SAN Switches
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HPE SN8700B 64Gb 48-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Integrated Fibre Channel Switch Blade - 48 Ports - 64 Gbit/s - 48 Fiber Channel Ports - Blade
HPE SN8700B 64Gb 48-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Integrated Fibre Channel Switch Blade - 48 Ports - 64 Gbit/s - 48 Fiber Channel Ports - Blade Learn More -
HPE SN6700B 64Gb 56/24 24-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Port Side Intake Integrated FC - 56 Ports - 64 Gbit/s - 56 Fiber Channel Ports - 56 x Total Expansion Slots - 48 x SFP+ Slots - Manageable - Rack-mountable - 1U - 3 Year
What's New
- Increase scalability with a double-density (DD) Port-On-Demand (POD) Kit upgrade. Each transceiver within the kit provides 2x the bandwidth with dual SN connections.
- Switch offerings as well as Port-on-Demand upgrade kits bundled with 64Gb optics.
- HPE B-series Gen7 64Gb Fibre Channel Switch technology enables organizations to realize a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing autonomous SAN.
- HPE B-series Gen7 64Gb FC Switch technology combines powerful analytics and advanced automation capabilities to accelerate data access, adapt to evolving requirements, and drive 24x7 operations.
The HPE B-series SN6700B Fibre Channel Switch delivers increased performance through a combination of improved throughput and low latency across 64Gb links in hyper-scale virtualization, large cloud infrastructures, and growing flash-based storage environments.
Improved performance of NVMe storage with 50% lower switching latency than 32Gb. Latency for locally switched ports is 460 ns including forward error correction (FEC).
With 48 SFP+ ports and 8 DD ports, it can scale up to 64 device ports for an aggregate throughput of 4.096Tbps.
Ultra-dense and Highly ScalableThe HPE B-series SN6700B Fibre Channel Switch scales up to 64 device ports in an efficiently designed 1U form factor, delivering increased port density and space utilization for simplified scalability.
Each of the 48 SFP+ ports and 8 DD ports supports 8, 10, 16, 32, and 64Gb FC speeds.
Provides flexibility to utilize high-speed 64Gb and 32Gb optics on demand to meet growing data center needs and provide backward compatibility to older infrastructures.
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HPE SN6700B 64Gb 56/24 24-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Port Side Intake Integrated FC - 56 Ports - 64 Gbit/s - 56 Fiber Channel Ports - 56.0 x Total Expansion Slots - SFP56, SFP+ - 48 x SFP+ Slots - Manageable - Rack-mountable - 1U
HPE SN6700B 64Gb 56/24 24-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Port Side Intake Integrated FC - 56 Ports - 64 Gbit/s - 56 Fiber Channel Ports - 56.0 x Total Expansion Slots - SFP56, SFP+ - 48 x SFP+ Slots - Manageable - Rack-mountable - 1U Learn More -
HPE SN3600B 32Gb 24/8 8-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP28 Fibre Channel Switch - 24 Ports - 32 Gbit/s - 24 Fiber Channel Ports - 8 x Total Expansion Slots - Manageable - Rack-mountable - 1U
32 Gb FC Gen6 Affordability Without Compromise in Functionality
The HPE B-series SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch delivers exceptional price-performance in an entry-level Gen6 FC switch.
Configurable with 16 Gb FC SFP+ or 32 Gb FC SFP+ optics to accommodate a customer's budget while being fully prepared for tomorrow.
Start with 8-port and easily scale to 24-port with 8-port POD or POD kits as business adapts to SAN growth.
Flash-ready Performance
The HPE B-series SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch provides market-leading Gen6 32Gb throughput and low latency in an affordable 1U form factor.
Delivers increased performance with an aggregate bandwidth of 768 Gbps for growing and dynamic workloads.
Latency for locally switched ports is reduced to 900 nanoseconds (including FEC) using cut-through switching at 32 Gbps ready for latency-sensitive applications.
Augment with ISL trunking to provide more effective load balancing in certain configurations.
Integrates with flash storage fabrics that utilize NVMe over FC for latency sensitive applications and greater throughput.
Operational Simplicity
The HPE B-series SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch can easily be installed and configured and simplifies SAN configuration in an easy 3-step process.
Integrates with HPE Smart SAN for HPE 3PAR to simplify all-flash storage SAN deployments through automated SAN orchestration (SAN zoning) from hours to minutes.
Easily validate infrastructure configurations, at the physical-level, with ClearLink Diagnostics before deploying the SAN into production.
Monitor and analyze virtual machine (VM) performance using Fabric Vision VM Insight, a feature of HPE B-series Fabric Vision Software, to quickly identify abnormal VM behaviors to maintain performance service levels.
Supports HPE Power Pack+ software so that the SAN is healthy, easier to troubleshoot, and operating at peak performance.
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HPE SN3600B 32Gb 24/8 8-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP28 Fibre Channel Switch - 24 Ports - 32 Gbit/s - 24 Fiber Channel Ports - 8.0 x Total Expansion Slots - SFP28 - Manageable - Rack-mountable - 1U
32 Gb FC Gen6 Affordability Without Compromise in Functionality
The HPE B-series SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch delivers exceptional price-performance in an entry-level Gen6 FC switch.
Configurable with 16 Gb FC SFP+ or 32 Gb FC SFP+ optics to accommodate a customer's budget while being fully prepared for tomorrow.
Start with 8-port and easily scale to 24-port with 8-port POD or POD kits as business adapts to SAN growth.
Flash-ready Performance
The HPE B-series SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch provides market-leading Gen6 32Gb throughput and low latency in an affordable 1U form factor.
Delivers increased performance with an aggregate bandwidth of 768 Gbps for growing and dynamic workloads.
Latency for locally switched ports is reduced to 900 nanoseconds (including FEC) using cut-through switching at 32 Gbps ready for latency-sensitive applications.
Augment with ISL trunking to provide more effective load balancing in certain configurations.
Integrates with flash storage fabrics that utilize NVMe over FC for latency sensitive applications and greater throughput.
Operational Simplicity
The HPE B-series SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch can easily be installed and configured and simplifies SAN configuration in an easy 3-step process.
Integrates with HPE Smart SAN for HPE 3PAR to simplify all-flash storage SAN deployments through automated SAN orchestration (SAN zoning) from hours to minutes.
Easily validate infrastructure configurations, at the physical-level, with ClearLink Diagnostics before deploying the SAN into production.
Monitor and analyze virtual machine (VM) performance using Fabric Vision VM Insight, a feature of HPE B-series Fabric Vision Software, to quickly identify abnormal VM behaviors to maintain performance service levels.
Supports HPE Power Pack+ software so that the SAN is healthy, easier to troubleshoot, and operating at peak performance.
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HPE SN6710C 64Gb 24/24 64Gb Short Wave SFP+ Fibre Channel v2 Switch - 24 Ports - 64 Gbit/s - 24 Fiber Channel Ports - 24.0 x Total Expansion Slots - SFP+ - 24 x SFP+ Slots - Rack-mountable - 1U
Key Features | High performance for all-flash arrays and virtual workloads.
The HPE Storage C Series SN6710C Fiber Channel Switch provides consistent low-latency 64 or 32 Gbps performance across all FC ports on the switch.
Delivers increased performance with 1.5 Tbps aggregate full-duplex bandwidth for growing dynamic workloads.
Delivers the same exceptional availability and reliability as the previous generation switch by providing optional redundancy on all major components, such as power supplies and fans.
Provides visibility into all virtual machines connected to the fabric through host bus adapters (HBAs) capable of priority tagging the virtual machine identifier (VMID) on all FC chassis.
Embedded hardware protects the entire system against malicious attacks by limiting access to critical components, such as the boot loader, system image loader, and Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) interface.
Investment protection
Available with 32Gb FC SFP+ or 64Gb FC SFP+ optical fibers depending on your budget.
Intelligent Network Services for Modern SAN
The HPE Storage C Series SN6710C Fiber Channel Switch supports slow frame detection and isolation, VSAN technology, access control lists for hardware-based intelligent chassis processing, zoning, and other services.
VSAN technology provides a cost-effective solution for consolidating resources while providing high resilience to potential fabric disruptions.
Provides powerful NX-API capabilities to enable flexible and rapid SAN utility programming.
Easy Manageability
Provides intelligent diagnostic tools like Inter-Switch Link (ISL) and HBA diagnostics, remote SFP diagnostics (read diagnostic parameter), port tagging, and link-level forward correction (FEC) ), to resolve issues more quickly and reduce service costs.
Consolidate multiple separate physical SAN fabrics into a single extended fabric to simplify management and reduce total cost of ownership.
Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller software provides a centralized management tool with task-based wizards.These features are available with the HPE SN6710C/SN6720C Advantage license.
HPE C-series SAN analytics delivers deep visibility into I/O traffic between the compute and the storage infrastructure. These features will be available with the HPE C-series SN6710C/SN6720C premier license (available at a future date).
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