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Business Value |
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Consolidates data center connectivity for high available, lossless networking between applications and data, as well as between servers and storage networks. |
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1-800-786-7967 - US only
1-800-474-6836 - Canada only |
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Overview |
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| HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switches are the most advanced B-Series director-class switches combining breakthrough performance, scalability, and energy efficiency with long-term investment protection. Designed to address data growth and application demands of next generation data centers; enable server, SAN, and data center consolidation; and reduce infrastructure and administrative costs.
The 14U DC SAN Backbone Director has eight vertical blade slots providing up to 384 Fibre Channel (FC) ports and is targeted for large enterprise networks. The 9U DC04 SAN Director has four horizontal blade slots providing up to 192 FC ports and is targeted for midsize networks.
Both models feature high-speed Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) ports connecting two SAN directors, providing extensive scalability and flexibility at the network core. At the network edge, organizations can utilize B-series 8Gb switches, 4/256 SAN Director, or for complete enterprise class capabilities the DC04 SAN Director.
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What's New |
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- New 2-2-2 warranty for DC SAN Directors increases the warranty from a 1-1-1 9x5 Next Business Day response to a 2-year, 24x7, 4hr remote response warranty
- Multi Protocol Extension Blade (FC, FCIP, 10 GbE) for cost-effective remote data replication, backup, and migration
- Encryption Blade for DC Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director
- Integration with HP Secure Key Manager for Encryption
- Server Application Optimization, when deployed with B-Series HBAs, improves overall application performance for physical servers and virtual machines
- FCoE Blade with offers (24) 10 GbE CEE ports and (32) 8 Gb FC ports to the director backplane
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Features & Benefits |
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High Performance
- 8 Gb platform in two modular form factors: Greater bandwidth is needed at the core to ensure uncongested throughput and to deliver fabric based applications on a large scale.
- 256 Gbit/sec of bandwidth per slot: Faster connection speeds are needed for high demand open system or mainframe applications.
- No oversubscription: Non-oversubscribed switching architecture enhances server scalability by enabling the rapid growth of virtual servers without compromising data center performance.
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High Scalability
- Two modular form factors for high scalability: The 14U DC SAN Backbone Director Supports 384 ports in a single domain and the 9U DC04 SAN Director Supports 192 in a single domain.
- 256 Gbit/sec - 512 Gbit/sec of ICL bandwidth: Inter Chassis Link bandwidth preserves 32 - 64 Fibre Channel ports per chassis for host and storage device connectivity.
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Flexible, Multi-Protocol Architecture
- Multi Protocol Support: Flexible options in which to scale the size of a SAN performance or density with Fibre Channel, FCIP, FICON, FCoE, and iSCSI ready.
- Optional Fibre Channel Integrated Routing license: Eliminates the need for additional hardware like special purpose blades or routers to connect servers and storage in separate fabrics.
- Optional SAN Extension: Leverages 8 Gbps Fibre Channel, FCIP, and 10 GbE technology to enable fast, reliable, and cost-effective remote data replication, backup, and migration.
- Investment protection: Fully compatible with existing B-series family with 1/2/4/8/10 Fibre Channel support.
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Improved Data Access, Protection, and Storage
- Improved Quality of Service (QoS): Adaptive Networking is a suite of tools to provide Quality of Service (QoS) features designed to improve fabric behavior to ensure ample bandwidth for critical applications.
- Logical Partitioning of SANs: Virtual Fabric feature enable partitioning of a physical SAN into logical fabrics and isolation by application, business group, or customer for improved utilization of switch ports.
- Data at rest encryption: High performance, scalable fabric based encryption, to enforce data confidentiality and privacy requirements.
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