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Provides next-generation Fibre Channel and FCIP technology to enable fast, reliable, and cost-effective remote data replication, backup, and migration for Wide Area Networks (WAN). |
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What is the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch? |
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The 1606 Extension SAN Switch is a rack-based solution that combines class-leading performance, “pay-as-you-grow” scalability, and flexible deployment options for data centers and remote offices. Aggregate bandwidth of up to 128 Gbps for Fibre Channel and up to 6 Gbps for FCIP provide class-leading performance and throughput. Dual redundant, hot-swappable power supplies with integrated fans maximize availability and minimize outages. In addition, the B-series 1606 Extension SAN Switch integrates seamlessly with the Multi-Protocol Extension Blade for the DC SAN Directors, providing larger enterprises with a cost-effective solution to connect remote offices to a primary data center.
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What models are available for the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch? |
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The base 1606 Extension SAN Switch comes with four (4) 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports and two (2) 1 GbE ports. The full 1606 Extension SAN Switch comes with sixteen (16) 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports and six (6) 1 GbE ports. The HP 1606 Power Pack+ Extension Switch comes with the same amount of ports as the "Full" offering as well as Power Pack software (Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Watch). |
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What are the new features of the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch? |
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Unique performance and Quality of Service (QoS) technologies include the following:
New FCIP Trunking combines multiple IP source and destination address pairs into a logical high-bandwidth FCIP trunk spanning multiple physical ports to provide load balancing and network failure resiliency.
New Adaptive Rate Limiting dynamically adjusts bandwidth between minimum and maximum rate limits to optimize bandwidth utilization and sharing.
New FCIP Quality of Service (QoS) provides high-, medium-, and low-priority handling of initiator-target flows within the same FCIP tunnel for transmission over the WAN.
A new compression architecture provides multiple modes to optimize compression ratios for various throughput requirements.
FCIP Fast Write accelerates SCSI write processing, maximizing performance of synchronous and asynchronous replication applications across high-latency WAN connections.
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What are the benefits of the optional FICON CUP and FICON CUP Accelerator software licenses for the HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch? |
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The optional FICON CUP (Control Unit Port) software license enables Fibre Channel and FICON intermix, FICON CUP, and FICON cascading for more than one B-series SAN Director or switch in XP Storage Array environments. These license features provide FICON CUP in-band management function designed to allow mainframe applications to perform configuration, monitoring, management and statistics collection. These applications include System Automation for OS/390 (SA/390), Dynamic Channel Management Facility (DCM) and Resource Management Facility (RMF). Hardware-enforced FICON and FCP port zoning enhances separation with intermix operation. The FICON CUP Accelerator license accelerates disk and tape read and write operations, maximizing FICON performance.
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