HP 8-24 SAN User Manual
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HPE 8/24 SAN Switch
Overview
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HPE 8/24 SAN Switch
The
fabric or placed as an edge switch for SAN environments. The 8/24 SAN Switch is ideal for entry and SMB cust
simple, yet flexible networked storage connectivity solution that will meet evolving requirements. The 8/24 SAN Switch provid
the needed connectivity and flexibility at a price point that is affordable, while delivering industry
term investment protection. It is a solution that is easy to deploy and requires little management time, reducing operational
The 8/24 Base SAN Switch delivers sixteen high performance auto Sensing 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s Fibre C
yet flexible capabilities
organizations to start small and grow their storage networks in a non
24 enabled ports provides 384 Gb switching (8 Gb full duplex) capacity for un
addition, organizations can choose to initially deploy 4 Gbit/sec SFPs and upgrade to 8 Gbit/sec SFP
necessary.
The 8/24 SAN Switch with 24 enabled ports may be deployed as a full
connectivity into any SAN (the default mode setting is a switch). Access Gateway mode utilizes N_
switch standards to present Fibre Channel connections as logical devices to SAN fabrics. Attaching through NPIV-enabled switches
and directors, the 8/24 SAN Switch with 24 enabled ports in Access Gateway mode can connect to Br
other SAN fabrics. Key benefits of Access Gateway mode include:
An optional enhanced Power Pack+ software bundle can be purchased separately and includes Fabric Vision, Fabric Watch, ISL
Trunking, Extended Fabric and Advanced Per
necessary tools to proactively monitor the health and performance thresholds of the network, while also ensuring the highest levels
of security, scalability and manageability. Po
glass.
What's New
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NOTE:
the use of certain hazardous materials in the manufacture of various types of electronic and electrical equipment. The RoHS
HPE 8/24 SAN Switch delivers affordable and flexible 8 Gb/s connectivity and can be incorporated into an extensive core
omers requiring a
-leading performance for long-
hannel ports. With powerful
-such as Ports On Demand scalability to 24 ports in an 8-port increment-the 8/24 SAN Switch enables
-disruptive manner. A fully populated 8/24 SAN Switch with
-congested sustained, 8 Gb full duplex throughput. In
+ at a later date when
-fabric switch or in Access Gateway mode, which provides
Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
ocade, McDATA, Cisco, or
es
costs.
• Improved scalability for large or rapidly growing server and virtual server environments
• Simplified management through the reduction of domains and management tasks
• Fabric interoperability for mixed-vendor SAN configurations that require full functionality
formance Monitor. The software bundle provides the SAN administrator with the
wer Pack+ software enables infrastructure management through a single-pane-of-
HPE 8/24 SAN Switch
• Updated HPE B-series Network Advisor SKUs to the next suffix (A to B) and added 3 Network Advisor E-LTU SKUs
AE)
• HPE StoreFabric 8/24 8Gb Bundled Fibre Channel switch
• New RoHS 2016 compliant HPE SAN switches
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive or RoHS is a directive adopted by the European Union that restricts
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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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HPE 8/24 SAN Switch
Features and Benefits
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Key Features and Benefits
SAN Switch functionality from Embedded to Enterprise. The
• Superior Performance
- 8Gb/s full duplex performance to enable up to 384 Gbit/s of uncongested throughput
- Optional enhanced ISL Trunking combines up to eight ISLs between a pair of switches into a single, logical high-
speed trunk capable of up to 64 Gbit/s of throughput
• Flexible storage connectivity
- The only SAN solutions providing the complete HPE
HPE B-series line of products allows the capability to apply the complete SAN Switch functionality to an
affordable entry level SAN deployment and then to grow that deployment to the largest SAN fabric solutions
supported by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
• Reduced Total Cost of Ownership for SAN Infrastructure
- Enables storage consolidation, simplified management of data center SAN environment
• Broadest range of compatibility with SAN products
- Multi-vendor server and storage environment
- Widest range of HPE SAN solutions
- Interoperability with more than 3 Million HPE SAN Switch installed base
• HPE Power Pack+ Software Bundle (Optional) - Rich, feature packed software that provides the highest supported
modular functionality. It includes
- Fabric Vision
- Trunking
- Fabric Watch
- Advanced Performance Monitor
- Extended Fabric
• Broadest Range of HPE Packaged SAN Services
- Mission critical SAN Services SAN-ES
- Assessment and installation services for security
• Highest integration with Storage Essentials via:
- SAN Switch API
- SAN Switch element managers
• Unique Bundle model
- The HPE StoreFabric 8/24 8Gb Bundled Fibre Channel switch model facilitates ease of ordering with more
affordability by offering the HPE 8/24 Base SAN switch along with sixteen 8Gb optical transceivers in one
package
- The HPE StoreFabric 8/24 8Gb Bundled Fibre Channel switch model is offered at a lower price than the sum of
the list prices of the HPE 8/24 Base SAN switch and the 8Gb optical transceiver
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HPE 8/24 SAN Switch
Models
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HPE
HP 8/24 Base (16) Full Fabric Ports Enabled SAN Switch
AM868C
HP StoreFabric 8/24 Bundled FC Switch
C8R07A
HP
(Physical License
HP
(Physical License
- T5521A)
NOTE:
E-Delivery software licenses with new part numbers listed in this document are functionally equivalent to the corresponding
physical licenses with different part numbers. Some software licenses in this document are represented
numbers, the first of which is the E
8/24 SAN Switch
8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch 8-port Upgrade E-LTU T5518AAE
B-series Entry Switch Power Pack+ E-LTU T5521AAE
Some HPE B-series software licenses are now available through the Electronic Delivery (E-Delivery) mechanism. The
by two part
-Delivery version (ending with AAE) and the second is the physical version.
- T5518A)
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24 non
Sixteen enabled ports with expandability to 24 ports; auto
configuring ports (F, FL, E). Can be programmed to fixed 1 Gb, 2 Gb, 4Gb, or 8Gb speed.
Configuration support
SAN Switch 8/24 will interoperate with 1Gb/s, 2Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 8 Gb/s B
the firmware version defined in the SAN Design Guide: http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
High
features
Advanced Fabric
Services
Manageability
Scalability
Cabinet Support
•
Software Components
Frame Filtering
An ASIC based capability in the B
The switch now 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
In the 8 Gb generation of switches, 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 in
Zone.
-blocking ports
-sensing 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gb universal, self-
-availability
• Web Tools
• Hot Code Load Activation
• Adaptive Networking
• ISL Trunking (optional)
• Hardware Enforced Zoning
• Web Tools
• Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
• Fabric Watch (optional)
• Extended Fabric (optional)
• Server Application Optimization (SAO)
• SAN Network Advisor (optional)
• Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
• OpenView
• API
• IP
• SNMP
• Radius
-Series SAN Switches running
• The SAN Switch 8/24 scales to the maximum limits defined in the SAN Design Guide.
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
HPE (22U, 36U and 42U) 10000 G2 Series, the Intelligent Series racks and HPE (14U, 22U,
36U, 42U, and 47U) 11000 G2 Series.
NOTE: To order factory integration, add 0D1 after the part number on your sales order.
-series family of switches that enables new applications and features.
to logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by devices outside the
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Web Tools
Enables organizations to monitor and manage single Fibre Channel switches and small SAN fabrics.
Tasks can be performed through a Java
workstation from any location within the enterprise.
EGM
Enhanced Group Management (EGM) is a FOS license that is included with all B
enables multi
ss 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 st
SAN Network Advisor Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise enable EGM functionality.
Customers have EGM functionality enabled within the hardware product and need only
decision around which management application is right for them
Professional Plus, or Enterprise.
Adaptive Networking
Adaptive Networking (AN) is a family of technologies which allow flexible control of t
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 ingre
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
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 t
Server Application
Optimization
Server Application Optimization (SAO) improves overall application performance for physical servers
and virtual machines. SAO, when deployed with B
Adaptive Networkin
application
applications.
Solution Requirements:
Software Components, Optional
Power Pack+ Software
Bundle
Includes bundled license for:
-capable Web browser from a standard laptop, desktop PC or
-Series switches and
-switch operations. It helps automate operations acro
reamlined troubleshooting for more effective fabric monitoring and diagnosis.
to make the
- SAN Network Advisor Professional,
raffic movement
ss bandwidth of a port to be throttled to a rate lower than negotiated with the SAN
opology.
-Series Fibre Channel HBAs, extends B-Series
g from the B-series SAN fabric to the server infrastructure. This delivers
-level, fine-grain Quality of Service (QoS) management to the HBAs and related server
• SAO requires B-series HBA installed in the server
-preferred path to be used if
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NOTE:
by MAPS and Flow Vision respectively. Both are included in Fabric Vision.
Fabric Vision
Fabric Vision offers innovative diagnostic, monitoring and management capabilities to help accelerate
new application deployments, address
operational costs. It Includes
Flow Vision: A comprehensive tool that enables administrators to identify, monitor, and analyze
Fabric Vision will be included by default in all
Directors bundled with Power Pack+ (with FOS 7.2.
enabled on
ways
ISL Trunking
For high performance enhanced Trunking, this optional license logically groups up to eight E
provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 8Gb switch needs its own license. The
switch operating system views the trunk as a sin
routing connections between switches. Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which
comprise the logical trunk group.
Advanced Performance
Monitor
This enabling technology helps adm
(Source ID) to a DID (Destination ID)
Advanced Performance Monitoring includes the ability for early warning detection
the fabric, a powerful tool for maintaining overall balanced performance.
NOTE:
utilize the Fabric Vision licensed Flow Vision features for performanc
Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch enables each switch to monitor the SAN for potential faults
network managers to problems before they become failures. Fabric Watch tracks a variety of SAN fabric
elements, events, and co
parameters permits early fault detection and isolation as well as performance measurement. Each
• Fabric Vision
• Fabric Watch
• Advanced Performance Monitoring
• Extended Fabric
• ISL Trunking
Starting with FOS 7.4.0a, Fabric Watch and Advanced Performance Monitor are replaced
SAN problems before they impact operations and reduce
• Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite: A policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built rules and
automation that simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration and monitoring.
•
specific application data flows without using taps to ensure optimized performance.
• Health and performance dashboard: A single customizable screen displayed in HPE SAN
Network Advisor that contains all critical SAN information for convenient review and analysis.
HPE StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and
0a and later). In all other cases, Fabric Vision can be
HPE StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and Directors in any one of the following
• 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
gle, high bandwidth resource (up to 64 Gb) when
inistrators monitor and watch specific fabric metrics -- from a SID
ing
Advanced Performance Monitoring has been obsoleted in FOS 7.4.0 and later. Users can
-- so they can fine-tune and scale the fabric more efficiently. Plus,
unters. Monitoring fabric-wide events, ports, SFPs, and environmental
-ports to
of hot spots within
e monitoring.
-and automatically alert
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