Jump to content United States - English
HP.com Home Products and Services Support and Drivers Solutions How to Buy
» Contact HP
HP.com home
Storage > Storage Networking >  B-series Switches >  B-series SAN Switches

HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch -
Software

» 

HP StorageWorks

HP strategy

» Converged Infrastructure
» Storage Virtualization

Storage products

» Disk Storage Systems
» Tape Storage & Media
» Storage Blades
» NAS Systems
» Storage Networking
» Storage Software
» Storage Solutions
» Information Management Software
» Browse by capacity or operating system
»

HP Storage

»

HP Servers

Customer Assistance

» How to buy
» Promotions
» Services
» Storage Training
» Subscribe
Content starts here
HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch

Business Value

Consolidates data center connectivity for high available, lossless networking between applications and data, as well as between servers and storage networks.
Buy Online

Questions?

» Have an HP sales expert contact you
Quickspecs
Worldwide: » HTML » PDF
N. America: » HTML » PDF
Support
» Support for your product
» Warranty


» Overview

» Specifications

» Q&A

Software

Solutions

Adaptive Networking Adaptive Networking (AN) is a family of technologies for the 8/24 SAN Switch which allow flexible control of traffic movement within the fabric which deliver application aware management of fabric resources. AN applications may be used with multiple protocols and multiple classes of service.

The 8/24 SAN Switch knows where an application is and what its assigned fabric resources are. As an application moves or its network resources become degraded the 8/24 SAN Switch can adjust the fabric based on preset polices to ensure the highest level SLAs.

HP B-series SFP Transceivers HP recommends using only HP high-quality fibre channel transceivers (SFPs) in HP SAN environments. HP SFPs are tested with HP hardware products to maximize performance, compatibility and reliability.

Please visit www.hpsancompat.com

Optional
HP B-series Cables Please visit www.hpsancompat.com for all optics compatibility information, including Fibre Channel SFPs, Cables, and Port License Upgrades. Optional

B-series Software

HP StorageWorks Power Pack+ Bundle The Power Pack+ set of tools monitors the network's health and performance. It includes Fabric Watch, Extended Fabric, ISL Trunking, Adaptive Networking, Advance Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Manager. Optional
Fabric Watch Fabric Watch enables each switch to monitor 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. Optional
HP StorageWorks B-series Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise Software HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise Software builds upon the recognized capabilities of the previous EFCM and Fabric Manager products and extends it from roots in SAN management to the data center fabric supporting enhanced scalability, multi-protocol fabrics (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCIP) and policy-based service management including adaptive networking with Quality of Service features.
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/dc_fabricmgr/index.html
Optional
Privacy statement Limited warranty statement Using this site means you accept its terms Feedback to Storage
© 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.