HP SN8000D User manual

The HP SN8000B and DC SAN Directors are part of the B-series portfolio and are the industry's leading Fibre Channel switching
infrastructure solutions, combining breakthrough performance, scalability, and energy efficiency with long-term investment
protection. The SN8000B Directors were designed to unleash the full potential of private cloud storage and virtualization. With
unmatched scalability, 16 Gbps performance, reliability, and functionality, the SN8000B Directors are the strategic platform for
transforming current SAN fabrics into cloud-optimized SANs. For SAN fabrics not requiring the performance of the 16 Gbps platforms,
the DC SAN Directors are the most advanced 8 Gbps switching platforms in the industry.
All B-series SAN Directors are based on the same core technology and consist of two form factors. The SN8000B 8-Slot Director and DC
SAN Backbone Director are both a 14U chassis and support 8 Fibre Channel blades for large enterprises to deliver maximum scalability,
performance, and functionality. The SN8000B 4-Slot Director and the DC04 SAN Director are both a 9U chassis and support 4 Fibre
Channel blades for mid-size enterprises as the core of their SANs.
The SN8000B SAN Directors are based on 7th generation technology and provide up to 384 16Gb or 512 8Gb FC ports. These directors
also provide up to 32 QSFP based Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) which are equivalent to 128 16Gb FC ports. They support a range of fibre
channel blade options including 32 port and 48 port 16Gb blades, 32 port and 48 port 8Gb enhanced blades and the 64 port 8Gb blade.
They provide up to 8.2Tbps of total aggregate bandwidth and 512Gbps of slot bandwidth and are the ideal foundation for private cloud
storage and highly virtualized environments.
The DC SAN Directors are based on 6th generation technology and provide up to 512 8Gb FC ports. They support several types of port
blades -16, 32, 48, and 64 port 8Gb blades. They provide up to 4.1Tbps of total aggregate bandwidth and 256Gbps of slot bandwidth
and are ideally suited to address the problems of traditional data centers
B-series SAN Directors offer multi protocol support through various blades with autosensing support, depending on model, for
16/10/8/4/2 Gbps Fibre Channel, FICON, FCIP, FCoE (not supported with SN8000B) and data at rest Encryption.
To help minimize downtime costs, all B-series SAN Directors build upon years of innovation and leverages the core B-series technology
performing at greater than 99.999 percent uptime in the world's most demanding data centers.
The Power Pack+ set of tools monitors the network's health and performance. It is pre-configured on every SN8000B 8-Slot Director
and DC SAN Backbone Director. It is available pre-configured or as an upgrade for every SN8000B 4-Slot Director and DC04 SAN
Director. Power Pack+ also provides the foundation for integration into HP storage management tools, enabling infrastructure
management through a single-pane-of-glass.
New features exclusively available on the SN8000B SAN Directors:
There is a common ICL POD (Ports on Demand) license between SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot chassis. A single ICL POD license will enable
16 QSFP ICLs or 1Tbps of bandwidth in both SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot Director. A subsequent ICL POD license will enable an additional
16 QSFP ICLs or 1Tbps in SN8000B 8-Slot Director. New, optional Enterprise ICL PODs will enable from five to nine chassis connected
together and is added to the base ICL POD.
SN8000B SAN Directors allow customers to configure a port in any 16Gb blade at 10Gb FC speed. This is required for DWDM metro
connectivity and will be enabled by a slot based 10GE license.
SN8000B SAN Directors provide features like in-flight encryption and compression as part of base Fabric Operating System (FOS) with
any 16Gb blade. There are new diagnostic features (Diagnostic-Port aka D-Port, Optic Health Monitoring) that will allow functional and
stress testing of cables and optics. They use the capabilities of FOS, Director ASIC, and B-series 16Gb optic and are available on 16Gb
port blade with 16Gb B-series optics without any additional software license.
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HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Director and DC SAN Backbone Director
(shown)
(identical chassis with different core blades and Fibre Channel
blades)
HP SN8000B 4-Slot Director and DC04 SAN Director (shown)
(identical chassis with different core blades and Fibre Channel
blades)
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What's New
New Enhanced Multiprotocol Extension blade with enhanced IP Security features to replicate data across distances
New Core Blades to upgrade the 8Gb DC SAN Directors to 16Gbps capability
New 8 Gb 32-port and 48-port blades for the HP SN8000B SAN Directors, enabling an initial lower point of entry for a 16Gb Fibre
Channel core.
Enterprise ICL POD licenses enabling scalability to topologies greater than four chassis with ICLs, thus reducing cost and
complexity.
HP SN8000B SAN Directors with 32-port and 48-port 16 Gbps and 64-port 8Gbps director blades which provide up to 8.2 Tbps of
total aggregate bandwidth making them the ideal foundation for private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments.
HP SAN Network Advisor provides comprehensive management of data center SAN fabrics, including configuration, monitoring,
diagnostics, best-practices validation, and management of B-series SAN Directors, SAN Switches, and Host Bus Adapters (HBAs).
New RoHS compliant HP B-series directors and director components.
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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HP SN8000B and DC SAN Director Family
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SN8000B SAN Director
Highlights
HP SN8000B SAN Directors are the industry's most powerful Fibre Channel switching infrastructure
solutions, providing the most reliable, scalable, high-performance foundation for private cloud storage
and highly virtualized environments. They are designed to increase business agility while providing non-
stop access to information and reducing infrastructure and administrative costs. The SN8000B director
family:
Unleashes the full potential of private cloud storage with unmatched scalability, performance, and
reliability
Enables simpler, flatter, low-latency chassis connectivity to reduce network complexity,
management, and costs
Optimizes data center connectivity over distance with integrated high-performance metro and
global connectivity
Simplifies and centralizes end-to-end Storage Area Network (SAN) management with
comprehensive diagnostics, monitoring, and automation
Maximizes performance for I/O- and bandwidth-intensive applications with more than seven times
the performance of competitive offerings
Protects investments in existing SAN fabrics and automation tools while reducing operational costs
and minimizing business disruption
SN8000B Performance SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Director
384 ports operating simultaneously at full 16Gb speed (maximum)
8 Tbit/sec of chassis bandwidth
2 Tbit/sec of Inter Chassis Link (ICL) bandwidth (freeing up to 128 16 Gb ports for server,
storage, and fabric connections)
SN8000B 4-Slot Director
192 ports operating simultaneously at full 16Gb speed (maximum)
4 Tbit/sec of chassis bandwidth
1 Tbit/sec of Inter Chassis Link (ICL) bandwidth (freeing up to 64 16 Gb ports for server,
storage, and fabric connections)
DC SAN Director Highlights HP DC SAN Directors are the most advanced 8 Gbps switching platforms in the industry. They provide
leading reliability, scalability, and performance for traditional data center environments. The DC SAN
Directors family:
Consolidates data center connectivity for highly available, lossless networking between applications
and data, as well as between servers and storage networks
Provides an adaptive platform for ensuring Quality of Service (QoS) to virtualized applications and
data in server, networking, and storage complexes
Scales up to eight times more than traditional SAN directors to support virtualized applications that
leverage shared storage environments
Improves energy efficiency by combining higher bandwidth with lower power consumption than
existing solutions
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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 .
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
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Cabinet Support 22U, 36U, and 42U 5000, 9,000, 10,000, 10,000 G2 series Cabinets and Intelligent Series racks are
supported.
25U, 33U, 41U HP system/e cabs are supported.
NOTE: A maximum of two B-series SAN Director switches currently are supported to ship configured to
order from the factory in a 42U, 10000 (10KG2) and Intelligent Series cabinet. However, 220V PDUs must
be configured because 110V PDUs are not supported.
Software Components, Standard
Remote Switch The Remote Switch fabric functions with the aid of a bridging device, or network bridge. The network
bridge supports Fibre Channel physical interfaces, as well as secondary non-Fibre Channel FCIP physical
interfaces.
Frame Filtering An ASIC based capability in the 4 Gb, 8 Gb, and 16 Gb family of SAN switches 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.
Advanced Zoning WWN Zoning and Access Control are included in the DC SAN Directors' hardware. Administrators can
organize a physical fabric into logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by devices outside the Zone.
WebTools WebTools is an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical interface that enables organizations to install and
configure an SN8000B or DC SAN Director. SAN administrators can perform the initial configuration and
basic management tasks by using a Java-capable Web browser from standard laptops, desktop PCs, or
workstations 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-switch 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.
HP SAN Network Advisor Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise enable EGM functionality.
Customers have EGM functionality enabled within the hardware product and need only to make the
decision around which management application is right for them - SAN Network Advisor Professional,
Professional Plus, or Enterprise.
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SAN Director Power Pack+
Software Bundle
The SAN Director Power Pack+ Software bundle includes:
Fabric Vision
Extended Fabric
ISL Trunking
Advanced Performance Monitoring
Fabric Watch
NOTE: Optional software for the SN8000B 4-Slot (QK712A, QK712B) and DC04 Base SAN Director (AR478A,
AR478B)
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
Extended Fabric Extends all of 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.
FICON Support Optional FICON CUP license which enables host control of switches in mainframe environments. FICON
Accelerator is an optional software license that increases the speed of FICON disk and tape read and writes,
while maintaining the integrity of command and acknowledgement sequences.
ISL Trunking For high performance enhanced Trunking, this license logically groups up to eight E-ports to provide a high
bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 8 Gb or 16 Gb slot needs its own license. The switch
operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 64 Gb/s for 8 Gb, or up to 128
Gb/s for 16Gb) when routing connections between switches. Connections are load-balanced across the
individual links, which comprise the logical trunk group.
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Adaptive Networking Adaptive Networking (AN) is a family of technologies which allow flexible control of traffic movement
within the fabric which deliver application aware management of fabric resources. Applications may be
used with multiple protocols and multiple classes of service. It includes the following features:
Ingress Rate Limiting Allows the ingress bandwidth of a port to be throttled to a rate lower than
negotiated with the SAN node. This could be very useful for enterprises
offering stepped levels of service and enforcing SLAs.
Quality of Service
(QoS)
Enables zones with high, medium, and low priorities within a fabric on a zone
by zone basis. This can be very useful for prioritizing array replication over
MANs and WANs over less critical traffic.
Traffic Isolation
Zones
Defines paths through a fabric for some or all nodes. Failover allows a non-
preferred path to be used if the preferred fails. TIZs use failover by default but
it can be disabled if traffic should stop if a preferred path fails. TIZ can be used
to manually map out traffic flows within a fabric based on application, priority,
and topology.
Advanced Performance
Monitor
This 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.
Fabric Watch Fabric Watch 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.
Server Application
Optimization (SAO)
Server Application Optimization (SAO) license improves overall application performance for physical
servers and virtual machines. SAO, when deployed with B-Series Fibre Channel HBAs, extends B-Series
Adaptive Networking from the B-series 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 Requirements:
SAO license must be installed on the edge (server connected) switch
Adaptive networking (AN) license must be installed on the edge (server connected) switch
SAO requires B-series HBA installed in the server
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SAN Network Advisor
Professional
HP SAN Network Advisor Professional is a management application available at no-charge and comes with
B-series SAN Switches and:
Allows management of a single Fabric OS (FOS) fabric (up to a 1,000 switch ports)
Performs group switch management beyond the scope of Web Tools
Does not offer management of the SN8000B 8-Slot, DC SAN Backbone Directors, or FICON.
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 start 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 SAN Network Advisor Enterprise and Professional+ are the enterprise-class products that support FOSt.
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 HP SAN Network Advisor Professional+ provides the same
feature set except for support for the SN8000B 8-Slot Director, DC SAN Backbone Director, and FICON.
HP SAN Network Advisor Enterprise delivers unprecedented scalability, up to 24 fabrics and 9,000 switch
ports, while HP SAN Network Advisor Professional+ scales to 4 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.
Optional Software:
HP SN8000B Inter Chassis
Link License
Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) harness unused ports to connect the switching backplane of SAN Directors. The
SN8000B SAN Directors offer Second-generation ICL technology which includes new optical ports, higher
port density, and support for standard optical cables up to 100 meters. Base ICL support can connect up to
four SN8000B Directors, enabling flatter, faster, and simpler fabrics that increase consolidation while
reducing network complexity and costs.
ICLs enable scalable core edge and active-active mesh chassis topologies. These high-density chassis
topologies reduce inter-switch cabling by 75 percent and free up to 33 percent of ports for server and
storage. This maximizes overall port density in the lowest amount of rack space.
The SN8000B 8-Slot Director has a total of 32 ICL ports (16 per core switching blade) that deliver 2.1 Tbps
of bandwidth. This is equivalent to 128 16 Gbps ISLs. The SN8000B 4-Slot Director has a total of 16 ICL
ports (eight per core switching blade) that deliver 1 Tbps of bandwidth. This is equivalent to 64 16 Gbps
ISLs.
There is a common ICL POD (Ports on Demand) license between SN8000 8-Slot and 4-Slot chassis. A single
ICL POD license will enable 16 QSFP ICLs or 1Tbps of bandwidth in both SN8000 8-Slot and 4-Slot SAN
Director. A subsequent ICL POD license will enable an additional 16 QSFP ICLs or 1Tbps in a SN8000B 8-Slot
Director.
NOTE: ICL licenses are required for each SN8000B SAN Director. ICL QSFPs and optical cables are required
for connectivity.
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HP DC SAN Director 16
Inter-Chassis Link LTU
Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) harness unused ports to connect the switching backplane of one DC SAN Director
to the switching backplane of a second DC SAN Director.
The DC SAN Backbone Director has a total of 16 ICL ports (8 per core switching blade) that deliver 1 Tbps of
bandwidth. This is equivalent to 64 8 Gbps ISLs. The DC04 SAN Director has a total of 8 ICL ports (four per
core switching blade) that deliver 512 Gbps of bandwidth. This is equivalent to 32 16 Gbps ISLs.
The 16 Inter Chassis Link LTU enables 1Tbps of bandwidth in the DC SAN Backbone Director.
NOTE: Two ICL licenses are required for ICL connectivity (one license required for each DC SAN Director). HP
DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Inter-Chassis Link LTU (T4641) is only valid for DC SAN Backbone
Directors. AR480A required for ICL copper cable connectivity.
HP DC SAN Director 8
Inter-Chassis Link LTU
Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) harness unused ports to connect the switching backplane of one DC SAN Director
to the switching backplane of a second DC SAN Director.
The DC SAN Backbone Director has a total of 16 ICL ports (8 per core switching blade) that deliver 1 Tbps of
bandwidth. This is equivalent to 64 8 Gbps ISLs. The DC04 SAN Director has a total of 8 ICL ports (four per
core switching blade) that deliver 512 Gbps of bandwidth. This is equivalent to 328Gbps ISLs.
The 8 Inter Chassis Link LTU enables 512 Gbps of bandwidth in the DC SAN Backbone Director and the DC04
SAN Director.
NOTE: Two ICL licenses are required for ICL connectivity (one license required for each DC SAN Director).
AR480A required for ICL copper cable connectivity.
HP SN8000B Enterprise
Inter Chassis Link Licenses
Increased core-edge and active-active mesh topologies of up to nine (9) chassis can be supported with the
addition of SN8000B 8-slot or 4-slot Enterprise Inter-Chassis Link licenses (FOS v7.0.1 or greater required).
A license specific to the chassis is required for each chassis in the ICL-connected fabric. Fabric topologies
with fewer than five (5) SN8000B chassis do not require this license.
HP B-Series SAN Director
FICON CUP Active License
Optional license feature provides Control Unit Port (CUP) in-band management function designed to allow
mainframe applications to perform configuration, monitoring, management and statistics collection.
These applications include System Automation for OS/390 (SA/390), Dynamic Channel Management
Facility (DCM) and Resource Management Facility (RMF). Hardware- enforced FICON and FCP port zoning
enhances separation with intermix operation.
NOTE: Supported for all B-series SAN Directors.
HP DC SAN Director Switch
Multiprotocol Ext Blade
FICON Accelerator
Upgrade LTU
The FICON Accelerator software license increases the speed of FICON disk and tape read and writes, while
maintaining the integrity of command and acknowledgement sequences
NOTE: Supported for the MP Extension Blade (AP865A, AP865B) and Enhanced MP Extension Blade
(C8R46A) for all B-series SAN Directors.
HP B-series SAN Backbone
Director Integrated
Routing LTU
Integrated Routing is an optional license which provides native Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) on a per-port
basis, rather than limiting routing ports to those on a dedicated routing blade or switch. Just like traditional
FCR, Integrated Routing uses EX_Ports to import/export devices between fabrics, enabling selective device
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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).
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HP MP Extension Blade
Advanced Upgrade
Optional software license for the MP Extension Blade and Enhanced MP Extension Blade which enables two
advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting.
FCIP Trunking:
FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP circuits) via
multiple of the 1 GE and 10 GE interfaces to provide high bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency. In
addition, each FCIP circuit supports four QoS classes (Class-F, Hi, Medium and Low Priority), each as a TCP
connection.
Adaptive Rate Limiting:
An FCIP tunnel can be configured a minimum (guaranteed) committed rate as well as a maximum
committed rate. FCIP tunnel will run at least the minimum rate. If additional bandwidth is needed, the
committed rate will grow until the channel traffic demand is satisfied, maximum committed rate is
reached, or the throughput capabilities of the network are reached.
NOTE: Supported for the MP Extension Blade (AP865A, AP865B) and Enhanced MP Extension Blade
(C8R46A) for the SN8000B and DC SAN Directors.
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Warranty SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Director
(2-2-2) Hardware Warranty - Hardware Warranty - Two-year on-site warranty,
24x7, 4-hour remote response, installation not included.
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director
(2-2-2) Hardware Warranty - Hardware Warranty - Two-year on-site warranty,
24x7, 4-hour remote response, installation not included.
DC SAN Backbone Director (2-2-2) Hardware Warranty - Hardware Warranty - Two-year on-site warranty,
24x7, 4-hour remote response, installation not included.
DC04 SAN Director (2-2-2) Hardware Warranty - Hardware Warranty - Two-year on-site warranty,
24x7, 4-hour remote response, installation not included.
NOTE: The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software.
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that does not conform to this 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
HP in the country in which you obtained the software.
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Depending on your individual support needs, choose from three levels of care that cover the entire lifecycle
to better address your needs-Optimized Care, Standard Care, and Basic Care. If none of our support
recommendations meet your needs, we can tailor a service solution for your unique support requirements.
Only HP brings together deep expertise, proactive and business critical support and a strong partner
network-plus, a full set of infrastructure services designed to power a Converged Infrastructure.
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Optimized Care- delivers
best performance and
stability through
deployment and proactive
management practices
HP Proactive Care 24x7- for a higher return on your storage investment, Proactive Care delivers hardware
and software support services designed specifically for your technology; rapid access to Advanced Solution
Center Specialists plus, Firmware/Software management and best practice advice. Customers can optimize
the return on their IT investment and realize the advantage of running their business critical applications
on virtualized/x86 infrastructure. Plus, 40 credits per year , select from an extensive menu of consultancy
and technical services, such as onsite firmware upgrades, health checks, assessments, and education.
Standard Care-maintains
high level of uptime,
along with expert help to
cut the cost and
complexity of
implementation and
support
HP Proactive Care 24x7- for a higher return on your storage investment, Proactive Care delivers hardware
and software support services designed specifically for your technology; rapid access to Advanced Solution
Center Specialists plus, Firmware/Software management and best practice advice. Customers can optimize
the return on their IT investment and realize the advantage of running their business critical applications
on virtualized/x86 infrastructure. Plus, 30 credits per year, select from an extensive menu of consultancy
and technical services, such as onsite firmware upgrades, health checks, assessments, and education.
Basic Care-Minimum
recommended support
3-Year Support Plus 24 -For a higher return on your server and storage investment, HP Support Plus 24
provides integrated hardware and software support services designed specifically for your technology.
Available 24x7, this 3-year combined reactive support option delivers onsite hardware support and over-
the-phone software support around-the-clock. Leverage the full strength of HP Technology Services -
customers can trust the services professionals at HP to work collaboratively with them, putting our
strategic and technical know-how to work across their entire infrastructure. Plus, 10 credits per year ,
select from an extensive menu of consultancy and technical services, such as onsite firmware upgrades,
health checks, assessments, and education. Plus, 10 credits per year, select from an extensive menu of
consultancy and technical services, such as onsite firmware upgrades, health checks, assessments, and
education
Implementation HP Enhanced Implementation Service for SANs provides a comprehensive SAN strategy, planning and
implementation. The service covers a comprehensive complement of technologies including Fibre Channel,
Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Fibre Channel over IP, FICON, iSCSI, or HP BladeSystem FC or Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS) switches and associated devices. Benefits-ensure optimal SAN connectivity tailored to your
specific environment. Helps ensure a successful implementation for complex deployments by providing HP
project management.
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-8527EN.pdf
HP Proactive Select: Accelerate the ROI of your technology investment
HP Proactive Select is a flexible way to purchase services to fit your particular environment or situation.
Working with an HP Account Support Manager, you select a 'package' of services, from a wide range of
proactive services offered by HP spanning many technologies and processes-- such as onsite firmware
upgrades, health checks, assessments, and education. You tailor the service delivery to improve time-to-
production, optimize performance, or build in continuous improvements
The link to the datasheet is as follows:
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA2-3842ENW.pdf
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Remote
Support Tools
HP Insight Remote Support-: Available at no additional cost to all warranty, HP Care Pack Service and
service agreement customers, uses proven technology to deliver secure, reliable 24x7 remote monitoring,
diagnosis and problem resolution.
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA2-4676ENW.pdf
For more information www.hp.com/services/storage
To learn more on HP Storage Services, please contact your HP sales representative or HP Authorized
Channel Partner
HP Care Pack Services are sold by HP and HP Authorized Service Partners:
Services for customers purchasing from HP or an enterprise reseller are quoted using HP order
configuration tools.
Customers purchasing from a commercial reseller can find HP Care Pack Services at
www.hp.com/go/lookuptool
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Features 8/8 SAN Switch Base
and 8/8 SAN Switch
8/24 SAN Switch
Base
8/80 SAN Switch and
8/80 SAN Switch
Power Pack+
SN3000B 16Gb FC
Switch
SN6000B 16Gb FC
Switch and SN6000B
16Gb FC Power Pack+
Targeted
Environment
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups,
Departments
Fibre Channel Port
Bandwidth
8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 16Gbit/sec 16Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
128 - 384 Gbit/sec
full duplex
256 - 384 Gbit/sec
full duplex
768 - 1280 Gbit/sec
full duplex
384 - 768 Gbit/sec
full duplex
768 - 1536 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
3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
FC Ports 8 Enabled
24 Max
16 Enabled
24 Max
48 Enabled
80 Max
12 or 24 Enabled
24 Max
24 or 48 Enabled
48 Max
SFP B-series B-series B-series B-series B-series
Advanced
Trunking
Optional Upgrade Included with Power
Pack+ or Optional
Upgrade
Included with Power
Pack+ or Optional
Upgrade
Included with Power
Pack+ Upgrade
Included with Power
Pack+ or Optional
Upgrade
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included Included Included Included
Form factor 1U 1U 2U 1U 1U
Zoning Software Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included)
Hot plug, redundant
power supplies
No No Yes Optional Yes
Hot plug fans No No Yes Yes (integrated with
power supply)
Yes (integrated with
power supply)
Features 1606 Extension SAN Switch Encryption SAN Switch
Targeted
Environment
Data Centers Data Centers
Fibre Channel Port
Bandwidth
8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec
Ethernet 1Gbit/sec Ethernet N/A
Aggregate device
bandwidth
512 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
3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
FC Ports 4 or 16 Enabled
16 Max
32 Enabled
32 Max
Ethernet Ports 2 or 6 Enabled
6 Max
N/A
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SFP B-series B-series
Advanced
Trunking
Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade Optional Upgrade
Adaptive Networking Included Included
Form factor 1U 2U
Zoning Software Yes (Included) Yes (Included)
Hot plug, redundant
power supplies
Yes 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+
DC SAN Backbone Director
Power Pack+
DC04 SAN Director and
DC04 SAN Director Power
Pack+
Targeted
Environment
Cloud Optimized Data
Centers
Cloud Optimized Data
Centers
Traditional Data Centers Traditional Data Centers
Port Bandwidth Up to 16Gbit/sec Up to 16Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
16.4Tbit/sec
full duplex
8.2Tbit/sec
full duplex
4.1 Tbit/sec
full duplex
2 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
3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
Ports Up to 512 SFP Up to 256 SFP Up to 512 Up to 256
SFP B-series B-series B-series B-series
Advanced
Trunking
Included with Power Pack Included with Power Pack
or Optional Upgrade
Included with Power Pack+ Included with Power Pack+
or Optional
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included Included Included
Form factor 14U 9U 14U 9U
Zoning Software Yes (included) Yes (included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included)
Hot plug, redundant
power supplies
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hot plug fans Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Features Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch
for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch
for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
B-Series Multi-protocol
Router Blade
B-Series Multi-protocol
Extension Blade
Targeted
Environment
Datacenters, Workgroups,
Departments
Workgroups, Departments Data Centers Data Centers
Port Bandwidth 16Gbit/sec 8Gbit/sec 4 Gbit/sec FC Ethernet: 1
Gbit/sec
8 Gbit/sec FC Ethernet: 1 or
10 Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
896 Gbit/sec
full duplex
384 Gbit/sec
full duplex
N/A 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
3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual 4000, P9000/XP, P6000/EVA, P2000/MSA
Ports 12 external /16 internal 4 or 8 external / 8 or 16
internal
18 ports: 16 FC and 2
Gigabit Ethernet
16 8Gb FC and 10 1GbE or 2
10GbE
SFP B-series B-series HP B-series
Advanced Trunking Included with Power Pack+
or Optional Upgrade
Included with Power Pack+
or Optional Upgrade
Optional Upgrade to chassis Optional Upgrade to chassis
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included Included Included
Form factor Embedded Embedded Blade in 4/256, DC SAN
Back, or DC04 SAN Dir
Blade in SN8000B and DC
SAN Directors
Zoning Software Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included)
Hot plug, redundant
power supplies
Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in director chassis Yes, in director chassis
Hot plug fans Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in BladeSystem
Enclosure
Yes, in director chassis Yes, in director chassis
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Step 1 – Base Configuration and Power Pack
Select one:
Model
Model Description Part Number
HP SN8000B 8-Slot Power Pack+ SAN Backbone Director Switch QK710B
16Gb 384-port or 8Gb 512-port capable Fibre Channel Director, 2 control processors, 2
16Gb core blades, 2 power supplies, 1 2 GB USB Device, rack rails, cable comb Zoning,
Web tools, Enhanced Group Management, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance
Monitor, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Server Application Optimization,
and SAN Network Advisor Enterprise Software 75 day trial kit (separate DVD). Does not
include Port blades or SFPs.
HP SN8000B 4-Slot Power Pack+ SAN Director Switch QK711B
16Gb 192-port or 256-port capable Fibre Channel Director, 2 control processors, 2 16Gb
core blades, 2 power supplies, 1 2 GB USB Device, rack rails, cable comb Zoning, Web
tools, Enhanced Group Management, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance
Monitor, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Server Application Optimization,
SAN Network Advisor Professional Software (separate DVD), and SAN Network Advisor
Enterprise Software 75 day trial kit (separate DVD). Does not include Port blades or
SFPs.
HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch QK712B
16Gb 192-port or 8Gb 256-port capable Fibre Channel Director, 2 control processors, 2
16Gb core blades, 2 power supplies, 1 2 GB USB Device, rack rails, cable comb Zoning,
Web tools, Enhanced Group Management, and SAN Network Advisor Professional
(separate DVD), and SAN Network Advisor Enterprise Software 75 day trial kit (separate
DVD). Does not include Port blades or SFPs.
HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch AK857C
8Gb 512-port capable Fibre Channel Director , 2 control processors, 2 power supplies, 2
8Gb core blades,1 2 GB USB Device, rack rails, cable comb Zoning, Web tools, Enhanced
Group Management, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitor, Fabric
Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Server Application Optimization, and SAN
Network Advisor Enterprise Software 75 day trial kit (separate DVD). Does not include
Port blades or SFPs.
HP DC04 Power Pack+ SAN Director Switch AR479B
8Gb 256-port capable Fibre Channel Director, 2 control processors, 2 power supplies, 2
8Gb core blades, 1 2 GB USB Device, rack rails, cable comb Zoning, Web tools, Enhanced
Group Management, Adaptive Networking, Advanced Performance Monitor, Fabric
Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Server Application Optimization, SAN Network
Advisor Professional Software (separate DVD), and SAN Network Advisor Enterprise
Software 75 day trial kit (separate DVD). Does not include Port blades or SFPs
HP DC04 SAN Director Switch AR478B
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8Gb 256-port capable Fibre Channel Director , 2 control processors, 2 power supplies, 2
8Gb core blades, 1 2 GB USB Device, rack rails, cable comb Zoning, Web tools, Enhanced
Group Management, and SAN Network Advisor Professional (separate DVD), and SAN
Network Advisor Enterprise Software 75 day trial kit (separate DVD). Does not include
Port blades or SFPs.
Step 2 – Additional Port Configurations
Model Description Quantity Part Number
HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port blade QK713B
32-port 16Gb/s Director Blade
NOTE: Only supported in SN8000B Directors (QK710A, QK710B,
QK711A, QK711B, QK712A and QK712B). Requires B-series optical
SFP transceivers for each port as listed below.
NOTE: A fully populated SN8000B 8-slot Director Switch with 16Gb or
8Gb 32-port blades requires two 2000W power supplies.
Add the
appropriate
quantity of 32-
port blades to
meet
requirements
HP SN8000B 16Gb 48-port blade QK714B
48-port 16Gb/s Director Blade
NOTE: Only supported in SN8000B Directors (QK710A, QK710B,
QK711A, QK711B, QK712A and QK712B). Requires B-series optical
SFP transceivers for each port as listed below.
NOTE: A fully populated SN8000B 8-slot Director Switch with 16Gb or
8Gb 48-port blades requires four 2000W power supplies. The
maximum number of 48-port blades supported with two power
supplies is seven (8th slot must be empty).
Add the
appropriate
quantity of 48-
port blades to
meet
requirements
HP SN8000B 8Gb 32-port enhanced blade QW940A
32-port 8Gb/s Enhanced Director Blade
NOTE: Only supported in SN8000B Directors (QK710A, QK710B,
QK711A, QK711B, QK712A and QK712B). Requires B-series optical
SFP transceivers for each port as listed below. 16Gb optics not
supported in 8Gb blade.
NOTE: A fully populated SN8000B 8-slot Director Switch with 16Gb
or 8Gb 32-port blades requires two 2000W power supplies.
Add the
appropriate
quantity of 32-
port blades to
meet
requirements
HP SN8000B 8Gb 48-port enhanced blade QW941A
48-port 8Gb/s Enhanced Director Blade
NOTE: Only supported in SN8000B Directors (QK710A, QK710B,
QK711A, QK711B, QK712A and QK712B). Requires B-series optical
SFP transceivers for each port as listed below. 16Gb options not
supported in 8Gb blade.
NOTE: A fully populated SN8000B 8-slot Director Switch with 16Gb or
8Gb 48-port blades requires four 2000W power supplies. The
maximum number of 48-port blades supported with two power
supplies is seven (8th slot must be empty).
Add the
appropriate
quantity of 48-
port blades to
meet
requirements
HP 8/16 port blade AK858C
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