product Purchase
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle includes one year of
HPE standard business hours, standard
business days Software Support (includes software technical support and software product and
documentation updates).
HPE Support Services
Protect your business beyond warranty with HPE Support Services
HPE Technology Services delivers confidence, reduces risk and helps customers realize agility and
stability.
Our integrated portfolio of Services for storage help customers reduce costs, optimize data,
streamline storage management, and improve backup and recovery.
HPE Support Services enable you
to choose the right service level, length of coverage and response time as you purchase your new
storage solution, giving you full entitlement
for the support for need for your IT and business.
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Unlock all of the benefits of your technology investment by connecting your products to HP Enterprise.
Achieve up to 77%1reduction in down time, near 100%2diagnostic accuracy and a single consolidated
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-failure alerts, automatic
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Service customers will also bene
fit from proactive activities to help prevent issues and increase
optimization. All of these benefits are already available to you with your server, storage and networking
products, securely connected to HPE support.
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Optimized Care
HPE Proactive Care with 6 hour call
-to-repair commitment, three year Support Service
HPE Proactive Care gives customers an enhanced call experience plus helps preventing problems and
maintains IT stability by utilizing tailored
, proactive reports with recommendations and advice when
your products are connected to HPE. This Service combines three years’ proactive reporting and
advice with our highest level of hardware support
- HPE’s 24x7, six hour hardware call-to-repair. HPE
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for your most valuable
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Standard Care
HPE Proactive Care with 24x7 coverage, three year Support Service
HPE Proactive Care gives customers an enhanced call experience plus helps preventing problems and
maintains IT stability by utilizing personalize
d proactive reports with recommendations and advice
when your products are connected to HPE. This Service combines three years’ proactive reporting and
advice with our 24x7 coverage, four hour hardware response time when there is a problem
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Related Services
HP
E SAN Deployment Service: Provides installation and configuration of your storage area network
(SAN). HP
E SAN Deployment Service covers a comprehensive complement of technologies, including
Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), FICON (Fibre
Channel for HP
E XP Storage Array-based mainframe storage), and iSCSI or serial-attached SCSI (SAS),
for switches and associated devices. This service implements a new single
-fabric or dual-fabric SAN or
extends an existing SAN but does not include configuration of arrays or storage devices that are
covered by their own corresponding deployment services.
•http://h20195.www2.hpe.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-8527EN.pdf
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Provides for the basic hardware installation of HPE branded servers,
storage devices and networking options to assist you in bringing your new hardware into operation in a
timely and professional manner.
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Additional Services
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ervice. For more information on service options, please visit
our Web site at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/san

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Step 1 – Base Configurations
Select one:
Model Name
Model Description
Part Number
HPE
B-Series 8/12c SAN
Switch BladeSystem c
-
Class
(1) 8 Gb SAN Switch; 12 ports enabled for any combination (internal and external);
two (2) short wave 8 Gb SFP+s; full fabric connectivity; documentation
AJ820C*
HPE
B-Series 8/24c SAN
Switch BladeSystem c
-
Class
(1) 8 Gb SAN Switch; 24 ports enabled (16 internal, 8 external); four (4) short wave 8
Gb SFP+s; full fabric connectivity; documentation
AJ821C*
HPE
B-Series 8/24c SAN
Switch Pwr Pk+
BladeSystem c-Class
(1) 8 Gb SAN Switch; 24 ports enabled (16 internal,
8 external); four (4) short wave 8
Gb SFP+s; full fabric connectivity; documentation and includes Power Pack+ Bundle
and management tools (see software components, optional)
AJ822C*
* The new part numbers for these models indicate RoHS compliance. Equivalent
models with old part numbers may still be ordered until they are made obsolete.
#0D1 may appear after this part number on your sales order when factory
integration is indicated.
Step 2 – Additional Options
Select each type of required options with quantities specified:
Hardware:
Model Name
Model Description
Part Number
8 Gb Optical
Transceivers (SFP+s)
Short Wave:
HPE 8Gb SW B-series FC SFP+
*AJ716A
HP 8Gb Shortwave B-series Fibre Channel 1 Pack SFP+ Transceiver
AJ716B
HP 8Gb Long Wave B-series 10km Fibre Channel 1 Pack SFP+ Transceiver
AJ717A
HP B-series 8Gb Extended Long Wave 25km Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver 1 Pack
AW538A
4 Gb Optical
Transceivers (SFPs)
HP 4Gb Short Wave B-series Fibre Channel 1 Pack SFP Transceiver
AJ715A
HP 4Gb Long Wave B-series 30km Fibre Channel SFP Transceiver 1 Pack
AN211A
Optical cables
PremierFlex OM4 type cables
HP Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 fiber 1m Cable
QK732A
HP Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 fiber 2m Cable
QK733A
HP Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 fiber 5m Cable
QK734A
HP Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 fiber 15m Cable
QK735A
HP Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 fiber 30m Cable
QK736A
HP Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 fiber 50m Cable
QK737A
LC-LC for between 4/8 Gb and 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel devices
HP LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 0.5m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable
AJ833A
HP LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 1.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable
AJ834A
HP LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 2.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable
AJ835A
HP LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 5.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable
AJ836A
HP LC to LC Multi
-mode OM3 2-Fiber 15.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable AJ837A
HP LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 30.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable
AJ838A
HP LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 50.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable
AJ839A

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* AJ716A is End of Life (EO)L, and is replaced by AJ716B because of RoHS
compliance; however, the SKU is still orderable until supplies are diminished.
Software:
Power Pack+ Software
Bundle
HPE
B-series Entry Switch Power Pack+ E-LTU T5521AAE
(Physical License
- T5521A)
For upgrading Full Fabric 8 Gb switches to Power Pack+. Includes bundled license
for:
•Fabric Vision
•ISL Trunking
•Advanced Performance Monitoring
•Fabric Watch
•Server Application Optimization
•Extended Fabrics
Optional Software
Brocade 8/16Gb Embedded FC Switch 12
-port Upgrade E-LTU T5517AAE
(Physical License
- T5517A)
HPE
8/16Gb Embedded Switch Fabric Vision E-LTU TC514AAE
(Physical License
- TC514A)
*Fabric Watch
*T5521AAE
HPE
B-series Entry Switch ISL Trunking E-LTU T5527AAE
(Physical License
- T5527A)
*Advanced Performance Monitoring
*T5521AAE
*Extended Fabrics
*T5521AAE
HP SAN Network Advisor Enterprise Software LTU
TC352A
HP SAN Networ
k Advisor Professional Plus Software LTU
TC353A
HP SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus Upgrade LTU
TC354A
* In order to obtain Fabric Watch or Advanced Performance Monitoring or
Extended Fabrics Software a purchase of the T5521AAE/T5521A Power Pack+
Software Bundle is required.
NOTE:
Some HPE B-series software licenses are now available through the
Electronic Delivery (E
-Delivery) mechanism. The E-Delivery software licenses
with new part numbers listed in this document are functionally equi
valent to the
corresponding physical licenses with different part numbers. Some software
licenses in this document are represented by two part numbers, the first of
which is the E
-
Delivery version (ending with AAE) and the second is the physical
version.
NOTE:
HPE SAN Network Advisor software will no longer be shipped as a DVD
to customers. Instead, customers will be able to access and download the

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software from
HPE's Product Download web site.

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Features
8/8 SAN Switch
Base and 8/8 SAN
Switch
8/24 SAN Switch
Base
SN3000B 16Gb FC
Switch and
SN3000B 16Gb FC
Power Pack+
SN6000B 16Gb FC
Switch and
SN6000B 16Gb FC
Power Pack+
Targeted
Environment
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Fibre Channel Port
Bandwidth
8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 16Gbit/sec 16Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
–64 - 192 Gbit/sec
full duplex
–128 - 192 Gbit/sec
full duplex
–192 - 384 Gbit/sec
full duplex
–384 - 768 Gbit/sec
full duplex
OS Support
NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign or http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
Storage system
support
MSA3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
FC Ports 8 Enabled
24 Max
16 Enabled
24 Max
12 or 24 Enabled
24 Max
24 or 48 Enabled
48 Max
SFP
B-series B-series B-series B-series
Advanced
Trunking
Optional Upgrade Included with Power
Pack+ or Optional
Upgrade
Included with Powe
r
Pack+ Upgrade
Included with Power
Pack+ or Optional
Upgrade
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included Included Included
Form factor
1U 1U 1U 1U
Zoning Software
Yes (Included)
Yes (Included)
Yes (Included)
Yes (Included)
Hot plug,
redundant
power supplies
No No Optional Yes
Hot plug fans
No No
Yes (integrated with
power supply)
Yes (integrated with
power supply)
Features
1606 Extension SAN Switch
Targeted
Environment
Data Centers
Fibre Channel Port
Bandwidth
8Gbit/sec
Ethernet
1Gbit/sec Ethernet
Aggregate device
bandwidth
OS Support
NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign
or
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
Storage system
support
MSA3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
FC Ports
4 or 16 Enabled

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16 Max
Ethernet Ports 2 or 6 Enabled
6 Max
SFP
B-series
Advanced
Trunking
Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade
Adaptive
Networking
Included
Form factor
1U
Zoning Software
Yes (Included)
Hot plug,
redundant
power supplies
Yes
Hot plug fans Yes
Features
SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Director Power Pack+
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director and 4-
Slot SAN
Director Power Pack+
Targeted
Environment
Cloud Optimized Data
Centers
Cloud Optimized Data
Centers
Port Bandwidth
Up to 16Gbit/sec
Up to 16Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
10.2 Tbit/sec
full duplex
5.1 Tbit/sec full duplex
OS Support
NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign or http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
Storage system
support
MSA3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
Ports Up to 512 SFP Up to 256 SFP
SFP
B-series B-series
Advanced
Trunking
Included with Power Pack
Included with Power Pack
or Optional Upgrade
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included
Form factor
14U 9U
Zoning Software
Yes (included)
Yes (included)
Hot plug,
redundant
power supplies
Yes Yes
Hot plug fans
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Features
Brocade 16Gb SAN
Switch for HPE c-Class
BladeSystem
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch
for HPE c-Class
BladeSystem
B-Series Multi-protocol
Extension Blade
Targeted
Environment
Datacenters, Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups, Departments
Data Centers
Port Bandwidth
16Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8 Gbit/sec FC Ethernet: 1

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or 10 Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
448 Gbit/sec
full duplex
192 Gbit/sec
full duplex
N/A
OS Support
NOTE: Please Refer to SAN Design Guide
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesign or http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
Storage system
Support
MSA3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
Ports 12 external /16 internal 4 or 8 external / 8 or 16
internal
16 8Gb FC and 10 1GbE or
2 10GbE
SFP
B-series B-series B-series
Advanced Trunking
Included with Power Pack+
or Optional Upgrade
Included with Power Pack+
or Optional Upgrade
Optional Upgrade to
chassis
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included Included
Form factor Embedded Embedded
Blade in SN8000B and DC
SAN Directors
Zoning Software Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included)
Hot plug,
redundant power
supplies
Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in director chassis
Hot plug fans Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in director chassis

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Fibre Channel por
ts
Brocade 8/12c SAN Switch model:
12
- 8 Gb ports in any internal/external port combination (ships with two 8 Gb short wave SFP+s)
Brocade 8/24c SAN Switch models:
16 internal 8 Gb ports and 8 external 8 Gb auto
-sensing ports (ships with four 8 Gb short wave SFP+s)
Device support and
Scalability guidelines
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html
Performance
8 Gb/sec line speed, full dupl
ex
Certified maximum
Certified maximum information available at:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html
Switch core
Non
-blocking
Fabr
ic latency
700 nSec. Latency increases as input port speed is lower than the output port speed.
Maximum frame size
2112
-byte payload
Classes of service
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter
-switch frames)
Port types
FL_Port, F_Port, and E_Port; self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port)
Data traffic types
Fabric switches supporting unicast and broadcast
Media types
Hot
-pluggable, B-Series Branded Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; Short-Wave Laser
(SWL), Long
-Wave Laser (LWL); Extended Long-Wave Laser (ELWL); distance depends on fiber-optic
cable and port speed. Supports SFP (4/2/1 Gbit/sec) and/or SFP+ (8/4/2 Gbit/sec) optical transceivers.
Laser
Short-wave, long-wave, and extended long wave laser transceivers (SFP's) are supported
Fabric
services
Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN). Includes Advanced WebTools
Enhanced group Management and Advanced Zoning. Optional fabric services include: Adaptive
Networking, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Extended Fabrics.
Options
SFP media, port upgradeable licensing, advanced management software licensing
Supported software
Telnet, SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB),
HPE Systems Insight Manager, HPE Storage Essentials,
HPE
Onboard Administrator for BladeSystem, Advanced WebTools, Enhanced Group Management, ,
Advanced Zoning, SAN Network Advisor, Fabric Watch, and Advanced Performance Monitoring
Management access
WebTools, SMI-s provider, SNMP, Telnet, and Secure Telnet
Diagnostics
POST and e
mbedded online/offline diagnostics
Dimensions
Depth
11.00 in. (with handle protrusion)
Height
1.13 in.
Width
7.63 in.
Weight
Approx. 2.91 lb - without media
Environment
System Inlet
Temperature
Operating
10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) at sea level with
an
altitude derating of 1.0°C per every 305m (1.8°F
per every 1000ft) above sea level to a maximum
of 3050m (10,000ft), no direct sustained
sunlight. Maximum rate of change is 10°C/Hr
(18°F/Hr ). The upper limit may be limited by the
type and number of opt
ions installed.
System performance may be reduced if
operating with a fan fault or above 30°C (86°F).
Non
-operating
-
30° to 60°C (-22° to 140°F). Maximum rate of
change is 20°C/Hr (36°F/Hr).
Relative Humidity
Operating
10 to 90% relative humidity (Rh), 28°C (82.4°F)

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maximum wet bulb temperature, non
-
condensing.
Non
-operating
5 to 95% relative humidity (Rh), 38.7°C (101.7°F)
maximum wet bulb temperature, non
-
condensing.
Altitude
Operating
3050 m (10,000 ft). This value may be limited by
the type a
nd number of options installed.
Maximum allowable altitude change rate is 457
m/min (1500 ft/min).
Non
-operating
9144 m (30,000 ft). Maximum allowable altitude
change rate is 457 m/min (1500 ft/min).
Vibration
Operating
1 G, 10-500 Hz, 60 minutes per axis
Non-operating
2 G, 10-500 Hz, 30 minutes
Shock
Operating
Half
-sine-wave shock, 40 G, 2 ms duration, in each direction of three
mutually perpendicular axes.
Non
-operating
Half
-sine-wave shock, 140 G, 2 ms duration, in each direction of three
mutua
lly perpendicular axes; and square-wave shock up to 80 G, 180
inches/s velocity change, in each direction of three mutually perpendicular
axes.
EMI
CFR 47 Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A level
CISPR22 Class A
EN55022 Class A
VCCI Class A
ITE
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
CNS 13438 Class A
EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) for CE Marking in European Union
Safety
Underwriters Laboratories, UL60950
Canadian Standards Association, CSA60950
TUV Rheinland of North America, EN60950
Nemko, EN60950
Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) for CE Marking in European Union
Fibre Channel
Standards And
Revisions
•FC-AL-2 INCITS 332: 1999
•FC-GS-5 ANSI INCITS 427: (includes the following.)
-FC-GS-4 ANSI INCITS 387: 2004
•FC-IFR INCITS 1745-D, revision 1.03 (under development)
•FC-SW-4 INCITS 418:2006 (includes the following)
-FC-SW-3 INCITS 384: 2004
•FC-VI INCITS 357: 2002
•FC-TAPE INCITS TR-24: 1999
•FC-DA INCITS TR-36: 2004 (includes the following)
-FC-FLA INCITS TR-20: 1998
-FC-PLDA INCIT S TR-19: 1998
•FC-MI-2 ANSI/INCITS TR-39-2005
•FC-PI INCITS 352: 2002
•FC-PI-2 INCITS 404: 2005
•FC-PI-4 INCITS 1647-D, revision 7.1 (under development)
•FC-FS-2 ANSI/INCITS 424:2006 (includes the following)
-FC-FS INCITS 373: 2003
•FC-LS INCITS 433: 2007
•FC-BB-3 INCITS 414: 2006 (includes the following)

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-FC-BB-2 INCITS 372: 2003
•FC-SB-3 INCITS 374: 2003 (replaces FC-SB ANSI X3.271: 1996; FC-SB-2 INCITS 374: 2001)
•RFC 2625 IP and ARP Over FC
•RFC 2837 Fabric Element MIB
•MIB-FA INCITS TR-32: 2003
•FCP-2 INCITS 350: 2003 (replaces FCP ANSI X3.269: 1996)
•SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.2 (includes the following)
-SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.03 ISO standard
IS24775-2006. Replaces (ANSI INCITS 388: 2004)
-SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.1.0
-SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Version 1.2.0

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Date
Version History
Action
Description of Change:
31-Mar-2016 From Version 24 to 25 Changed Changed made to the Overview, Sevice and Support and Family
Comparison Sections. Descriptions Updated.
10-Jun-2014
From Version 23 to 24
Changed
Changes were made throughout the QuickSpec.
18-Apr-2014 From Version 22 to 23 Removed Hardware Product Services was removed from Service and
Support, HPE Care Pack, and Warranty Information.
17-Jan-2014 From Version 21 to 22 Changed Updated the following: Product Highlights - Advanced Fabric
Services - added new note for Fabric Watch and Advanced
Performance Monitoring; Software Components, Optional - added
new note for Advanced Performance Monitoring and Fabric Watch
09-Dec-2013 From Version 20 to 21 Changed Brocade 8Gb and 16Gb SAN Switch for HPE BladeSystem c-Class
Fabric Vision LTU was added to Optional Software in Configuration
Information
HPE 8/40 SAN Switch and 8/40 SAN Switch Power Pack+ was
removed from Family Information
15-Oct-2013 From Version 19 to 20 Changed Fabric Vision was added to Product Highlights
2408 FCoE CN Switch and 2408 FCoe CN Switch Power Pack+ was
removed from Family Information chart
13-Sep-2013
From Version 18 to 19
Changed
Updated the Product Highlights Section - Switch Interoperability
19-Aug-2013 From Version 17 to 18 Changed Product descriptions were revised for Hardware Services On-site
Service in Hardware Product Services and Additional Options and
Optional software in Configuration Information
19-Apr-2013 From Version 16 to 17 Changed Product Highlights: Updated Switch interoperability section HPE
B-Series Switches, Directors, and Routers.
08-Mar-2013From Version 15 to 16 Changed Family Comparison: Updated Storage system support in the Family
Information sections.
15-Feb-2013
From Version 14 to 15
Changed
Changes were made in the Family Comparison Section.
31-Aug-2012
From Version 13 to 14
Changed
Changes were made in Configuration Information.
24-Aug-2012
From Version 12 to 13
Changed
Changes were made throughout the QuickSpec.
13-Aug-2012 From Version 11 to 12 Changed Changes were made in Overview, Configuration Information and
Technical Specifications sections.
18-May-2012
From Version 10 to 11
Changed
Updated the following: Additional Options added AJ816B
26-Sep-2011 From Version 9 to 10 Changed Updated Key Features and Benefits in the Overview,
Interoperability and Access Gateway, removed Secure Fabric OS
and added 16 GB and removed 2 Gb Swtiches and Directors in
Product Highlights, Optional Software in the Configuration
Information and completely revised Family Comparison.
08-Jul-2011 From Version 8 to 9 Changed Updated the following sections: Product Highlights - Advanced
Fabric Services, EGM, SAN Network Advisor; Configuration
Information - Step 2 - Optional Software; Technical Specifications -
Supported software. Replaced DCFM references with SAN Network
Advisor
09-Jun-2011
From Version 7 to 8
Removed
Removed "StorageWorks" throughout the document.

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27-Sep-2010
From Version 6 to 7
Added
PremierFlex OM3+ type cables were added to Step 2.
18-Jun-2010 From Version 5 to 6 Changed Updated the following sections: Advanced Fabric Services;
Software Components, Optional; Extended Fabrics - Server
Application Optimization added; BladeSystem compatibility -
added Brocade 804 8Gb FC HBA and note; Software - power
pack+ Software Bundle added support note; optional software -
added Server Application Optimization and DC Fabric Mgr
Professional Plus Upgrade.
19-Mar-2010 From Version 4 to 5 Changed Updated the following sections: Product Highlights; Software
components standard - access gateway, EGM, Software
components optional, Data Center Fabric Manager Professional,
Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise and Professional Plus,
Switch interoperability; Configuration Information - Step 2 -
Additional Options; Software - PowerPack+ Software Bundle;
Optional Software; Family Comparison table (remove obsolete
switches); Technical Specifications - media types and laser.
01-May-2009 From Version 3 to 4 Changed Completely revised BladeSystem Compatibility in the Product
Highlights section to show HPE ProLiant Servers, HPE Integrity
Servers, HPE Mezzanine FC HBAs and HPE BladeSystem c-Class
Enclosures supported.
Removed 4/32 SAN Switch and 4/32 SAN Switch Power Pack from the
Family Comparison charts.
20-Mar-2009 From Version 2 to 3 Changed Updated Brocade Software 8Gb SAN Switch for HPE BladeSystem
c-Class in the Family Comparison table, added F-Port Trucking
supported in Access Gateway mode to ISL Trucking performance
and enhancements in the Overview section and removed LC-SC for
between a 1 Gb and 2/4 Gb Fibre Channel Device from Optical
Cables in Step 2 of the Configuration Information section.
17-Nov-2008 From Version 1 to 2 Added Enhanced Group Management (EGM) and Data Center Fabric
Manager throughout the QuickSpec and HPE 8Gb Long Wave B-
Series 10km FC SFP +1 Pack to Step 2 in the Configuration
Information section.
Changed Optional Software in Step 2 of the Configuration Information
section.