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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

Overview

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

Today’s mission-critical storage environments require greater consistency, predictability, and performance to keep pace with
growing business demands. Faced with explosive data growth, data centers need more
amounts of data, applications, and workloads. In addition to this surge in data, collective expectations for availability con
rise. Users expect applications to be available and accessible from anywhere, at a

To meet these dynamic and growing business demands, organizations need to deploy and scale up applications quickly. As a
result, many are moving to higher Virtual Machine (VM) densities to enable rapid deployment of new applications
flash storage to help those applications scale to support thousands of users. To increase agility, reduce expenses, and reali
full benefits of these architectures, organizations need the network to deliver the performance required by t
storage environments. In addition, storage networks are becoming increasingly important to application performance, which mea
that they also must become easier to administer and manage. By treating the network as a strategic part of a h
environment, organizations can increase optimization and efficiency even as they rapidly scale their environments.

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Organizations can scale from 24 to 64 ports with 48 SFP+ and 4 QSFP ports, all in an efficient 1U package.
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Standalone models :

Bundled models (with 32Gb SFP+):

Power Pack+
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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HPE SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch meets the demands of hyper-scale virtualization, larger cloud infrastructures, and

owing flash-based storage environments by delivering market-leading 32 Gb Fibre Channel technology and capabilities. It

lidation in small to large-scale enterprise infrastructures. . It is built for maximum flexibility, scalability, and ease of use.

-density building block for increased scalability, designed to support growth, demanding workloads, and data center

organizations gain the best of both worlds: high-performance access to industry-leading storage technology and “pay-as-

-grow” scalability to support an evolving storage environment.

-and-click user interface-making it both powerful and easy to use. With the SN6600B

600B is available in eight models:

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Fibre Channel Switch

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Power Pack+ Fibre Channel Switch

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Fibre Channel Switch

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Power Pack+ Fibre Channel Switch

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• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 24-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Power Pack+ 24-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 48-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Power Pack+ 48-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

software includes additional software: Fabric Vision, ISL Trunking, and Extended Fabric. Power Pack+ software

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HPE SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

Overview

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

Features and Benefits

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Key Features and Benefits

efficient, 1U form factor, providing maximum flexibility for

• Delivers 32 Gbps performance with up to 64 ports in an energy-

diverse deployment and cooling strategies

• Features Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities for fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling from 24 to 48 ports in 12-port

increments along with a 16-port QSFP PoD for full 64 port support.

• HPE StoreFabric SN6600B is available in both bundled (32Gb SFP+ included) and un-bundled variants providing

flexibility to customers.

• Support high-density server virtualization, cloud architectures and flash-based storage environments

• Provides proactive, non-intrusive, real-time monitoring and alerting of storage IO health and performance with IO Insight,

the industry’s first integrated network sensors

• Increases resiliency by automatically discovering and recovering from device or network errors

• Simplifies troubleshooting with real-time and historical visibility in a single dashboard

• Provides a flexible, simple, and easy-to-use SAN solution with industry-leading technology

• Supports highly virtualized, flash storage with multi-tenancy and non-stop operations

• Offers best-in-class port density and scalability for midrange enterprise SAN switches, along with redundant, hot-

pluggable components and non-disruptive software upgrades

• In-flight compression included providing efficient link utilization.

• Yields exceptional price/performance value, exceeding comparable Ethernet storage-based alternatives

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

Models

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HPE SN6600B 32Gb

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Fibre Channel Switch

Q0U54A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Power Pack+ Fibre Channel Switch

Q0U55A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Fibre Channel Switch

Q0U56A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Power Pack+ Fibre Channel Switch

Q0U57A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 24-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated
FC Switch

Q0U58A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Power Pack+ 24-port 32Gb Short Wave
SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

Q0U59A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 48-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated
FC Switch

Q0U60A

HPE StoreFabric SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Power Pack+ 48-port 32Gb Short Wave
SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

Q0U61A

FC Switch Models

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

Product Highlights

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SN6600B 32Gb FC

• Simplifies enterprise SAN deployment by combining higher edge switch port density with

speed data path between

NOTE:* 32 Gbps performance can be obtained between two 32 Gbps capable devices.

Configuration Support

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html

High-availability

• Two integrated redundant, hot swappable power supplies with integrated cooling fans

Advanced Fabric

• Hardware Enforced Zoning

Cabinet Support

HPE (22U, 36U, and 42U) 10000 G2 Series, the Intelligent Series racks, and HPE (14U, 22U, 36U,

Software Components, Standard, Base Models

Frame Filtering

An ASIC based capability that enables new applications and features. The switch has the ability to

capabilities such as Advanced Zoning.

Advanced Zoning

WWN Zoning and Access Control are enforced by hardware that provides the same simple

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

laptop, desktop PC or workstation from any location within the enterprise.

In-flight Compression

In-flight compression optimizes network performance within the data center and over long-distance

Adaptive Networking

Adaptive Networking (AN) is a family of technologies which allow flexible control of traffic movement
within the fabric which deliver application aware management of fabric resources. Applications may be

Switch

features

Services

exceptional scalability, performance and reliability

• Delivers 24, 36,48 or 64-ports in a 1U enclosure

• Provides 4, 8, , 10, 16 and 32 Gbps* performance

• Employs optional Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking to provide a high-

switches which enables a high speed data path between 32 Gbps switches up to 256 Gbps

• Enhanced Fault Detection Logic

• Parity protection on all data paths and system memory

• Frame Filtering

• Built-in Web browser management tools

• In-flight Compression

• Access Gateway

• Dynamic and System Monitoring Capabilities for High Reliability

• Virtual Fabrics

• HPE B-series SAN Network Advisor software (optional)

42U, and 47U) 11000 G2 Series racks.

NOTE: To order factory integration, add #0D1 after the part number on your sales order.

"view" the first 64 bytes of the Fibre Channel frame. At this time, Frame Filtering enables advanced

administration previously enforced only with software. Administrators can organize a physical fabric

manage SAN fabrics. Tasks can be performed through a Java-capable Web browser from a standard

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.

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

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used with multiple protocols and multiple classes of service. It includes the following features:

priority, and topology.

SN6600B 32Gb Switch

The Power Pack+ Software Bundle comes with the SN6600B 32Gb 48/24 Power Pack+ Switch and

.

Fabric Vision

Fabric Vision technology provides a breakthrough hardware and software solution that helps simplify

• ClearLink Diagnostics: Ensures optical and signal integrity for Fibre Channel optics and cables,

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,

Software Components, Optional

Power Pack+ Software
Bundle

SN6600B 32Gb 48/48 Power Pack+ Switch (for both standalone and 32Gb SFP+ integrated switch
models). The customers can purchase it separately as an optional software bundle for the SN6600B
32Gb 48/24 FC Switch and the SN6600B 48/48 FC Switch (both standalone and 32Gb SFP+ bundles
switch). It includes the following:

• Fabric Vision

• Extended Fabric

• ISL Trunking

monitoring, maximize network availability, and dramatically reduce costs. Featuring innovative
monitoring, management, and diagnostic capabilities, Fabric Vision technology enables administrators
to avoid problems before they impact operations, helping their organizations meet SLAs. It Includes

• IO Insight: Proactively and non-intrusively monitors storage device IO performance and

behavior through integrated network sensors at the storage tier, providing deep insight into
problems and ensuring service levels

• Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS): A policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built

rules and automation that simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration and
monitoring.Configuration and Operational Monitoring Policy Automation Services Suite

(COMPASS): Simplifies deployment, safeguards consistency, and increases operational
efficiencies of larger environments with automated switch and fabric configuration services.
Administrators can configure a template or adopt an existing configuration to seamlessly
deploy a configuration across the fabric.

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

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simplifying deployment and support of high-performance fabrics. ClearLink Diagnostic Port

Channel standard.

For high performance enhanced Trunking, this optional license logically groups up to eight 32 Gbps

alanced across the individual links, which comprise the

logical trunk group.

SAN Network Advisor

HPE SAN Network Advisor Professional is a server based management application available at no-

disruptive upgrade path is available from SAN Network Advisor Professional

to SAN Network Advisor Professional+ or SAN Network Advisor Enterprise.

SAN Network Advisor

HPE SAN Network Advisor Enterprise and Professional+ are the enterprise-class products that
support FOS products. SAN Network Advisor Enterprise provides complete B
Management including enterprise
adaptive networking,
except for support for the DC SAN Backbone Director, SN8000B 8

SAN Network Advisor Enterprise delivers unprecedented scalability, up to
switch
ports.

to SAN Network Advisor Enterprise from

SAN Network Advisor Professional Plus.

Integrated Routing

Integrated Routing is an optional license which provides native Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) on a per­port 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

Extended Fabric

ISL Trunking

(D_Port) is an advanced capability of Fibre Channel platforms

• Flow Vision: A comprehensive tool that enables administrators to identify, monitor, and

analyze specific application data flows in order to simplify troubleshooting, maximize

performance and avoid congestion 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

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

SFP+ ports per ISL trunk or up to two 128 Gbps QSFP ports per ISL trunk to provide a high bandwidth
trunk between two switches. Each 32Gb switch needs its own license. The switch operating system
views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 256Gb) when routing connections
between 32Gb switches. Connections are load-b

Professional

charge that comes with B-series SAN Switches and includes the following features:

• Allows management of up to two SAN Fabric OS (FOS) fabrics (up to 300 B-Series switch

ports and 1000 devices)

• Performs group switch management beyond the scope of Web Tools

Targeted for SMB customers that use FOS based SAN fabrics and require a management solution for
smaller SANs based on a single or dual 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
Professional+ or 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-

Enterprise and
Professional+

ports, while SAN Network Advisor Professional+ scales to 36 SAN Fabrics and 2560 switch

To accommodate growth, there is an upgrade available

etc. while SAN Network Advisor Professional+ provides the same feature set

-class features/environments such as, Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP,

-series Director

-SlotDirector and FICON.

100 fabrics and 15,000

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HPE StoreFabric SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch

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selective device sharing while maintaining remote fabric isolation. Integrated Routing provides
architecture flexibility to route on a port

port basis, enabling increased scalability and fault isolation.

HPE Smart SAN for

HPE Smart SAN, optional software for HPE 3PAR, makes end-to-end SAN configuration and
management simple and reduces the probability of errors through automation. It is an application
embedded in SAN components (array, hosts and switc
configuration, settings and policies across the SAN. Smart SAN is supported with B
HPE StoreFabric Fibre Channel adapters (HBAs) and 3PAR storage. HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR through
its Target Driven Peer Zoning (TDPZ) feature enables customers to automate peer zoning, resulting in
the creation of fewer zones and enables configuration of zones in minutes and not in hours. Through
automation, it reduces the probability of errors and potential downtime
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-series Switches,

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Supports B-series 32Gb, 16Gb and 8Gb FC switches with FOS 7.4.0a or later.
A list of supported HPE FC Adapters can be found at https://h20272.www2.hp.com/spock/
Supports 3PAR StoreServ storage with 3.2.2 or later with only 16Gb target ports on HPE