HP Brocade 8Gb SAN Quickspecs
The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class delivers an easy to manage embedded Fibre Channel switch with 8 Gbps
performance. The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch hot-plugs into the back of the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure. The integrated design
frees up rack space, enables shared power and cooling, and reduces cabling and small form-factor pluggables. Enhanced trunking
support with external switches provides higher bandwidth to enable demanding applications such as server virtualization. New
features in the Power Pack+ option enable you to manage data flow to maintain optimized application performance. The 12 or 24
auto-sensing ports support lower bandwidth components for investment protection and an upgrade license enables you to 'pay as
you grow'. The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch saves space and cost, significantly simplifies the SAN environment, enables easier
deployment and management, and delivers the performance required for emerging higher throughput applications.
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch
Brocade 8Gb SAN SwitchBrocade 8Gb SAN Switch
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch
Integrated SAN
Integrated SANIntegrated SAN
Integrated SAN
connectivity
connectivityconnectivity
connectivity
Enables data center consolidation with HP BladeSystem c-Class through a state-of-the-art zerofootprint design while lowering cost through shared power and cooling, fewer cables and SFPs,
and a reduction in space.
Next generation 8 Gbps
Next generation 8 GbpsNext generation 8 Gbps
Next generation 8 Gbps
storage networking
storage networkingstorage networking
storage networking
Enables support of virtualized environments and other emerging technologies through high-speed
technology that doubles the performance of the storage network. Both internal and external facing
ports auto-sense lower bandwidth components for flexibility and investment protection (2, 4, or 8
Gb).
Non-blocking architecture
Non-blocking architectureNon-blocking architecture
Non-blocking architecture
Includes connection speed support for all ports to provide a high-performance system with
aggregate bandwidth of up to 384 Gbps (24 ports x 8 Gbps x 2 for full duplex).
ISL Trunking performance
ISL Trunking performanceISL Trunking performance
ISL Trunking performance
enhancements
enhancementsenhancements
enhancements
Now providing support for up to a single trunk made up of all eight SAN ports for a total of up to
64 Gbps balanced throughput. Trunking of the SAN-facing ports with external Brocade or HP
StorageWorks B-series switches provides a high-bandwidth solution while lowering costs through
fewer SFPs and cables. F-Port Trunking supported in Access Gateway mode.
Adaptive Networking
Adaptive NetworkingAdaptive Networking
Adaptive Networking
Services
ServicesServices
Services
Enables organizations to better manage data flows and meet service level agreements while
maintaining optimized application performance in virtual environments with new Adaptive
Networking services, including Adaptive Fabric Quality of Service, Traffic Isolation, and Ingress
Rate Limiting.
Access Gateway mode
Access Gateway modeAccess Gateway mode
Access Gateway mode
Employs N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), an ANSI T11 standard, to enable interoperability with
other SAN fabrics and eliminate domain considerations while improving SAN scalability.
QuickSpecs
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
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Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
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Broad range of
Broad range ofBroad range of
Broad range of
management tools and
management tools andmanagement tools and
management tools and
SMI-s conformance
SMI-s conformanceSMI-s conformance
SMI-s conformance
Integrates with HP Onboard Administrator for BladeSystem, HP Systems Insight Manager, and HP
Storage Essentials and leverages HP B-series management and monitoring tools. An SMI-s API
enables the use of industry standard interfaces to integrate management with other applications.
Available in three models
Available in three modelsAvailable in three models
Available in three models
with a scalable licensing
with a scalable licensingwith a scalable licensing
with a scalable licensing
option
optionoption
option
Available in 12-port, 24-port and 24-port Power Pack+ Full Fabric models. Choose the features
and management options that make sense for your needs. In addition, enables 'pay as you grow'
scalability for easy, scalable growth in dynamic business environments with a non-disruptive 12port upgrade for the 12-port model.
QuickSpecs
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-ClassBrocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
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Advanced Fabric Services
Advanced Fabric ServicesAdvanced Fabric Services
Advanced Fabric Services
Hardware Enforced Zoning (included)
*
Dynamic Path Selection (included)
*
WebTools (included)
Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
Power Pack+ fabric services software bundle (optional)
Adaptive Networking
*
ISL Trunking
Fabric Watch
*
Extended Fabrics
*
Advanced Performance Monitoring
*
Secure Fabric OS (included in base FOS)
*
Data Center Fabric Manager (optional)
* Not supported in Brocade Access Gateway mode.
Manageability
ManageabilityManageability
Manageability
WebTools (included)
Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
Advanced Performance Monitoring (optional Power Pack+ upgrade)
HP OnBoard Administrator (included with HP BladeSystem)
HP Systems Insight Manager (included with HP BladeSystem)
HP Storage Essentials (optional)
API
SNMP
SMI
Interoperability
InteroperabilityInteroperability
Interoperability
Brocade Access Gateway, a feature enabled in Fabric OS v5.2.1b and later, enables Brocade
embedded SAN switches to interoperate with other SAN fabrics running supported firmware. While in
Brocade Access Gateway mode, the device must also be connected to an NPIV-enabled edge switch or
director. Supported edge environments are listed in the Brocade Fabric OS® release notes.
Software Components, Standard
Software Components, StandardSoftware Components, Standard
Software Components, Standard
Access Gateway
Access GatewayAccess Gateway
Access Gateway
*
Included with Fabric OS v5.2.1b and later, Brocade Access Gateway Mode enables seamless
connectivity for Brocade embedded SAN switches to other supported SAN fabrics, enhances scalability,
and simplifies manageability. Utilizing N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) standards, Brocade Access
Gateway eliminates switch/domain considerations.
* Brocade Access Gateway mode does not support many switch-related features, including most features
in the Power Pack+ bundle. Please refer to the Fabric OS v5.2.1b Release Notes and Access Gateway
Administrator's Guide for details.
Frame Filtering
Frame FilteringFrame Filtering
Frame Filtering
A special B-Series 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 (optional).
QuickSpecs
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
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Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
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Advanced Zoning
Advanced ZoningAdvanced Zoning
Advanced Zoning
Zoning (Port and Worldwide Name), as well as Access Control, are enforced by hardware within the
ASIC that provides the same simple administration previously enforced only with software. Hardware
enforcement enables the highest level of zoning enforcement without any impact to performance.
Administrators can organize a physical fabric into logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by
devices outside the Zone.
WebTools
WebToolsWebTools
WebTools
- included in
Brocade Fabric OS
Enables organizations to monitor and manage single Fibre Channel switches and monitor 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
EGMEGM
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.
Both Data Center Fabric Manager Professional 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 - Data Center Fabric Manager Professional or
Enterprise.
Dynamic Path Selection
Dynamic Path SelectionDynamic Path Selection
Dynamic Path Selection
Improves performance by dynamically routing data traffic across multiple links and trunk groups.
Secure Fabric OS
Secure Fabric OS Secure Fabric OS
Secure Fabric OS
included in Brocade Fabric
OS
Secure Fabric OS features have been fully integrated into the base Fabric OS since v5.3.0. These
comprehensive security features for SAN fabrics provide policy-based security protection for more
predictable change management, assured configuration integrity and reduced risk of downtime. Security
methods supported include digital certificates and digital signatures, multiple levels of password
protection, strong password encryption and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based authentication, and
128-bit encryption of the switch's private key used for digital signatures. These features enable
organizations to customize SAN security to meet specific policy requirements and work in conjunction
with Advanced Zoning to further secure access to the SAN, simplify storage management, and reduce
provisioning time.
Software Components, Optional
Software Components, OptionalSoftware Components, Optional
Software Components, Optional
Power Pack+ Software
Power Pack+ SoftwarePower Pack+ Software
Power Pack+ Software
Bundle
BundleBundle
Bundle
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle includes:
Adaptive Networking
*
ISL Trunking
Advanced Performance Monitoring
*
Extended Fabrics
*
Fabric Watch
*
* Not supported in Access Gateway mode
QuickSpecs
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Adaptive Networking
Adaptive NetworkingAdaptive Networking
Adaptive Networking
Services
ServicesServices
Services
This suite of tools optimizes fabric behavior and ensures ample bandwidth for mission-critical
applications. The tools currently include Quality of Service (QoS), Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation,
and Top Talkers. By assigning zones a high, medium, or low priority, QoS allocates bandwidth in the
event of congestion to expedite high-priority traffic and keep all traffic flowing. Ingress Rate Limiting
restricts data flow from less-critical hosts at preset bandwidths. Traffic Isolation assigns high-bandwidth
data flows to specific ISLs. And Top Talkers measures the top bandwidth-consuming traffic in real time for
a specific physical or virtual device, or end to end across the fabric.
ISL Trunking
ISL TrunkingISL Trunking
ISL Trunking
For high performance and seamless failover, this optional license logically groups up to eight E-ports
(switch mode) or F-ports (Access Gateway mode) to provide a high bandwidth trunk between two
Brocade or HP StorageWorks B-Series switches. Each switch needs its own license. The fabric operating
system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth ISL resource (up to 64 Gbps when routing connections
between 8 Gbps capable switches). Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which
comprise the logical trunk group.
Fabric Watch
Fabric WatchFabric Watch
Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch enables each switch to monitor the health of 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
Advanced PerformanceAdvanced Performance
Advanced Performance
Monitoring
MonitoringMonitoring
Monitoring
This enabling technology helps administrators monitor application data traffic 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 maximizing SAN performance.
Extended Fabrics
Extended FabricsExtended Fabrics
Extended Fabrics
Extends the native Fibre-Channel traffic up to 590 km. Extended Fabrics increases 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.
Data Center Fabric
Data Center FabricData Center Fabric
Data Center Fabric
Manager Professional
Manager ProfessionalManager Professional
Manager Professional
HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager Professional is a server based management application
available at no-charge and 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) at a
time
Performs group switch management beyond the scope of Web Tools
Does not offer management of the DC SAN Backbone Director
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 Data Center Fabric Manager Professional and have a small
SAN environment may over time feel the need for an enterprise-class product (Data Center Fabric
Manager 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 Data Center Fabric Manager Professional to Data Center Fabric
Manager Enterprise.
QuickSpecs
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Data Center Fabric
Data Center FabricData Center Fabric
Data Center Fabric
Manager Enterprise
Manager EnterpriseManager Enterprise
Manager Enterprise
HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise is a server based enterprise-class product that
supports FOS products as well as FOS and M-EOS products together. It provides complete DC SAN
Backbone Director management including enterprise-class features/environments such as FICON, Fibre
Channel Routing, FCIP, Adaptive Networking, etc. It also delivers unprecedented scalability with support
for up to 24 SAN fabrics and 9,000 B-series switch ports.
HP will provide a free license upgrade to Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise for existing HAFM/FM
customers that have an active maintenance and support contract at the time Data Center Fabric
Manager Enterprise is available. Data Center Fabric Manager does require at least one FOS based Bseries SAN switch.
BladeSystem compatibility
BladeSystem compatibilityBladeSystem compatibility
BladeSystem compatibility
The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class must be deployed within the HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure and is
compatible only with HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures.
HP ProLiant Servers
HP ProLiant ServersHP ProLiant Servers
HP ProLiant Servers
ProLiant BLc server blades
HP Integrity Servers
HP Integrity ServersHP Integrity Servers
HP Integrity Servers
Integrity BLc server blades
HP Mezzanine FC HBAs
HP Mezzanine FC HBAsHP Mezzanine FC HBAs
HP Mezzanine FC HBAs
Emulex LPe 1205-HP 8Gb FC HBA
*
Emulex LPe1105-HP 4Gb FC HBA
QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA
*
QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA
* 8Gb Mezzanine FC HBA support with the Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch requires HP StorageWorks FOS
v6.2.0d or later. Please refer to 8Gb Mezzanine FC HBA Product QuickSpecs for server support details.
HP BladeSystem c-Class
HP BladeSystem c-ClassHP BladeSystem c-Class
HP BladeSystem c-Class
Enclosures
EnclosuresEnclosures
Enclosures
HP BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 Enclosures
Switch interoperability
Switch interoperabilitySwitch interoperability
Switch interoperability
HP StorageWorks B-Series
HP StorageWorks B-SeriesHP StorageWorks B-Series
HP StorageWorks B-Series
Switches, Directors, and
Switches, Directors, andSwitches, Directors, and
Switches, Directors, and
Routers
RoutersRouters
Routers
8 Gb Switches and
8 Gb Switches and8 Gb Switches and
8 Gb Switches and
Directors
DirectorsDirectors
Directors
Embedded switch for HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
8/8 SAN Switch
8/24 SAN Switch
8/40 SAN Switch
8/80 SAN Switch
DC SAN Backbone Director
4 Gb Switches and
4 Gb Switches and4 Gb Switches and
4 Gb Switches and
Directors
DirectorsDirectors
Directors
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem
4/8 SAN Switch
4/16 SAN Switch
4/32 SAN Switch
4/32B SAN Switch
4/64 SAN Switch
4/256 SAN Director
2 Gb Switches and
2 Gb Switches and2 Gb Switches and
2 Gb Switches and
Directors
DirectorsDirectors
Directors
MSA SAN Switch 2/8
*
SAN Switch 2/8
*
SAN Switch 2/8-EL
*
SAN Switch 2/8V
SAN Switch 2/16
*
QuickSpecs
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-ClassBrocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
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