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    As enterprises respond to the digital transformation, data centers are under pressure to deliver greater performance, agility and operational efficiency to address exponential data growth and dynamic business demands.

    Overview

    To gain the performance required, organizations are transitioning to all-flash data storage in their data center, which requires a modern storage network that can keep pace with innovations in compute and storage resources. By modernizing the SAN, organizations will be able to maximize productivity and increase the efficiency of their storage investments and futureproof them for emerging protocols like NVMe as well as slower FC speeds at the same time, even as they rapidly scale their environments. Moreover, the addition of automation 32 Gb technology to Fibre Channel will transform SAN management by simplifying operations and freeing up resources to focus on business optimization and revenue opportunities.


    The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B 32 Gb FC Switch provides the tools to optimize NVMe storage and automate SAN management tasks. It’s a high-port density building block with 128 Fibre Channel ports increasing scale with 33% more connectivity at greater speeds up to 4 Tbps total system bandwidth for data center consolidation and the most demanding all flash workloads. New automation capabilities enable DevOps resources to automate operations to increase productivity with simple and open automation through open APIs and the Ansible automation engine. Enterprises can automate repetitive tasks and deliver consistent performance by eliminating human error. The NVMe-ready switch drives innovation by allowing organizations to seamlessly integrate with next-generation flash storage without a disruptive rip-and-replace. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B enables new insight into NVMe storage fabrics with modern I/O traffic visibility to increase the efficiency of the SAN.


    The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B is available in the following models:

    • − HPE SN6650B 32 Gb 128/96 Power Pack+ 96-port 32 Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated FC Switch
    • − HPE SN6650B 32 Gb 128/48 48-port 32 Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated Fibre Channel Switch

    HPE Power Pack+ software provides the SAN administrator with the necessary tools to monitor the health and performance of the network, while also ensuring the highest levels of security, scalability and manageability. HPE Power Pack+ software includes additional software: Fabric Vision, ISL Trunking, and Extended Fabric.

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    HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B

    What’s New

    • – The Q9V95C and Q9V96C products are now bundled with Secure optics
    • – Added HPE SANnav Management Software with 1-year, 3-years and 5-years term-license
    • – Updated product SKU (suffix rolled over from A to B)

    Models

    HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B 32Gb FC Switch

    Description

    SKU

    HPE SN6650B 32Gb 128/48 48-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated Fibre Channel Switch

    Q9V95C

    HPE SN6650B 32Gb 128/96 Power Pack+ 96-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated Fibre Channel Switch

    Q9V96C

    Notes: The references to SFP+ in the description is intended to identify switches bundled with optics. The 32Gb optics are also referred to as SFP28 optics, referencing the industry standard for 32Gb optics.

    Standard Features

    Key Features and Benefits

    • − Simple and elegant scalability: Provides industry-leading port density with 128 FC ports in a compact 2U form factor for greater scalability while optimizing space utilization. With ninety-six 32Gb SFP+ ports and eight 4x32Gb Q-Flex ports, data centers can scale 48-128 ports with this compact design to deliver more connectivity with fewer switches.
    • − Features Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities for fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling from 48 to 128 ports. PoDs are available in 24-port increments scaling up to 96 ports along with a 32-port QSFP PoD or PoD Kit for full 128 port support. PoD upgrades are available in 24-port upgrade kits, including both the license and 24 optics under one part number or the PoD licenses and optics can be purchased separately.
    • − Flexible, high-speed connectivity: QSFP ports offer ISL and devices connectivity with industry-leading 128Gb or 32Gb speeds. These ports are designed to support single QSFP or fan out to 4 standard SFP+ connections, enabling administrators to simplify cabling infrastructure.
    • − Handle more workloads faster: Handles more workloads faster with up to 4.096 Tbps total system bandwidth for high intensity mission-critical workloads while providing low-latency for flash and NVMe storage and 2X the speed of 16Gbps FC with high speed data reliability using forward error correction (FEC).
    • − Accelerate deployment and configuration times by automating management procedures: Available with New automation tools simplify and automate operations to increase productivity with open automation enabling DevOps resources to automate and orchestrate SAN resources through open APIs and the Ansible automation engine. Repetitive and time consuming configuration tasks are simplified reducing human error by automating management operations.
    • − Predefined, pretested templates: Leverages a library of templates and scripts for integration into third party tools. REST APIs and a library of pre-tested operational scripts reduce command errors and help deploy applications faster.
    • − Simplify operations by enabling visibility across the entire infrastructure: Provides operational consistency across diverse fabrics and VM applications using powerful ASIC data collection and Fabric Vision tools to provide deep visibility and actionable insights to ensure operational efficiency and data reliability.
    • − Optimize performance and ensure reliability with enhanced monitoring for NVMe: New NVMe over Fibre Channel enhanced monitoring offers integrated non-intrusive, real-time monitoring and alerting for network performance. This proactive monitoring of the health and performance of NVMe traffic and virtual machines provides deep diagnostics and visibility to maintain optimal network health and performance.
    • − Integrate NVMe ready solutions without a rip and replace: Integrates NVMe ready solutions without a rip and replace. By leveraging the efficiency of NVMe, combined with the high performance and low latency of 32Gb Fibre Channel, enterprises can accelerate IOPS to deliver the performance, application response time, and scale needed for next-generation data centers while making the transition NVMe seamless.
    • − Simplified low risk migration of SCSI based storage to NVMe storage:
    • Provides an elegant coexistence strategy for existing SCSI-based FC SANs and NVMe storage. Allowing enterprises to facilitate a simplified and gradual SCSI data migration path to NVMe FC as business demands it.

    SN6650B 32Gb FC Switch*

    • − Provides the tools to optimize NVMe storage and automate SAN management tasks
    • − It is a high port density building block with a management platform designed to support application, data, and storage growth with 33% more port capacity than the HPE SN6500B 16Gb FC switch
    • − Delivers 48, 72, 80, 96, 104 or 128-ports in a 2U enclosure
    • − As an NVMe-ready switch, the SN6650B allows organizations to seamlessly integrate HPE B-series 32GbFibre Channel networks with the next generation of flash storage
    • − Features Integrated network sensors for advanced monitoring of NVMe workloads, helping to ensure optimal performance.
    • − Delivers new automation capabilities that enable DevOps resources to automate and orchestrate SAN resources through open APIs and the Ansible automation engine

    Notes: *32 Gbps performance can be obtained between two 32 Gbps capable devices.


    Configuration Support

    https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c00403562


    High-availability features

    • − Two integrated power supplies (2 total for 1+1 redundancy) and three fans (3 total for 2+1 redundancy
    • − Forward Error Correction (FEC): Enables recovery from bit errors in a data stream, enhancing transmission reliability and performance and FEC is mandatory in 32Gb links with more robust error recovery to support 32Gb performance
    • − Enhanced Fault Detection Logic
    • − Parity protection on all data paths and system memory

    Advanced Fabric Services

    • − Hardware Enforced Zoning
    • − Frame Filtering
    • − Built-in Web browser management tools
    • − In-flight Compression
    • − Dynamic and System Monitoring Capabilities for High Reliability
    • − Virtual Fabrics

    Cabinet Support

    HPE (22U, 36U, and 42U) 10000 G2 Series, the Intelligent Series racks, and HPE (14U, 22U, 36U, 42U, and 47U) 11000 G2 Series racks, HPE G2 Advanced Series Racks & HPE G2 Enterprise Series Racks.


    Notes: To order factory integration, add #0D1 after the part number on your sales order.

    Software Components, Standard, Base Models


    Frame Filtering

    An ASIC based capability that enables new applications and features. The switch has the ability to “view” the first 64 bytes of the Fibre Channel frame. At this time, Frame Filtering enables advanced capabilities such as Advanced Zoning.


    Advanced Zoning

    WWN Zoning and Access Control are enforced by hardware that provides the same simple administration previously enforced only with software. Administrators can organize a physical fabric into logical groups and prevent unauthorized access by devices outside the Zone.


    Web Tools

    Web Tools is an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical interface that enables organizations to monitor and manage SAN fabrics. Tasks can be performed through a Java-capable, or HTML5 (FOS 9.x and later), Web browser from a standard laptop, desktop PC or workstation from any location within the enterprise.


    In-flight Compression

    In-flight compression optimizes network performance within the data center and over long-distance links. Data is compressed at the source and uncompressed at the destination. Performance varies by data type, but generally achieve 2:1 compression with minimal impact on performance.


    Adaptive Networking

    Adaptive Networking (AN) is a family of technologies which allow flexible control of traffic movement within the fabric which deliver application aware management of fabric resources. Applications may be used with multiple protocols and multiple classes of service. It includes the following features:

    • Ingress Rate Limiting:
    • Allows the ingress bandwidth of a port to be throttled to a rate lower than negotiated with the SAN node. This could be very useful for enterprises offering stepped levels of service and enforcing SLAs.
    • Quality of Service (QoS):
    • Enables zones with high, medium, and low priorities within a fabric on a zone by zone basis. This can be very useful for prioritizing array replication over MANs and WANs over less critical traffic.
    • Traffic Isolation Zones:
    • Defines paths through a fabric for some or all nodes. Failover allows a non-preferred path to be used if the preferred fails. TIZs use failover by default but it can be disabled if traffic should stop if a preferred path fails. TIZ can be used to manually map out traffic flows within a fabric based on application, priority, and topology.

    Software Components, Optional

    SN6650B 32Gb Switch Power Pack+ Software Bundle

    HPE Power Pack+ software provides the SAN administrator with the necessary tools to monitor the health and performance of the network, while also ensuring the highest levels of security, scalability and manageability. It is available pre-bundled with

    HPE SN6650B 32Gb 128/96 Power Pack+ 96-port 32Gb Short Wave Q9V96B SFP+ Integrated FC Switch

    HPE PowerPack+ Software includes the following- Fabric Vision, Extended Fabric, ISL Trunking

    Notes: The customers can purchase it separately as optional software (Q9N41B/ Q9N41BAE).


    Fabric Vision

    Fabric Vision technology provides a breakthrough hardware and software solution that helps simplify that helps simplify monitoring, availability, increase operational stability, and dramatically reduce costs. Featuring innovative monitoring, management, and diagnostic capabilities, Fabric Vision technology enables administrators to avoid problems before they impact operations, helping their organizations meet SLAs. Fabric VisionIncludes:

    • − Dashboards: Provides integrated dashboards that display an overall SAN health view, along with details on out-of-range conditions, to help administrators easily identify trends and quickly pinpoint issues occurring on a switch or in a fabric.
    • − IO Insight: proactively monitors IO performance and behavior through integrated network sensors, providing deep insight into problems and helping to ensure service levels. This capability non-disruptively and non-intrusively gathers IO statistics from any device port, then feeds them to a monitoring policy that sets thresholds and generates alerts.
    • − VM Insight: This software applies IO Insight visibility for each Virtual Machine (VM). Integrated VM, application & device-level IO latency and IOPS monitoring enables administrators to set the baseline for application performance and identify the VM or physical layer responsible for the degraded performance.
    • − Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS): Simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration, monitoring, and alerting with pre-built, rule- or policy-based templates. Administrators can configure the entire fabric (or multiple fabrics) at one time using common rules and policies, or customize policies for specific ports or switch elements. In addition, administrators can use IO Insight metrics to set thresholds in MAPS policies in order to be notified of application, VM, and storage IO performance degradation.
    • − Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring: Leverages predefined MAPS policies to automatically detect and alert administrators to different latency severity levels, and to identify slow drain devices that could impact network performance. This feature identifies various latency severity levels, pinpointing exactly which devices are causing or are impacted by a bottlenecked port, and quarantines slow drain devices automatically to prevent buffer credit starvation.
    • − Configuration and Operational Monitoring Policy Automation Services Suite (COMPASS): Simplifies deployment, safeguards consistency, and increases operational efficiencies of larger environments with automated switch and fabric configuration services. Administrators can configure a template or adopt an existing configuration to seamlessly deploy a configuration across the fabric.
    • − ClearLink Diagnostics: Ensures optical and signal integrity for Fibre Channel optics and cables, simplifying deployment and support of high-performance fabrics. ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) is an advanced capability of Fibre Channel platforms.
    • − Flow Vision: A comprehensive tool that enables administrators to identify, monitor, and analyze specific application data flows in order to simplify troubleshooting, maximize performance and avoid congestion without using taps to ensure optimized performance:
      • Flow Monitor: Provides comprehensive visibility, automatic learning, and non-disruptive monitoring of a flow’s performance. Administrators can monitor all flows from a specific host to multiple targets or volumes, from multiple hosts to a specific target/volume, or across a specific ISL. Additionally, they can perform volume-level monitoring of specific frame types to identify resource contention or congestion that is impacting application performance. With the IO Insight capability, administrators can monitor first IO response time, IO completion time, the number of pending IOs, and IOPS metrics for a flow from a specific host to a target or volume running SCSI or NVMe over Fibre Channel traffic. With VM Insight, administrators can monitor network throughput and IO statistics for each VM.
      • Flow Learning: Enables administrators to non-disruptively discover all flows that go to or come from a specific host port or a storage port, or traverse ISLs/IFLs or FCIP tunnels, to monitor fabric-wide application performance. In addition, administrators can discover top and bottom bandwidth-consuming devices and manage capacity planning.
      • Flow Generator: Provides a built-in traffic generator for pretesting and validating the data center infrastructure for robustness—including route verification and integrity of optics, cables, ports, back-end connections, and ISLs—before deploying applications.
      • Flow Mirroring: Enables administrators to non-disruptively create copies of specific application and data flows or frame types that can be captured for in-depth analysis.
    • Credit Loss Recovery: Automatically detects and recovers buffer credit loss at the Virtual Channel (VC) level, providing protection against performance degradation and enhancing application availability.

    Extended Fabric

    Optional license which extends all of the scalability, reliability, and performance benefits of Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SANs) beyond the native 10 km distance specified by the Fibre Channel standard.


    ISL Trunking

    For high performance enhanced Trunking, this optional license logically groups up to eight 32 Gbps SFP+ ports per ISL trunk or up to two 128 Gbps QSFP ports per ISL trunk to provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 32Gb switch needs its own license. The switch operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 256Gb) when routing connections between 32Gb switches. Connections are load-balanced across the individual links, which comprise the logical trunk group.


    Integrated Routing

    Integrated Routing is an optional license which provides native Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) on a per-port basis, rather than limiting routing ports to those on a dedicated routing switch or blade. Just like traditional FCR, Integrated Routing uses EX_Ports to import/export devices between fabrics, enabling selective device sharing while maintaining remote fabric isolation. Integrated Routing provides architecture flexibility to route on a port-by-port basis, enabling increased scalability and fault isolation.


    HPE SANnav Management Software

    HPE SANnav Management Software is the next-generation SAN management application suite for HPE B-series SAN environments. It consists of SANnav Management Portal Software and SANnav Global View Software:

    • − SANnav Management Portal is a next-generation SAN management application with a simple browser-based user interface (UI) streamlining common workflows, such as configuration, zoning, deployment, troubleshooting, and reporting.
    • − SANnav Global View helps administrators visualize the health, performance and inventory of multiple SANnav Management Portal instances at data centers across the globe or a single multi-tenant data center using a simple, intelligent dashboard.SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View not only transform SAN telemetry data into useful insights, such as health and performance scores, but also enable administrators to quickly associate real-time data with historical metrics and logs for in-depth analysis. This can help with spotting trends, establishing baselines, and identifying any behavioral changes over time.
    • − HPE SANnav Management Software is available as a term-license for 1-year, 3-years and 5-years period as both – physical and electronic License-to-Use (LTU). It supports 8Gb, 16Gb and 32Gb FC Switches and Directors.

    HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR

    HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR, which is included with HPE 3PAR All-inclusive software and is optionally available for 3PAR systems without All-inclusive software. Smart SAN for 3PAR simplifies and automates traditional error-prone and tedious SAN zoning and host provisioning to just a few clicks or complex zoning configurations in minutes orchestrated from 3PAR. This allows a storage administrator to zone and provision the SAN with little or no FC expertise. It is an application embedded in SAN components (array, hosts and switches) that enables 3PAR arrays to orchestrate configuration, settings and policies across the SAN. Smart SAN is supported with HPE B-series Switches, Fibre Channel adapters (HBAs) and 3PAR storage. HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR through takes advantage of Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) T11 standards Peer Zoning and uses Target Driven Peer Zoning (TDPZ) feature in Smart SAN which enables customers to automate peer zoning, resulting in the creation of fewer zones and enables configuration of zones in minutes and not in hours. Through automation, it reduces the probability of errors and potential downtime.

    Notes:

    • − Supports B-series 32Gb, 16Gb and 8Gb FC switches with FOS 7.4.0a or later.
    • − A list of supported HPE FC Adapters can be found at http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock
    • − Supports 3PAR StoreServ storage with 3.2.2 or later with only 16Gb target ports on HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage.

    Service and Support

    Warranty

    (1-1-1) Hardware Warranty; 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (standard business hours, next business day response) and 1-year labor.

    Notes:

    • − The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software.
    • − Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Consult the Customer Support Center for details. Hardware or Software product installation is not included in the warranty, but is available and highly recommended.

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    HPE Data Storage Services - SAN Fabric Integration and Migration simplifies the introduction of and migration to new HPE B-series SAN fabric devices. It helps maximize the value of your investment in your new HPE B-series SAN fabric devices by leveraging HPE Services expertise and best practices.

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    Configuration Information

    Step 1 - Base Configuration (Select one)

    Description

    SKU

    HPE SN6650B 32Gb 128/48 48-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated Fibre Channel Switch

    Q9V95C

    Notes:

    – 32Gb 128-port FC Switch with 48 active ports bundled with 48 32Gb SFP+ Secure optics; accessory kit (rackmount kit, enterprise safety and regulatory information, installation guide with rack-mounting instructions), power cords, serial cable, base software of Fabric OS, Advanced Web Tools and Advanced Zoning

    – Requires the use of Secure optics

    HPE SN6650B 32Gb 128/96 Power Pack+ 96-port 32Gb Short Wave SFP+ Integrated Fibre Channel Switch

    Q9V96C

    Notes:

    – 32Gb 128-port FC Switch with 96 active ports bundled with 96 32Gb SFP+ Secure optics; accessory kit (Rackmount kit, enterprise safety and regulatory information, installation guide with rack-mounting instructions), power cords, serial cable, base software of Fabric OS, Advanced Web Tools, Advanced Zoning, and HPE Power Pack+ software of Fabric Vision, ISL Trunking and Extended Fabric

    – HPE B-series software licenses are available through the Electronic Delivery (E-Delivery) mechanism. The E-Delivery software licenses are functionally equivalent to the corresponding physical licenses. The E-Delivery version (ending with AE) is listed first and the physical version is second.

    – Requires the use of Secure optics

    Step 2 – Options

    With the release of FOS 9.0 the SN6650B will have mixed optic support dependent on the model as outlined below:

    • – Support Secure optics ONLY:
      • • Models: Q9V95C & Q9V96C
    • – Support Secure and Standard optics:
      • • Models: Q2S18A/B, Q9V95A/B & Q9V96A/B

    Fibre Channel Transceivers- Standard

    Description

    SKU

    HPE B-series 16Gb SFP+ Short Wave Transceiver

    QK724A

    HPE B-series 4x16 Short Wave QSFP Transceiver

    K2Q87A

    Fibre Channel Transceivers - Secure

    Description

    SKU

    HPE B-series 16Gb SFP+ Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6B10A

    HPE B-series 16Gb SFP+ Short Wave 8-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6W28A

    HPE B-series 32Gb SFP28 Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6B12A

    HPE B-series 32Gb SFP28 Short Wave 8-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6W26A

    HPE B-series 32Gb SFP28 Long Wave 10km 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6B13A

    HPE B-series 32Gb SFP Extended Long Wave 25km 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R7M17A

    Fibre Channel Transceivers – Secure (cont.)

    Description

    SKU

    HPE B-series 32Gb SFP28 Extended Long Wave 25km 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R9S31A

    Notes: R9S31A is only supported on the Q9V95C & Q9V96C with a Minimum FOS version is 9.1.1. The R9S31A must be used on both ends of the cable.

    HPE B-series 10Gb SFP+ Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6B14A

    HPE B-series 10Gb SFP+ Long Wave 10km 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6B15A

    HPE B-series 4x32Gb QSFP28 Short Wave 100m 1-pack Secure Transceiver

    R6B20A

    Notes: The switch supports Smartoptics. For more information regarding Smartoptics, reference Brocade Fabric OS Open Systems Compatibility Matrix

    Optical Cables

    Performance

    Distance - Maximum

    HPE Standard OM3 Cable

    HPE PremierFlex OM3+ Cable

    HPE PremierFlex OM4 Cable

    32 Gb performance:

    70 meters

    70 meters

    100 meters

    16 Gb performance:

    100 meters

    100 meters

    125 meters

    HPE Premier Flex OM4 Fiber Optic Cables

    Description

    SKU

    HPE Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 Fiber 1m Cable

    QK732A

    HPE Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 Fiber 2m Cable

    QK733A

    HPE Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 Fiber 5m Cable

    QK734A

    HPE Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 Fiber 15m Cable

    QK735A

    HPE Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 Fiber 30m Cable

    QK736A

    HPE Premier Flex LC/LC Multi-mode OM4 2 Fiber 50m Cable

    QK737A

    HPE Premier Flex OM4 QSFP Fiber Optic Cables

    Description

    SKU

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 1m Fiber Cable

    Q1H63A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 2m Fiber Cable

    Q1H64A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 5m Fiber Cable

    Q1H65A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 10m Fiber Cable

    QK729A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 15m Fiber Cable

    Q1H66A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 30m Fiber Cable

    Q1H67A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 50m Fiber Cable

    QK731A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO12/MPO12 Multi-mode OM4 100m Fiber Cable

    H6Z30A

    HPE QSFP to 4xLC Breakout Cables

    Description

    SKU

    HPE Premier Flex MPO8 to 4xLC Multi-mode OM4 5m Fiber Cable

    K2Q46A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO8 to 4xLC Multi-mode OM4 15m Fiber Cable

    K2Q47A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO8 to 4xLC Multi-mode OM4 30m Fiber Cable

    Q1H68A

    HPE Premier Flex MPO8 to 4xLC Multi-mode OM4 50m Fiber Cable

    Q1H69A

    HPE OM3 LC-LC Optical Cables

    Description

    SKU

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 0.5m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ833A

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 1.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ834A

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 2.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ835A

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 5.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ836A

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 15.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ837A

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 30.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ838A

    HPE LC to LC Multi-mode OM3 2-Fiber 50.0m 1-Pack Fiber Optic Cable

    AJ839A

    Port on Demand (Pod) Kits

    Description

    SKU

    HPE SN6650B 32Gb 24-port Short Wave SFP28 Fibre Channel Upgrade License with Transceiver Kit

    R7M11A

    HPE SN6650B 4x32Gb 32-port Short Wave QSFP28 Fibre Channel Upgrade License with Transceiver Kit

    R9S33A

    Notes: The above PoD Kits are available as a physical upgrade package only; these are not available as an e-license because they include the optics. PoD Kits include Secure optics.

    Step 3 - Optional Software

    Notes:

    − For Fabric OS (FOS) minimum requirements, please refer to: https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/

    − HPE B-series software licenses are available through the Electronic Delivery (E-Delivery) mechanism. The E-Delivery software licenses are functionally equivalent to the corresponding physical licenses. The E-Delivery version (ending with AE) is listed first and the physical version is second.

    Software for SN6650B 32 Gb FC Switch

    Description

    SKU

    HPE SN6650B Power Pack+ Upgrade E-LTU

    Q9N41BAE

    Notes:

    – (Physical License - Q9N41B)

    – The Power Pack+ Software Bundle kit includes Fabric Vision, ISL Trunking, and Extended Fabric.

    HPE SN6650B Integrated Routing E-LTU

    Q9N42BAE

    Notes: (Physical License - Q9N42B)

    SANnav Software Licenses:

    Notes: For users purchasing SANnav licenses for the first time, one of the following SKUs should be purchased. For users wanted to renew a SANnav license, a renewal license should be selected from the SANnav Renewal Software License in the next section.

    Description

    SKU

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Base 1yr E-LTU

    R3P45AAE

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Enterprise 1yr E-LTU

    R3P46AAE

    HPE SANnav Global View 1yr E-LTU

    R3P47AAE

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Base 3yr E-LTU

    R3P48AAE

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Enterprise 3yr E-LTU

    R3P49AAE

    HPE SANnav Global View 3yr E-LTU

    R3P50AAE

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Base 5yr E-LTU

    R4P29AAE

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Enterprise 5yr E-LTU

    R4P30AAE

    HPE SANnav Global View 5yr E-LTU

    R4P31AAE

    Notes:

    – The Base edition of HPE SANnav Management Portal does not support management of director class switches.

    – HPE SANnav Management Software License-to-Use (LTU/E-LTU) includes maintenance and support for the duration of the license. At the end of the license period, customers have the option to renew the license, maintaining the same license key, by selecting from the SANnav Renewal Software License section below Software renewal via HPE Services is not allowed/supported.

    – Trial Licenses: depending on the version of SANnav license, the trial period is different.

    • • 90-day trial license available with all SANnav releases through v2.2.0
    • • 30-day trial license available with SANnav v2.2.1 and v2.2.2
    • • No trial license available with SANnav v2.3.0 or later

    SANnav Renewal Software Licenses

    Notes: For users who currently have a SANnav license and want to renew their software license, one of the following licenses should be selected. The SANnav license must align with the current type of software license i.e. in order to renew a Base license, the Base renewal licenses will need to be selected.

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Base 1-year Renewal E-LTU

    S1S52AAE

    HPE SANnav Management Portal Enterprise 1-year Renewal E-LTU

    S1S55AAE

    HPE SANnav Global View 1-year Renewal E-LTU

    S1S58AAE

    Notes:

    – The Base edition of HPE SANnav Management Portal does not support management of director class switches.

    – HPE SANnav Management Software License-to-Use (LTU/E-LTU) includes maintenance and support for the duration of the license.

    – Trial Licenses – depending on the version of SANnav license, the trial period is different.

    • • 90-day trial license available with all SANnav releases through v2.2.0
    • • 30-day trial license available with SANnav v2.2.1 and v2.2.2
    • • No trial license available with SANnav v2.3.0 or later

    Technical Specifications

    Family Information

    Features

    SN3000B 16 Gb FC Switch

    SN3600B 32 Gb FC Switch

    SN6000B 16 Gb FC Switch and SN6000B 16 Gb FC Power Pack+

    Targeted Environment

    Workgroups, Departments

    Workgroups, Departments

    Workgroups, Departments

    Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth

    16 Gbps

    32 Gbps

    16Gbps

    Aggregate device bandwidth

    384 – 768 Gb full duplex

    768 Gb end-to-end full duplex

    384- 768 Gb

    OS Support

    Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK: https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Storage system support

    Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP7, MSA

    FC Ports

    12 or 24 enabled

    24 Max

    8 or 24 Enabled

    24 Max

    24 or 48 Enabled

    48 Max

    SFP

    B-series

    B-series

    B-series

    Advanced Trunking

    Included with Power Pack+ Upgrade

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Adaptive Networking

    Included

    Included

    Included

    Form factor

    1U

    1U

    1U

    Zoning Software

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (Included)

    Hot plug, redundant power supplies

    Optional

    No

    Yes

    Hot plug fans

    Yes (integrated with power supply)

    Yes (integrated with power supply)

    Yes (integrated with power supply)

    Features

    SN6600B 32 Gb FC Switch and SN6600B 32 Gb Power Pack+

    SN6700B 64 Gb FC Switch

    Targeted Environment

    Workgroups, Departments

    Workgroups, Departments

    Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth

    32 Gbps

    64 Gb

    Aggregate device bandwidth

    2 Tbps

    3.5 Tbps

    OS Support

    Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK: https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Storage system support

    Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP, MSA

    FC Ports

    24 or 48 enabled

    64 Max

    24 Enabled

    56 Max

    SFP

    B-series Optics (16 Gb or 32 Gb)

    B-series Secure

    24 32 Gb SFP28 or 64 Gb SFP56 included

    Advanced Trunking

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Included in Power Pack+ on all switches

    Adaptive Networking

    Included

    Included

    Form factor

    1U

    1U

    Zoning Software

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (Included

    Hot plug, redundant power supplies

    Yes

    Yes

    Hot plug fans

    Yes (integrated with power supply)

    Yes (integrated with power supply)

    Features

    1606 Extension SAN Switch Data Centers

    SN4000B SAN Extension Switch Data Centers

    Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth

    8 Gbps

    16 Gbps

    Ethernet

    1 Gbps Ethernet

    1/10/40 Gbps Ethernet

    OS Support

    Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK: https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Storage system support

    Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP, MSA

    FC Ports

    4 or 16 Enabled

    16 Max

    24 Enabled

    24 Max

    Ethernet Ports

    2 or 6 Enabled

    6 Max

    16 ports 1/10 GbE Enabled

    16 Max

    2 – 40 GbE ports

    SFP

    B-series

    B-series

    Advanced Trunking

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Included

    Adaptive Networking

    Included

    Included

    Form factor

    1U

    2U

    Zoning Software

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (Included)

    Hot plug, redundant power supplies

    Yes

    Yes

    Hot plug fans

    Yes

    Yes

    Features

    SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+

    SN8600B 8-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+

    SN8700B 8-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+

    Targeted Environment

    Cloud Optimized Data Centers

    Cloud Optimized Data Centers

    Cloud Optimized Data Centers

    Port Bandwidth

    Up to 16 Gbps

    Up to 32 Gbps

    Up to 64 Gbps

    Aggregate device bandwidth

    10.2 Tbps

    20.48 Tbps

    31 Tbps

    OS Support

    Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK: https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Storage system support

    Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP, MSA

    Ports

    Up to 512 SFP

    512 32 Gbps ports or a 640-port equivalent with 128 Gbps (32 Gbps×4 QSFP ports)

    512 ports - 384 device ports with a 64 Gbps data rate plus 32 4x50 Gbps ICLs or 640 ports - 512 device ports with a 32 Gbps data rate plus 32 4x50 Gbps ICLs

    SFP

    B-series

    B-series

    B-series Secure

    Advanced Trunking

    Included with Power Pack

    Included with Power Pack

    Included with Power Pack

    Adaptive Networking

    Included

    Included

    Yes (included)

    Form factor

    14U

    14U

    14U

    Zoning Software

    Yes (included)

    Yes (included)

    Yes (included)

    Hot plug, redundant power supplies

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Hot plug fans

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Features

    SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director and 4-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+

    SN8600B 4-slot SAN Director Power Pack+

    SN8700B 4-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+

    Targeted Environment

    Cloud Optimized Data Centers

    Cloud Optimized Data Centers

    Cloud Optimized Data Centers

    Port Bandwidth

    Up to 16 Gbps

    Up to 32 Gbps

    Up to 64 Gbps

    Aggregate device bandwidth

    5.1 Tbps

    10.24 Tbps

    15.5 Tbps

    OS Support

    Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK: https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Storage system support

    Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP, MSA

    Ports

    Up to 256 SFP

    Up to 256 32 Gbps ports or a 320-port equivalent with 16 ICL ports.

    256 ports - 192 device ports with a 64 Gbps data rate plus 16 4x50 Gbps ICLs or 320 ports - 256 device ports with a 32 Gbps data rate plus 16 4x50 Gbps ICLs

    SFP

    B-series

    B-Series

    B-series Secure

    Advanced Trunking

    Included with Power Pack or Optional Upgrade

    Included with Power Pack

    Included with Power Pack

    Adaptive Networking

    Included

    Included

    Yes (included)

    Form factor

    9U

    9U

    9U

    Zoning Software

    Yes (included)

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (included)

    Hot plug, redundant power supplies

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Hot plug fans

    Yes

    Yes

    Yes

    Features

    Brocade 16 Gb SAN Switch for HPE c-Class BladeSystem

    Brocade 8 Gb SAN Switch for HPE c-Class BladeSystem

    Brocade 16 Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch Module for HPE Synergy

    Targeted Environment

    Enterprise, Datacenters, Workgroups, Departments

    Workgroups, Departments

    Enterprise, Datacenters, Workgroups, Departments

    Port Bandwidth

    16 Gbps

    8 Gbps

    16 Gbps

    Aggregate device bandwidth

    4 48 Gbps

    1 92 Gbps

    576 Gbps

    OS Support

    Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Storage system Support

    Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual, P9500/XP, MSA

    Ports

    12 external /16 internal

    4 or 8 external / 8 or 16 internal

    8 SFP+ external, 4 QSFP external /12 internal

    SFP

    B-series

    B-series

    B-series

    Advanced Trunking

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade

    Adaptive Networking

    Included

    Included

    Included

    Form factor

    Embedded

    Embedded

    Embedded

    Zoning Software

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (Included)

    Yes (Included)

    Hot plug, redundant power supplies

    Yes, in BladeSystem Enclosure

    Yes, in BladeSystem Enclosure

    Yes, in Synergy Frame

    Hot plug fans

    Yes, in BladeSystem Enclosure

    Yes, in BladeSystem Enclosure

    Yes, in Synergy Frame

    System Architecture

    Fibre Channel ports

    96 SFP+ ports capable of operating at 4/8/10/16/32 Gbps Fibre Channel auto-sensing speeds; 8 QSFP ports capable of operating at 4×32 / 4×16 / 4×8 / 4×4 Gbps Fibre Channel speeds.

    Offers a base configuration of 48 ports, two 24-port SFP+ PoD (Ports on Demand), and one 32-port QSFP PoD. The switch has a total of eight 32 Gbps QSPF ports. This allows users to grow from 48 ports to 128 ports. Supports F/E/EX_Port and D_Port types on the SFP+ ports and only F/E/EX_Port and D_Port types on the QSFP ports.

    Scalability

    Full fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches

    Certified maximum

    Single fabric: 56 domains, 7 hops

    MPR fabric: 19 hops

    Refer to SAN Design Guide for current configuration information:

    https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

    Interoperability

    • – 8/8 SAN Switch
    • – 8/24 SAN Switch
    • – 1606 Extension SAN Switch
    • – SN3000B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN4000B SAN Extension Switch
    • – SN6000B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN6500B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director
    • – SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director
    • – SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN8600B 8-slot SAN Director
    • – SN8600B 4-slot SAN Director
    • – Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HPE BladeSystem c-Class
    • – Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HPE BladeSystem c-Class
    • – Brocade 16Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch Module for HPE Synergy
    • – Brocade 32Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch Module for HPE Synergy
    • – SN3600B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN6650B Fibre Channel Switch
    • – SN8700B 8-Slot SAN Director
    • – SN8700B 4-Slot SAN Director
    • – SN6700B Fibre Channel Switch

    Performance

    Fibre Channel: 4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 10.53 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex; 28.05 Gbps, full duplex; 112.2 Gbps, full duplex; auto-sensing of 4/8/10/16/32 Gbps port speeds and capable of supporting 128 Gbps speeds; 10 Gbps optionally programmable to fixed port speed. Auto-sensing of 4×32 / 4×16 / 4×8 / 4×4 Gbps speeds on the QSFP ports.

    ISL Trunking

    Frame-based trunking with up to eight 32 Gbps connections between a pair of switches combined to form a single logical ISL with a speed of up to 256 Gbps (512 Gbps full duplex) per ISL trunk. Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS. On the QSFP ports 256 Gbps trunks are supported by trunking 2× (4×32 Gbps) QSFP ports.

    Aggregate bandwidth

    4 Tbps

    Maximum Fabric latency

    Latency for locally switched ports is < 780 ns (including FEC); compression is 1 μs per node

    Maximum frame size

    2112-byte payload

    Frame buffers

    15K frame buffers with dynamic buffer sharing capability across ports

    Classes of service

    Class 2, Class 3, Class F (Inter-switch frames)

    Port types

    D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, AE_Port, optional port-type control

    Data traffic types

    Fabric switches supporting unicast

    Media types

    Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+), LC connector; Short-Wave Laser (SWL), Long-Wave Laser (LWL); Extended Long-Wave Laser (ELWL); distance depends on fiber optic cable and port speed. Supports SFP+ (32/16/8 Gbps), SFP+ (16/8/4 Gbps), SFP+ 10 Gbps optical transceivers, 4×32 Gbps QSFP SWL and 4×16 Gbps QSFP SWL optical transceivers.

    Notes: 32 Gbps ELWL is currently not supported with Fabric OS v8.2.0 but is planned for future support.

    USB

    One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades

    Fabric services

    Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); Flow Vision; Brocade Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring; Slow Drain Device Quarantine (SDDQ); Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Brocade Extended Fabrics; Enhanced BB Credit Recovery; FDMI; Frame Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; Brocade ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; Time Server; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); Read Diagnostics Parameter (RDP)

    Extension

    Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and encryption (AES-GCM-256); integrated optional 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for DWDM MAN connectivity

    Management

    Management software supported

    HTTPS/HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Network Advisor SAN Enterprise ; HPE SANnav Management Software, Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; trial licenses for add-on capabilities

    Security

    DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication; HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering, LDAP with IPv6, OpenLDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, user-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, Secure Syslog, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch. , Secure Boot., TLS v1.2/v1.3 The SN6650B Switch provides up to 12 in-flight encryption and compression ports

    Management access

    10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), serial port (RJ-45), and one USB port

    Diagnostics

    ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; flow mirroring; built-in flow generator; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart, optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)

    Mechanicals

    Enclosure

    Back-to-front airflow; non-port-side intake; port-side exhaust; 2U

    Size

    Width: 44.0 cm (17.32 in.)

    Height: 8.67 cm (3.41 in.)

    Depth: 60.96 cm (24 in.)

    System Weight

    21.31 kg (47.00 lb) with two power supply FRUs, and three fan FRUs without transceivers

    Environment

    Operating environment

    Temperature: 0°C to 40°C/32°F to 104°F

    Humidity: 10% to 85% (non-condensing)

    Non-operating

    Temperature: −25°C to 70°C/−13°F to 158°F

    Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)

    Operating Altitude

    Up to 3,000 m (9,842 ft)

    Storage altitude

    Up to 12 km (39,370 ft)

    Shock

    Operating: Up to 20 G, 6 ms half-sine

    Non-operating: Half-sine, 33 G 11 ms, 3/eg axis

    Vibration

    Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz

    Non-operating: 2.0 g sine, 1.1 grms random, 5 to 500 Hz

    Heat dissipation

    128 ports at 3,512 BTU/hr

    Power

    Power Supply

    Two power supply FRUs with integrated power module, voltage range of 90 V to 264 V AC (for AC units)

    Fans

    Three fan FRUs

    AC input

    100 V to 240 V nominal, 90 V to 264 V range, 12 A

    AC Input line frequency

    50 Hz to 60 Hz nominal, 47 Hz to 63 Hz range

    AC Power Consumption

    Maximum 942 W with all 128 ports operating at 32 Gbps (96 ports populated with 32 Gbps SWL optics and 8 QSFP ports populated with 4×32 Gbps SWL optics)

    Maximum of 495 W for empty chassis with no optics in idle configuration

    Summary of Changes

    Date

    Version History

    Action

    Description of Change

    02-Feb-2026

    Changed

    HPE Rebranding applied

    Removed

    Obsolete SKUs removed - Q2R28A, Q2R29A, H6Z76A, R6B11A, R6B21A, Q9N40AAE.

    07-Oct-2024

    Changed

    Overview, Standard Features and Configuration Information sections were updated.

    All SFM/Storage Fabric Manager references removed; fixed formatting on optics heading

    03-Sep-2024

    Changed

    Service and Support section was updated

    15-Apr-2024

    Changed

    Rebranding Series Name applied

    13-Nov-2023

    Changed

    Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated.

    HPE Services Rebranding

    Added reference to Storage Fabric Manager

    24-Jul-2023

    Changed

    Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated

    05-Jun-2023

    Changed

    Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were

    updated

    01-Aug-2022

    Changed

    Added QSFP PoD Kit

    16-May-2022

    Changed

    Updated SW references to reflect new HW revisions

    21-Feb-2022

    Changed

    Updated fan reference and port upgrade PN

    01-Nov-2021

    Changed

    Updated reference to Secure optics requirements

    04-Oct-2021

    Changed

    Service and Support section was updated

    Obsolete SKU was removed

    02-Aug-2021

    Changed

    Added 16 Gb and 32 Gb 8-Pack Transceivers along with PoD Kits

    07-June-2021

    Changed

    Added 32 Gb Ext LW Transceiver

    07-Dec-2020

    Changed

    Overview, Standard Features, Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated

    05-Oct-2020

    Changed

    Standard Features and Configuration Information sections were updated

    06-Jul-2020

    Changed

    QuickSpecs layout was updated and Branding Refresh was applied.

    06-Apr-2020

    Changed

    Standard Features, Configuration Information and Technical

    Specifications sections were updated

    03-Feb-2020

    Changed

    Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated.

    07-Oct-2019

    Changed

    SKU T5528BAE was removed.

    03-Sep-2019

    Changed

    Sections were updated.

    05-Nov-2018

    Changed

    Overview, Standard Features, Models, Configuration Information, Product Highlights, Technical Specifications sections were updated.

    SKUs descriptions were updated.

    QuickSpecs updated with the current Recommended-Extended Options

    04-Jun-2018

    New

    New QuickSpecs

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