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HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director

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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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Product Description DC SAN Backbone Director switch is an intelligent, high-performance, high-capacity connection point for converging and exchanging data between diverse data center networks
Maximum Ports Enterprise
Performance 8Gbps
Maximum Ports 384
Minimum Ports 16
Aggregate Switch Bandwidth 6Tbps
Protocol Support Fibre Channel, FCIP, FICON, FCoE ready, iSCSI ready
Blade Type Supported Not Applicable
High Availability Features Support “five nines” availability (i.e. 99.999%); Redundant hot swappable components; Redundant power and cooling subsystems; Automatic Control Processor failover, Non-disruptive “hot” software code loads and activation concurrent hardware upgrades
Management B-series Fabric Manager. Integration with Storage Essentials
Media Type B-series 4Gb, 8Gb, XFP Small Form Factor (SFP)
Upgradeability 8/16 FC Blade, 8/32 FC Blade, 8/48 FC, 10/6 FC Blade, B-series MP Blade
Models Available Power Pack
Optional Software FICON Cup, MP Blade Performance Extension
Required Software Included with Power Pack
Included Software Power Pack Software includes Fabric Manager, Fabric Watch, Advanced Performance Monitoring, Adaptive Networking, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric
Warranty
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1/1/1
Warranty
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One-year on-site warranty, 8x5, next business day response, installation not included.
Form Factor 14U
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