HP StorageWorks 1606 - Extension SAN Switch User instructions

IT organizations continue to face unprecedented data growth as more platforms, applications, and users connect to the data center
network. In turn, the storage network infrastructure must continue evolving to enable fast, continuous, and most cost-effective access
to mission-critical data from anywhere in the world.
To address this challenge, the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch helps provide fast, reliable, and cost-effective network infrastructure for
remote data replication, backup, and migration. Leveraging next-generation Fibre Channel and advanced Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
technology, the 1606 Extension SAN Switch provides a flexible and extensible platform to move more data faster and further than ever
before.
Whether configured for simple point-to-point or comprehensive multisite SAN extension, the 1606 Extension SAN Switch addresses the
most demanding business continuity, compliance, and global data access requirements. Up to sixteen 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports and
six 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports provide unmatched Fibre Channel and FCIP bandwidth, port density, and throughput for maximum
application performance over WAN links.
The 1606 Extension SAN Switch is available in three models:
Power Pack+: 22 Total Ports (sixteen 8Gb FC and six 1GbE) and value add software
Full: 22 Total Ports (sixteen 8Gb FC and six 1GbE)
Base: 6 Total Ports (four 8Gb FC and two 1GbE)
The Base model is targeted for smaller environments such as the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) and Enterprise Remote
Office/Branch Office (ROBO), yet provides the ability to grow as the business demands equating to investment protection while also
affording no disruption in service. Through an Upgrade Bundle all FC and GE ports on the system may be activated along with several
complementary features that meet the needs of larger environments. Embracing a building block methodology for add-on features,
the 1606 Extension SAN Switch provides the flexibility to custom tailor a solution to best meet the needs of customer's unique
environment.
The 1606 Extension SAN Switch integrates a variety of best-in-class capabilities, such as Fibre Channel routing, Storage-Optimized TCP
("SO-TCP"), hardware-based compression, write and read acceleration for disk and tape, in-tunnel Quality of Service (QoS), IP Security
("IPsec") encryption, FCIP trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting to deliver a high-performance, highly reliable, and secure distance-
connectivity solution. This makes the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch strategic for a variety of IT initiatives; including business
continuance, site mirroring, replication, and data migration across virtually unlimited distances.
The 1606 Extension San Switch is fully compatible with the entire B-Series family of FC switching platforms, delivering advanced 8
Gbit/sec fabric services end-to-end over distance and providing investment protection for hardware as well as the ability to leverage
expertise and training across the data center staff.
What's New
New RoHS compliant HP SAN switches
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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.
Key Features
Maximize the Value of SANs
FCIP Extension of Fibre Channel SANs provides connectivity over longer distances that would otherwise be technologically not
possible, impractical, too expensive with native Fibre Channel or when dark fiber resources are unavailable.
Achieve bandwidth savings and higher bandwidth utilization via data compression by compressing FC frames before they are
encapsulated into FCIP packets.
Extensive diagnostics, system-monitoring capabilities, and performance monitoring (including extensive and granular TCP
statistics graphing in Webtools).
Superior Performance
TCP acceleration helps to overcome latency between source and target locations by adjusting the TCP window size and
performing selective acknowledgements.
Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) techniques can be used to prioritize traffic and guarantee that necessary bandwidth
requirements are met.
Key protocol features are enabled in the FCIP implementation to optimize performance of SAN extension over IP networks,
including Storage-Optimized TCP.
Outstanding Scalability and operational flexibility
FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP circuits) to provide high
bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency.
Optional Adaptive Rate Limiting feature meets minimum bandwidth guarantee for each tunnel while allowing full utilization of
the available network bandwidth without adverse impact to throughput performance during high traffic loads.
Optional FC Routing delivers fabric isolation in conjunction with FCIP, enabling separate fabrics to share devices without merging
across the IP network.
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1606 Extension SAN
Switch
Up to 16 ports of auto-sensing 1Gb, 2Gb, 4Gb, and 8Gb Fibre Channel interfaces in a single 1U
enclosure for seamless integration with existing B-series fabrics
Up to 6 ports of 1 GBE to instantly extend connectivity between multiple SAN fabrics over distance.
Two of the 6 GE ports can be configured for copper or optical cable connectivity. The other 4 GE
ports offer cable connectivity via SFP module only
Configuration Support The HP 1606 Extension Switch is fully compatible with the B-series of FC switches and directors. For
complete interoperability information please check:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesign
http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesignguide
FCIP Tunnels The FCIP Tunneling Service enables organizations to extend their Fibre Channel SANs over distances that
would be impractical or expensive with native Fibre Channel links, or in situations where dark fiber links
would be impractical but in which IP WAN connectivity already exists. As a result, organizations have a
more manageable way to share resources across geographical boundaries and implement reliable
business continuance solutions. The tight integration also enables a unified architecture for connectivity
across the MetaSAN, paving the way for future value-added SAN applications that extend their reach
across the whole storage infrastructure.
This service also provides superior performance and scalability through hardware-based compression,
combined with up to an industry leading eight virtual FCIP tunnels per 1606 Extension SAN Switch.
Multiple logical FCIP tunnels allow for scalable connectivity between sites. Note that FCIP tunnels between
two 1606 Extension SAN Switches or a 1606 Extension Switch and a Multi Protocol Extension Blade for the
DC SAN Directors (1GE) is supported. The 1606 Extension SAN Switch does not support FCIP connectivity
with any other products including the B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade.
Hardware Based
Compression
Hardware-based compression delivers the ability to maximize throughput over lower bandwidth links in
the wide area network, optimizing the cost efficiencies of FCIP. The 1606 Extension SAN Switch
compresses FC frames before they are encapsulated into FCIP packets. When compressed FC frames are
encapsulated, multiple frames can be batched together to form a bigger FCIP packet up to the MTU.
IPSec Improved over the B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade, the 1606 Extension SAN Switch IPSec
function is capable of supporting both Ipv4 and Ipv6, mix of secure and non-secure tunnels on the same GE
port, jumbo frames, and VLAN tagged connections.
Manageability B-Series Web Tools
Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
B-series SAN Network Advisor sold separately)
CLI
Support for SMI-S based applications
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Scalability Refer to the guidelines described in the Heterogeneous Open SAN Design Reference Guide available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesignguide
Cabinet Support HP (22U, 36U and 42U) 9000 and 10000 G1 Series, (25U, 33U and 41U) HP System/e, the 42U HP 10000 G2
Series and the Intelligent Series racks.
NOTE: To order factory integration, add 0D1 after the part number on your sales order.
Software Components, Standard
WebTools Enables organizations to monitor and manage single Fibre Channel switches or router in small SAN fabrics.
Tasks can be performed 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-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.
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.
FastWrite over FCIP FastWrite over FCIP reduces the number of round-trip "waits" for Write I/O to one to mitigate the latency
effect of a long distance FCIP link.
Adaptive Networking Adaptive Networking (AN) is an optional 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.
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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
Software Components, Optional
1606 Base to Full Upgrade This license enables full hardware capabilities on the 1606 Base Extension SAN Switch, increasing the
number of Fibre Channel ports from four to sixteen and the number of Gigabit Ethernet ports from two to
six. A 1606 Base Extension SAN Switch with the Upgrade License also supports up to eight FCIP tunnels
instead of two and supports advanced capabilities such as tape read/write pipelining.
Tape pipelining is similar to FastWrite in that it reduces the number of round-triptime delays that the
server must wait while writing to tape. In the case of Tape Pipelining, the FCIP ports act as a tape device (on
the server side) and as a server (on the tape device side). I/O requests are initiated and acknowledged
locally at both end of the link. The final Write Tape Mark command from the
server is acknowledged only after all data has been written to the tape device.
Advanced Extension Optional software license for the 1606 Extension SAN Switch 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 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.
Adaptive Rate Limiting:
Adaptive Rate Limiting dynamically adjusts shared bandwidth between guaranteed minimum rates and
uncongested maximum rates for each FCIP circuit within a tunnel or trunk. This overcomes the problem of
fixed provisioning of bandwidth that leads to over-provisioning and underutilization of bandwidth.
Adaptive Rate Limiting enables applications to exceed guaranteed minimum rates when competing
bandwidth is idle.
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Integrated Routing Integrated Routing is an optional license which provides native Fibre Channel Routing (FRC) 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
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.
FICON CUP Optional software allows FICON Switching to provide Fibre Channel and FICON intermix, FICON Control Unit
Port (CUP), and FICON cascading for more than one B-Series SAN Director in XP Storage Array
environments. The 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.
Power Pack + Software
Bundle
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle comes with the 1606 Extension SAN Switch Power Pack+ or as an
optional software bundle for the 1606 Extension SAN Switch base and full models. It includes the
following:
Fabric Vision
Fabric Watch
Performance Monitor
Extended Fabric
ISL Trunking
Fabric Vision Fabric Vision offers innovative diagnostic, monitoring and management capabilities to help accelerate new
application deployments, address SAN problems before they impact operations and reduce operational
costs. It Includes
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite: A policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built rules and
automation that simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration and monitoring.
Flow Vision: A comprehensive tool that enables administrators to identify, monitor, and analyze
specific application data flows without using taps to ensure optimized performance
Health and performance dashboard: A single customizable screen displayed in HP SAN Network
Advisor that contains all critical SAN information for convenient review and analysis
Fabric Vision will be included by default in all HP StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and Directors
bundled with Power Pack+ (with FOS 7.2.0a and later). In all other cases, Fabric Vision can be enabled on
HP StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and Directors in any one of the following ways
Application of the Fabric Vision LTU (FOS 7.2.0a and later)
Application of the Power Pack+ LTU (FOS 7.2.0a and later)
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with Power Pack+ to FOS 7.2.0a or later
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with both Advanced Performance Monitor (APM) and
Fabric Watch (FW) licenses to FOS 7.2.0a or later
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Fabric Watch Fabric Watch is an optional license which enables each switch to monitor the SAN for potential faults and
automatically alert network managers to problems before they become failures. Fabric Watch tracks a
variety of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters. Monitoring fabric-wide events, ports, SFPs, and
environmental parameters permits early fault detection and isolation as well as performance
measurement. Each switch in the SAN needs its own Fabric Watch license.
Advanced Performance
Monitoring
This optional enabling technology helps administrators monitor and watch specific fabric metrics -- from a
SID (Source ID) to a DID (Destination ID) -- so they can fine-tune and scale the fabric more efficiently. Plus,
Advanced Performance Monitoring includes the ability for early warning detection of hot spots within the
fabric, a powerful tool for maintaining overall balanced performance.
Top Talkers is a component of Advanced Performance Monitoring and tracks the top traffic flows for hosts
and targets for a switch port or a switch. Top Talkers can help identify the ports that need certain Quality
of Service (QoS) attributes or it can help determine portions of the physical topology that need
reconfiguration.
Extended Fabric Optional license which 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.
ISL Trunking For high performance enhanced Trunking, this optional license logically groups up to four E-ports to
provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 8Gb switch needs its own license. The switch
operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 64Gb) when routing
connections between 8G switches. Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which
comprise the logical trunk group.
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) 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 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 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 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.
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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.
Both offerings provide brand-new features including Adaptive Networking features for quality of service,
ingress rate limiting and traffic isolation zones.
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Warranty (1-1-1) Hardware Warranty - One-year on-site warranty, 8x5, next business day response, installation not
included.
NOTE: The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software.
Saleable software carries its own warranty, see below.
Software Warranty - HP 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 HP and its suppliers and your exclusive remedy for software
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.
For bundled Software
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software defect identification.
Software support benefits include:
Improved productivity of system managers and operators
Improved system performance and reduced downtime due to software defects
Expedited problem resolution through expert-level technical resources
Software and documentation updates
Electronic access to essential product and support information
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Extending warranties with HP Care Pack Services
For cost-effective upgrading or extending your standard warranty, HP Care Pack Services offer a suite of standard reactive hardware
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Access to self-solve tools (including search technical knowledge base)
Efficient logging and tracking of support cases
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Download of patches and drivers
Access to diagnostic tools
Proactive notification of relevant information
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Taking a more proactive approach to IT support, the HP Remote Support pack plug-in module easily
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HP Remote Support Pack enhances HP Systems Insight Manager with intelligent event diagnosis plus the
automatic submission of hardware event notifications securely to HP support, including acknowledgment
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proactive services for your SAN storage and HP-UX environments.
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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+
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 8Gbit/sec 16Gbit/sec
Aggregate device
bandwidth
128 - 384 Gbit/sec
end-to-end
256 - 384 Gbit/sec
end-to-end
768 - 1280 Gbit/sec end-to-
end
384 - 768 Gbit/sec end-to-
end
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
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 Power Pack+
or Optional Upgrade
Included with Power Pack+
or Optional Upgrade
Adaptive
Networking
Included Included Included Included
Form factor 1U 1U 2U 1U
Zoning Software Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included) Yes (Included)
Hot plug, redundant
power supplies
No No Yes Yes
Hot plug fans No No Yes 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
end-to-end
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
SFP B-series B-series
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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
8.2 Tbit/sec
end-to-end
4.1 Tbit/sec end-to-end 4.1 Tbit/sec end-to-end 2 Tbit/sec end-to-end
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
end-to-end
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 1606 Power Pack+
Extension SAN Switch
HP 1606 FCIP 16-pt Enabled 8Gb FC 6-pt Enabled 1GbE Power Pack+ Switch AP864B
22 ports (16 8Gb Fibre Channel and 6 1Gigabit Ethernet) Extension switch for Fibre
Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) traffic forwarding over IP wide area networks
(WAN). Includes rack mount kit, advanced zoning, web tools, Adaptive Networking,
Advanced Performance Monitor, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, and
Server Application Optimization.
NOTE: Fibre Channel ports require optical transceivers listed below. Ethernet ports
require optical or copper transceivers listed below.
HP 1606 Full Extension
SAN Switch
HP 1606 FCIP 16-pt Enabled 8Gb FC 6-pt Enabled 1GbE Full Switch AP863B
22 ports (16 8Gb Fibre Channel and 6 1Gigabit Ethernet) Extension switch for Fibre
Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) traffic forwarding over IP wide area networks
(WAN). Includes rack mount kit, advanced zoning, and web tools.
NOTE: Fibre Channel ports require optical transceivers listed below. Ethernet ports
require optical or copper transceivers listed below.
HP 1606 Base Extension
SAN Switch
HP 1606 FCIP 4-pt Enabled 8Gb FC 2-pt Enabled 1GbE Base Switch AP862B
6 ports (4 8Gb Fibre Channel and 2 1Gigabit Ethernet) Extension switch for Fibre Channel
over Internet Protocol (FCIP) traffic forwarding over IP wide area networks (WAN).
Includes rack mount kit, advanced zoning, and web tools. Separate upgrade license
available to add additional 16 ports (12 8Gb Fibre Channel and 4 1Gigabit Ethernet).
NOTE: Fibre Channel ports require optical transceivers listed below. Ethernet ports
require optical or copper transceivers listed below.
HP 1606 Base to Full
Upgrade
HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch 8Gb FC 12-port 1GbE 4-port Base Upgrade LTU TA746A
Optional software license for 1606 Base Extension SAN Switch to activate additional 16
ports (12 8Gb Fibre Channel and 4 1Gigabit Ethernet)
Step 2 – Options
Model Description Part Number
8 Gb Transceivers
Distance- Maximum OM2 Cable OM3 Cable PremierFlex Cable
8Gb performance: 50 meters 150 meters 150 meters
4Gb performance: 150 meters 380 meters 380 meters
2Gb performance: 300 meters 500 meters 500 meters
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 Transceivers HP 4Gb Short Wave B-series Fibre Channel 1 Pack SFP Transceiver AJ715A
NOTE: Compatible with the 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1Gb Ethernet ports.
Distance- Maximum OM2 Cable OM3 Cable PremierFlex Cable
4Gb performance: 150 meters 380 meters 380 meters
2Gb performance: 300 meters 500 meters 500 meters
1Gb performance: 500 meters 860 meters 860 meters
HP 4Gb Long Wave B-series 10km Fibre Channel SFP Transceiver 1 Pack AK870A
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HP 4Gb Long Wave B-series 30km Fibre Channel SFP Transceiver 1 Pack AN211A
Copper Transceivers HP B-series 1Gb Ethernet Copper SFP Transceiver 1 Pack AW537A
Optical Cables HP PremierFlex OM4+ Fiber Optic 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
OM3 LC-LC type cables
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
Step 3 - Optional Software
*
* For Fabric OS (FOS) minimum requirements, please refer to:
http://spock.corp.hp.com/
Optional Software HP B-series 24-40-port SAN Switch Power Pack+ Upgrade LTU
NOTE: The Power Pack+ Software Bundle kit includes Fabric Vision, Fabric Watch, ISL
Trunking, Extended Fabric and Advanced Performance Monitor
NOTE: Adaptive Networking and Server Application Optimization features are included
by default in the switch firmware (FOS 7.2.0a or later) and do not require a separate
license
T5522A
HP StoreFabric B-series SAN Extension Switch Fabric Vision LTU TC512A
HP B-series SAN Network Advisor Enterprise LTU TC352A
HP B-series SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus LTU TC353A
HP B-series SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus Upgrade LTU TC354A
HP StoreFabric B-series SAN Extension Switch Fabric Vision LTU TC512A
HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch Integrated Routing LTU TA750A
HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch Advanced LTU TA747A
HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch FICON Control Unit Port LTU TA748A
HP 1606 Ext SAN Switch FICON Control Unit Port Accelerator LTU TA749A
NOTE: The FICON CUP accelerator support is contingent upon IBM certification. Please
refer to HP's B-Series FICON connectivity stream at HP "Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge" (SPOCK) for the latest information.
Extended Fabric SAN Switch 2/32 313458-B21
Fabric Watch SAN Switch 2/32 313454-B21
Advanced Performance Monitor SAN Switch 2/32 313450-B21
ISL Trunking SAN Switch 2/32 313452-B21
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Fibre Channel Standards
And Revisions
FC-FG Rev 3.5
FC-PH-2 Rev 7.4
FC-AL-2 Rev. 7.0
FC-AL Rev. 4.5
FC-GS-2 Rev 5.3
FC-PH Rev 4.3
FC-FLA Rev 2.7
FC-PH-3 Rev 9.4
FC-PLDA Rev 2.1
FC-SW Rev 3.3
FC-VI Rev 1.5
IPFC RFC 2625
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System Architecture Ports 22 ports: 16 Fibre Channel (E, F, M, FL, EX) and 6 Gigabit Ethernet (VE,)
B-series switch
interoperability
4/8 SAN Switch
4/16 SAN Switch
4/32 SAN Switch
4/32B SAN Switch
4/64 SAN Switch
Core Switch 4/64
SAN Director 4/256
DC SAN Director
DC04 SAN Director
MSA SAN Switch 2/8
8/8 SAN Switch
8/24 SAN Switch
8/40 SAN Switch
8/80 SAN Switch
Encryption SAN Switch
1606 Extension SAN Switch
2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for c-class HP BladeSystem
400 MP Router
B-Series MP Router Blade
SN8000B Director Switches
SN6000B Fibre Channel Switch
Performance Fibre Channel: 1.063 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbps line speed, full
duplex; 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex.
Auto-sensing of 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps port speeds; optionally
programmable to fixed port speed. Speed matching between 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, 4
Gbps, and 8 Gbps ports.
FCIP Performance: 1Gbps line speed
ISL Trunking Up to eight 8 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 64 Gbps per ISL trunk. There is no
limit to how many trunk groups can be configured in the switch.
Fibre Channel aggregate
bandwidth
128 Gbps: 16 ports at 8 Gbps (half duplex)
FCIP aggregate bandwidth 6 Gbps: 6 ports at 1 Gbps (data rate)
Fabric latency 700 ns with no contention, cut-through routing at 8 Gbps
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload
Maximum MTU size 1500-byte Ethernet packets with FCIP
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port types FL_Port, F_Port, E_Port, Ex_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), and self-discovery
based on switch type (U_Port). For FCIP, VE_Port (Virtual E_Port).
Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast
USB One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades
Media types Fibre Channel: B-Series hot-pluggable Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) and
SFP+, LC connector; Short-Wave Laser (SWL) and Long-Wave Laser (LWL);
distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed; supports SFP+ (2, 4, and
8 Gbps) and SFP (1, 2, and 4 Gbps) optical and copper transceivers
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Fabric services B-Series Advanced Zoning, Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), FDMI, Enhanced
Group Management (EGM), Frame Redirection, Registered State Change
Notification (RSCN), Reliable Commit Service (RCS), and Simple Name Server
(SNS). Optional fabric services include Advanced Performance Monitoring,
Adaptive Networking, Fabric Watch, Integrated Routing, and ISL Trunking.
Licensing options The following optional extension features can be enabled via license keys:
Advanced Extension: Enables FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting
1606 Base to Full Upgrade License: Enables all ports, additional FCIP
tunnels, and tape read/write pipelining
The following options are available for the 1606 Extension SAN Switch Full and
Power Pack+ or 1606 Base Extension SAN Switch with the Upgrade License:
FICON Management Server: Control Unit Port (CUP) enables host control
of switches in mainframe environments
Management Supported management
software
SSH v2, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP v1/v3, Telnet; SNMP
(FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Web Tools; SAN
Network Advisor Professional, Professional Plus,
and Enterprise (optional); SMI-S, RADIUS, LDAP
Security DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices),
HTTPS, IPsec, IP Filtering, LDAP, Port Binding,
RADIUS, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure
Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SSH v2, SSL, Switch
Binding, Trusted Switch
Management access 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre
Channel ports; serial port (RJ-45) and one USB
port
Diagnostics POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics,
including FCping, Pathinfo (FCtraceroute), etc.
Mechanical Enclosure Back-to-front airflow; 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant,
power from back
Size Width: 43.2 cm (17.0 in)
Height: 4.5 cm (1.8 in)
Depth: 64.1 cm (25.2 in)
System weight 10.9 kg (24.0 lbs) with two power supplies,
without SFP/SFP+
Environmental Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Non-operating: -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
Humidity Operating: 10% to 85% (non-condensing)
Non-operating: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Altitude Operating: Up to 3000 m (9842 ft)
Storage: Up to 12 km (39,370 ft)
Shock Operating: 20 g, 6 ms, half-sine
Non-operating: 33 g, 11 ms, half-sine, 3/eg Axis
Vibration Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 to 500
Hz
Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random 5 to
500 Hz
Heat dissipation Maximum 22 ports: 590 BTU/hr
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Airflow Maximum 60 CFM; nominal 44 CFM
Power Power supply Dual hot-swappable redundant power supplies
Power inlet C13
Input voltage 85 to 264 VAC nominal
Input line frequency 47 to 63 Hz
Inrush current Maximum of 60 amps for period of 10 to 150 ms
Power Nominal 145 watts; maximum 173 watts
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