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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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Technical Specifications
Ideal For DC SAN Director are an intelligent, high-performance, high-capacity connection point for converging and exchanging data between data center networks
Performance 8 Gbps
Ports 16-384
Depending on model
Aggregate Switch Bandwidth 3 Tbps
Depending on model
Encryption Capability AES 256-bit
Protocol Support Fibre Channel, FCIP, FICON, 10GbE, FCoE and iSCSI ready
BladeSystem Supported Not Applicable
Availability 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
Media Types B-series 4 Gb and 8 Gb, XFP Small Form Factor (SFP)
Management B-series Data Center Fabric Manager. Integration with Storage Essentials
Upgradeability 8/16 FC Blade, 8/32 FC Blade, 8/48 FC, 10/6 FC Blade, B-series MP Blade
Models Available DC SAN Backbone Director Power Pack+, DC04 SAN Director Power Pack+, DC04 SAN Director
Optional Software FICON Cup, MP Blade Performance Extension, ICL License, and Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise Software are optional for both DC SAN Directors. Power Pack+ Software bundle, Adaptive Networking, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and SAO are optional for only the DC04 SAN Director
Required Software Power Pack+ is required for the DC SAN Backbone Director
Form Factor The DC SAN Backbone Director is 14U. The DC04 SAN Director is 9U
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