HP StoreFabric SN6500B User instructions

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HP StoreFabric SN6500B Fibre Channel Switch
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HP StoreFabric SN6500B Fibre Channel Switch
To remain competitive, IT organizations must keep pace with ever-increasing workloads without a similar increase in their budgets
or resources. While virtualization has provided some relief by enabling the benefits of faster deployment and consolidation, it also
tends to put additional stress on data center networks. In addition, the move toward cloud computing, which promises greater
efficiency and a more service-oriented business model, means that these networks will face even greater demands.
The HP StoreFabric SN6500B Fibre Channel Switch meets the demands of hyper-scale, private cloud storage environments by
delivering market-leading 16 Gb Fibre Channel technology and capabilities that support highly virtualized environments. Designed
to enable maximum flexibility and investment protection, the SN6500B Switch is configurable in 48, 72 or 96 ports and supports 4,
8 or 16 Gbps speeds in an efficiently designed 2U package. It also provides a simplified deployment process and a point-and-click
user interface-making it both powerful and easy to use. The SN6500B Switch is ideal for medium- to large-sized organizations
that need a scalable, high-availability solution that will facilitate consolidation and the flexibility to meet rapidly evolving storage
requirements
The SN6500B is available in five models:
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96-port/96-port Active Power Pack+ Fibre Channel Switch
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96-port/96-port Active Fibre Channel Switch
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96-port/48-port Active Power Pack+ Fibre Channel Switch
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96-port/48-port Active Fibre Channel Switch
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96-port/48-port Active Port Side Air Intake Fibre Channel Switch
Power Pack+ includes additional software: Fabric Vision, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric, and Advanced Performance
Monitoring. Power Pack+ software provides the SAN administrator with the necessary tools to monitor the health and
performance of the network, while also ensuring the highest levels of security, scalability and manageability.

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Features and Benefits
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Key Features and Benefits
Delivers 16 Gbps performance with up to 96 ports in an ultra-dense, optimized 2U form factor
Features Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities for fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling from 48 to 96 ports in 24-port
increments
Provides a flexible, simple, and easy-to-use SAN solution with industry-leading technology
Supports highly virtualized, private cloud storage with multi-tenancy and non-stop operations
Offers best-in-class port density and scalability for high-end enterprise SAN switches, along with redundant, hot-
pluggable components and non-disruptive software upgrades
In-flight compression and encryption included providing efficient link utilization and security.
Yields exceptional price/performance value
Provides Adaptive Networking services such as Quality of Service (QoS) to help optimize application performance in
consolidated, virtual environments. The Adaptive Networking and Server Application Optimization (SAO) features are
included by default in all SN6500B switch models and do not require a separate license

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Models
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HP StoreFabric SN6500B
16Gb
FC Switch Models
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96/96 Power Pack+ FC Switch
C8R42A
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96/96 FC Switch
C8R43A
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96/48 Power Pack+ FC Switch
C8R44A
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96/48 FC Switch
C8R45A
HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96/48 Port Side Air Intake Fibre Channel Switch
E7X98A

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Product Highlights
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SN6500B 16Gb FC Switch
Simplifies enterprise SAN deployment by combining higher edge switch port density with
exceptional scalability, performance and reliability
Delivers 48, 72, or 96-ports in a 2U enclosure
Provides 4 Gb/s, 8 Gb/s, 16 Gb/s*performance
Employs optional Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking to provide a high-speed data path between
switches which enables a high speed data path between 16 Gb/s switches up to 128 Gb/s
* 16 Gb/s performance can be obtained between two 16 Gb/s capable devices.
Configuration Support
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html
High-availability
features
Two integrated redundant, hot swappable power supplies with three hot-swappable
redundant cooling fans
Enhanced Fault Detection Logic
Parity protection on all data paths and system memory
Advanced Fabric Services
Hardware Enforced Zoning
Frame Filtering
Built-in Web browser management tools
Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
HP B-series SAN Network Advisor software (optional)
Cabinet Support
HP (22U, 36U and 42U) 9000 and 10000 G1 Series, (25U, 33U and 41U) HP System/e, and the
22U, 36U, and 42U HP 10000 G2 Series and Intelligent Series racks.
NOTE: To order factory integration, add 0D1 after the part number on your sales order.
Software Components, Standard, Base Models
Frame Filtering
An 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.
Advanced Zoning
WWN Zoning and Access Control are enforced by hardware that provides the same simple
administration previously enforced only with software. Administrators can organize a physical fabric
into logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by devices outside the Zone.
Web Tools
Web Tools is an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical interface that enables organizations to monitor
and manage 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

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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.
In-flight Compression
and Encryption
In-flight compression optimizes network performance within the data center and over long-distance
links. Data is compressed at the source and uncompressed at the destination. Performance varies by
data type, but generally achieve 2:1 compression with minimal impact on performance. Compression
can be used in conjunction with in-flight encryption.
In-flight encryption minimizes the risk of unauthorized access for traffic within the data center and
over long-distance links. It is switch-to-switch encryption, not device or data-at-rest encryption. Data
is encrypted at the source and decrypted at the destination. Encryption and decryption are performed
in hardware using the AES-GCM-256 algorithm, minimizing any impact on performance. Encryption can
be used in conjunction with in-flight compression. This is complementary to data-at-rest encryption
provided by the Encryption SAN Switch and the Encryption Blade for B-series SAN Directors.
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.
Server Application
Optimization
Server Application Optimization (SAO) 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.

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Solution Requirements:
SAO requires B-series HBA installed in the server
Software Components, Optional
SN6500B 16Gb Switch
Power Pack+ Software
Bundle
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle comes with the SN6500B 16Gb 96/96 Power Pack+ Switch and
SN6500B 16Gb 96/48 Power Pack+ Switch or as an optional software bundle for the SN6500B 16Gb
96/96 FC Switch and the SN6500B 96/48 FC Switch. It includes the following:
Fabric Vision
Fabric Watch
Advanced Performance Monitor
Extended Fabric
ISL Trunking
NOTE: Adaptive Networking and Server Application Optimization features are included by default in all
four switch configurations and do not require a separate license
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.x 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.x and later*)
Application of the Power Pack+ LTU (FOS 7.2.x and later*)
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with Power Pack+ to FOS 7.2.x or later*
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with both Advanced Performance Monitor (APM)
and Fabric Watch (FW) licenses to FOS 7.2.x or later*
*See HP SPOCK for HP supported versions of FOS 7.2.x
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,
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performance measurement. Each switch in the SAN needs its own Fabric Watch license.
Advanced Performance
Monitor
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 eight E-ports to
provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 16Gb switch needs its own license. The
switch operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 128Gb) when
routing connections between 16Gb 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 server based management application available at no-
charge that comes with B-series SAN Switches and includes the following features:
Allows management of a single Fabric OS (FOS) fabric (up to a 1,000 B-Series switch ports)
Performs group switch management beyond the scope of Web Tools
Does not offer management for the DC SAN Backbone Director, the SN8000B Director, 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
FOS products. SAN Network Advisor Enterprise provides complete B-series Directors Management
including enterprise-class features/environments such as FICON, Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP, adaptive
networking, etc. while SAN Network Advisor Professional+ provides the same feature set except for
support for the DC SAN Backbone Director, SN8000B 8-Slot Director, and FICON.
SAN Network Advisor Enterprise delivers unprecedented scalability, up to 24 fabrics and 9,000 switch
ports, while SAN Network Advisor Professional+ scales to 4 SAN Fabrics and 2560 switch ports. There
is an upgrade available from SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus to SAN Network Advisor

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Enterprise.
Integrated Routing
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 switch or blade. 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.

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Service and Support
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Warranty
(1-1-1) Hardware Warranty; 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (standard business hours, next business day
response) and 1-year labor.
NOTE: The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software. For extended
hardware installation and maintenance information, click the link below:
http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/services/
NOTE: Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Customer Support Center for details.
Hardware or Software product installation is not included in the warranty, but is available and highly
recommended.
Service and Support
Services to accelerate time to results
HP Storage Services bring you a rich portfolio of consulting and support services designed to add value
to our core storage products and solutions. We have the know-how and experience to put storage
technology to work for you. We work closely with you as your strategic partner, leveraging our full
services portfolio to make sure that everything works to optimize your enterprise.
Choose from services aligned to our storage product offerings and lifecycle. From mission-critical
onsite services to innovative web-based remote support, you choose the precise level of attention and
support your business demands.
Discover, plan, and
design
Choose from a rich portfolio of services to make the most of HP StoreFabric 16Gb, so you can
efficiently and affordably consolidate, manage, and extract value from unstructured data.
HP Services can help you discover needs and create a plan for simplifying the environment, reducing
risk, and maximizing your storage investments
HP Storage Efficiency Analysis - The HP Storage Efficiency Analysis provides customers with a view of
their storage infrastructure and operating environment; highlighting recommendations for
improvements. The report provides extensive insight about the existing storage environment,
opportunities for efficiency gains, asset aging and replacement through interaction with key decision
makers
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discovery engagement with executive summary presentation. The goal of this service is to help
provide customers guidance on storage related issues and develop remediation plans.
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HP Storage Modernization Service: The HP Storage Modernization service is a 4-6 week service that
defines the customers envisioned target storage environment based on a proven solution design
methodology. HP architects will quickly perform tool-assisted automatic discovery and facilitate a
two-day strategy workshop with all key stakeholders involved in the storage infrastructure initiative
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Deploy and integrate
We can help you configure, set up, and efficiently use your StoreFabric 16Gb, as well as help migrate
data, improve capacity utilization, and establish information management standards used across

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backup, replication, and archiving needs.
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Choose from three levels of operate and support care
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