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HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C QuickSpecs
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C 32Gb 96-port Fibre Channel Switch (MDS 9396T) is the next generation 96-port 32Gbps Fibre Channel Switch providing high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity from the server rack to the SAN core.
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The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C 32Gb 96-port Fibre Channel Switch (MDS 9396T) is the next generation 96-port 32Gbps Fibre Channel Switch providing high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity from the server rack to the SAN core. This switch offers state-of-art analytics and telemetry capability built into its next-generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) platform. The Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe)-ready switch allows seamless transition to Fibre Channel Non-Volatile Memory express (FC-NVMe) workloads whenever available without any hardware upgrade in the SAN. This high-density, highly reliable and scalable, enterprise class switch is ideal for medium to large departmental SANs. For flexibility, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C 32Gb 96-port Fibre Channel Switch scales from 48-96 ports. Additionally, investing in this switch for the lower-speed (8 or 16 Gbps) server rack gives you the flexibility to upgrade to 32 Gbps performance in the future.
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C can be provisioned, managed, monitored, and troubleshot using Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) (previously called Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)), which manages the entire suite of Cisco data center products and is now integrated into Nexus Dashboard (ND). Powered by C-series MDS 9000 NX-OS Software, it includes storage networking features and functions and is compatible with C-series SN8700C/SN8500C (MDS 9700) Series Multilayer Directors, C-series SN6610C (MDS 9132T) Multilayer Fabric Switches, C-series SN6620C (MDS 9148T) Multilayer Fabric Switches, C-series SN6710C (MDS 9124V) Multilayer Fabric Switches, C-series SN6720C (MDS 9148V) Multilayer Fabric Switches, C-series SN6730C (MDS 9396V) Multilayer Fabric Switches, and C-series SN6640C (MDS 9220i) Multi-service Fabric Switches, providing transparent, end-to-end service delivery in core-edge deployments
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Key Features and Benefits
- – High Performance for AFA and virtualized workloads
- Up to 3 Tbps of aggregate bandwidth in a 2 rack unit (RU)
- Up to 96 autosensing Fibre channel ports capable of speeds of 4/8/16/32 Gbps
- Pay as you grow flexibility in increments of 16 ports with on-demand port activation licenses
- Allow users to deploy them with 32 Gb, 16 Gb or 8 Gb optics to accommodate their budget while being fully prepared for tomorrow.
- – Intelligent network services for modern SAN
- N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) technology to provide independent management for each virtual machine
- N-Port Virtualization (NPV) and fabric-port (F-port) channeling features to enable scaling of SANs without reaching Fibre Channel domain ID limits
- Representational State Transfer (REST) and NX-API capabilities to enable flexible and rapid programming of utilities for the SAN.
- – High Availability Platform
- Designed for environments in which downtime is unacceptable
- Non-disruptive software upgrades, dual hot swappable power supplies, and hot swappable fans
- VSANs for fault isolation and PortChannels for Inter-Switch Link (ISL) resiliency
- – Simplified Management
- Supports SAN plug and play capability
- Centralized management tool with task-based wizards that simplifies management of a standalone switch or multiple switches and fabrics. Reduced total cost of ownership
Industry leading 32-Gb Performance Capability
The switch offers full non-blocking 32-Gbps Fibre Channel performance on 48 line-rate ports and an aggregate bandwidth of 3 Tbps in each direction in a 2 Rack unit form factor.
Scalability
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C 32Gb 96-port Fibre Channel Switch provides an option to deploy as few as forty-eight 32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports in the entry-level variant, which can grow in increments of 16 ports to 96 ports.
Cost Effective Intelligent Storage networking
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C comes standard in a compact, extremely cost-effective design that simplifies deployment and administration of small and medium-scale storage-area networks (SANs) and as an edge switch in a larger enterprise. Please note that some services listed require the optional SN6630C Premier License.
N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), a standard Fibre Channel protocol feature, individual virtual machines assume a full identity on the SAN so that Fibre Channel services such as zoning, Quality of Service (QoS), performance monitoring, and security can be provided to each virtual machine.
VSANs
VSAN, an industry standard for fabric virtualization capabilities, enables more efficient storage network use by creating hardware-based isolated environments within a single physical SAN fabric or switch. Each VSAN can be zoned as a typical SAN and maintains its own fabric services and management domains for added scalability and resilience. VSANs allow the cost of SAN infrastructure to be shared among more users, while helping ensure segregation of traffic and retaining independent control of configuration on a VSAN-by-VSAN basis.
PortChannels
PortChannels allow users to aggregate up to 16 physical ISLs into a single logical bundle, providing optimized bandwidth use across all links. The bundle can consist of any port from the switch, helping ensure that the bundle remains active even in the event of a port failure.
High Availability
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C is designed for environments in which downtime is unacceptable. It offers:
- – Non-disruptive software upgrades
- – Process monitoring and stateful process restart
- – Per-VSAN fabric services
- – Hot-swappable C-series SFP+ optics
- – Hot-swappable, dual redundant power supplies
- – Hot-swappable fan tray with switch integrated temperature and power management
- – Any port configuration for port channels Port tracking
Product Family Models
- – HPE SN8700C 16-slot 16/32/64Gb FC Director (MDS 9718)
- Intelligent, multi-protocol 16-slot Director with up to 768 64/32/16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel ports in a single chassis. Also, the HPE SN8700C 48-port 32Gb FC Module or 64Gb FC Module provide up to 768 ports of full 16/32/64Gbps line-rate performance across all ports in a single chassis. The 16-slot director comes with six Fabric-3 modules to support full line-rate 32Gb or 64Gb speeds across all ports.
- – HPE SN8500C/SN8700C 8-slot 16/32/64Gb FC Director (MDS 9710)
- Intelligent, multi-protocol 8-slot Director with up to 384 32/16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel ports in a single chassis. Also, the HPE SN8500C/SN8700C 48-port 32Gb FC Module (2 separate modules) provide up to 384 ports of full 32Gbps line-rate performance across all ports or 384 10GbE FCoE ports in a single chassis or up to 1152 FCoE ports in a single rack with the use of the SN8500C FCoE module. In either case, the appropriate number of Fabric-1 or Fabric-3 modules must be configured to support full line rate across all ports.
- – HPE SN8500C/SN8700C 4-slot 16/32/64Gb FC Director (MDS 9706)
- Intelligent, multi-protocol 4-slot Director with up to 192 32/16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel ports in a single chassis. Also, the HPE SN8500C/SN8700C 48-port 32Gb FC Module (2 separate modules) provide up to 192 ports of full 32 Gbps line-rate performance across all ports or 192 10GbE FCoE ports in a single chassis. In either case, the appropriate number of Fabric-1 or Fabric-3 modules must be configured to support full line rate across all ports.
- – HPE SN6610C 32Gb Fabric Switch (MDS 9132T)
- With up to 32 Auto-Sensing 32/16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel ports
- "Pay as you grow" scalability starting at 8 ports
- – HPE SN6620C 32Gb Fabric Switch (MDS 9148T)
- With up to 48 Auto-Sensing 32/16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel ports
- "Pay as you grow" scalability starting at 24 ports
- – HPE SN6630C 32Gb Fabric Switch (MDS 9396T)
- With up to 96 Auto-Sensing 32/16/8/4 Gb Fibre Channel ports
- "Pay as you grow" scalability starting at 48 ports
- – HPE SN6640C 32Gb Multi-service Switch (MDS 9220i)
- Intelligent multi-protocol Fabric Switch with twelve 32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, four 1/10-, two 25*-, and one 40-Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, in a fixed One-Rack-Unit (1RU) form factor.
- "Pay as you grow" scalability starting at four ports
- – HPE SN6710C 64Gb Fibre Channel Switch (MDS 9124V)
- With 24 Auto-Sensing 64/32/16/8 Gb Fibre Channel ports
- "Pay as you grow" scalability starting at 8 ports
- – HPE SN6720C 64Gb Fibre Channel Switch (MDS 9148V)
- With 48 Auto-Sensing 64/32/16/8 Gb Fibre Channel ports
- "Pay as you grow" scalability starting at 24 ports
- – HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6730C (MDS 9396V)
- With 96 Auto-Sensing 64/32/16/8 Gb Fibre Channel ports
- “Pay as you grow” scalability starting at 48 ports
Simplified Storage Management
Single-pane management
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C can be provisioned, managed, monitored, and troubleshot using Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) which manages the entire suite of Cisco data center products
and is now integrated into Nexus Dashboard (ND).
Interoperability
Offers compatibility with a broad range of Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers and operating systems, as well as disk and tape storage devices; see current compatibility matrix. Please refer to the Spock website below for more details.
Diagnostics
- – Embedded diagnostics
- – Network analysis
Software Components, Included
NX-OS
HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C includes the Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software operating system version 8.3(1) or higher, and a set of configuration, maintenance and diagnostics tools. It also includes VSAN support, PortChannels, extended fabrics, and hardware-enforced zoning.
Advanced traffic management features, such as zone-based quality of service (QoS) and Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), among others, are included with the optional Advantage or Premier Licenses shown below.
Software Components, Optional
HPE SN6630C 16-Port Upgrade E-LTU
The flexibility of the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C is provided by the C-series SN6630C 16-port 32Gb FC Upgrade license, which allows the addition of sixteen 32-Gbps ports.
Cisco Smart Licensing and Subscription Licenses
Starting from Cisco NX-OS 9.2(2), Smart Licensing Using Policy is available for HPE C-Series switches. This enables the customer to purchase subscription-based licenses for a period of time. HPE strongly recommends postponing an upgrade to NX-OS 9.2(2) or later until after all traditional (PAK-based) licenses have been installed so that their migration to Smart licenses will occur more smoothly.
For more information, refer to Cisco MDS Licensing Guide, Smart Licensing Using Policy:
HPE C-series Advantage License (Subscription License: 1/3/5 yrs)
The HPE C-series Advantage License is a combination of Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) and Enterprise Package license features. It comes with 1, 3, or 5 year terms and is provisioned through Cisco Smart Licensing.
NDFC includes advanced features such as historical performance data collection for network traffic hot-spot analysis, centralized management services and advanced application integration. NDFC is integrated into ND (Nexus Dashboard) in the latest versions and is available for download from the HPE Support Center. The Enterprise package license features include a set of advanced traffic engineering and advanced security features that are recommended for all Enterprise SANs.
HPE C-series Premier License (Subscription License: 1/3/5 yrs)
The HPE C-series Advantage License is a combination of Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), Enterprise Package and SAN Analytics license features. It comes with 1, 3, or 5 year terms and is provisioned through Cisco Smart Licensing.
NDFC and Enterprise Package license features are described above. SAN Insights offers end-to-end visibility into Fibre Channel block storage traffic. SAN Insights delivers deep visibility into I/O traffic between the compute and the storage infrastructure. This information is in addition to the already-available visibility obtained from individual ports, switches, servers, virtual machines, and storage arrays that are integrated with Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC).
Notes:
− NX-OS 9.2(2) is the minimum required version for C-series Advantage and Premier Licenses.
− Starting from 12.0.1a, DCNM is renamed Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC). Read more at,
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The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C comes preconfigured with 48 or 96 autosensing Fibre Channel ports capable of 32, 16, 8Gb and 4Gb in a compact 2RU form factor chassis. An On-Demand Port Activation license is available for "pay as you grow" expansion in 16-port increments for up to 96 Fibre Channel ports. Customers can choose between a standalone model or 32Gb SFPs bundled configurations.
Step 1 - Base Configuration (Select one) | |
| HPE C-series SN6630C 96/48 32Gb Fibre Channel Switch | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE SN6630C 32Gb 96-port/48-port Fibre Channel Switch | R4D90A |
| 96-Port Fabric Switch with 48 active ports, Dual Power Supplies, Power Cords (configurable by ship-to country) and 2 Fans, VSANs, PortChannels, firmware, accessory kit and documentation. | |
| HPE C-series SN6630C 32Gb 48-port 32Gb SFP+ Fibre Channel Switch | |
| HPE SN6630C 32Gb 96-port/48-port 32Gb SFP+ Fibre Channel Switch | R4D91A |
| 96-Port Fabric Switch with 48 active ports bundled with 48x32Gb SW SFP+, Dual Power Supplies, Power Cords (configurable by ship-to country) and 2 Fans, VSANs, PortChannels, firmware, accessory kit and documentation. | |
| HPE C-series SN6630C 32Gb 96-port 32Gb SFP+ Fibre Channel Switch | |
| HPE SN6630C 32Gb 96-port/96-port 32Gb SFP+ Fibre Channel Switch | R4D92A |
| 96-Port Fabric Switch with 96 active ports bundled with 96x32Gb SW SFP+, Dual Power Supplies, Power Cords (configurable by ship-to country) and 2 Fans, VSANs, PortChannels, firmware, accessory kit and documentation. | |
Step 2 - Optional Software | |
| On Demand Port Activation License | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE SN6630C 32Gb 16-port Fibre Channel Upgrade E-LTU | R4G95AAE |
| Management Software | |
| HPE SN6630C Advantage 1-year E-LTU | R9N34AAE |
| HPE SN6630C Advantage 3-year E-LTU | R9N38AAE |
| HPE SN6630C Advantage 5-year E-LTU | R9N42AAE |
| Notes: Advantage license is a combination of Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) and Enterprise Package license features | |
| HPE SN6630C Premier 1-year E-LTU | R9N45AAE |
| HPE SN6630C Premier 3-year E-LTU | R9N48AAE |
| HPE SN6630C Premier 5-year E-LTU | R9N51AAE |
| Notes: Premier license is a combination of Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), Enterprise Package and SAN Analytics license features | |
Step 3 – Options | |
| Select each required option with quantities specified: | |
| 32Gb FC Transceivers* | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE C-series 32 Gb Fibre Channel Short Wave SFP+ Transceiver | Q9D30A |
| HPE C-series 32 Gb Fibre Channel Long Wave SFP+ Transceiver | Q9D31A |
| Notes: *Compatible with SFP28 MSA spec | |
| 16 Gb FC Transceivers | |
| HPE C-series 16 Gb Fibre Channel SW SFP+ Transceiver | C8S72A |
| HPE C-series 16 Gb Fibre Channel LW SFP+ Transceiver | C8S73A |
| 8Gb FC Transceivers | |
| HPE MDS 9000 8Gb FC SFP+ Short Range Transceiver | AJ906A |
| HPE MDS 9000 8Gb FC SFP+ Long Range Transceiver | AJ907A |
| Notes: Each port on the SN6630C may be configured to accept Short or Long Wave SFP optical transceivers. There are two SN6630C switch bundles available: one populated with 48 32Gb SW SFPs and one populated with 96 32Gb SW SFPs. For the standalone and half-populated switches, please use only the above Cisco SFP optical transceivers; no substitutions allowed. Using other transceivers may void product warranty. | |
| Installation and Deployment Services For complete design and implementation of Fibre Channel connectivity components, select: HPE SAN Deployment Service: http://h20195.www2.hpe.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/5981-8527ENW.pdf For basic hardware installation, select HPE Installation Service: https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/Getdocument.aspx?docname=5981-9356enw | |
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| | Switch Type | Maximum ports | Number of slots per chassis |
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| HPE Storage Director Switch C-series SN8700C | Multilayer Director | 4-slot: 192 16/32/64 Gbps Fibre Channel ports 8-slot: 384 16/32/64 Gbps Fibre Channel ports 16-slot: 768 16/32/64 Gbps Fibre Channel ports | Four/Eight/Sixteen |
| HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6730C | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Ninety-six 64 Gbps Fibre Channel ports | One fixed |
| HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6720C | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Forty-eight 64 Gbps Fibre Channel ports | One fixed |
| HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6710C | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Twenty-four 64 Gbps Fibre Channel Ports | One fixed |
| HPE C-series SN6640C 32Gb Multi-service Switch | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Twelve 32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports, four 1/10-, two 25-, and one 40- Ethernet IP storage services ports | One fixed |
| HPE C-series SN6630C 32Gb Fabric Switch | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Up to 96 32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports | One fixed |
| HPE C-series SN6620C 32Gb Fabric Switch | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Up to 48 32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports | One fixed |
| HPE C-series SN6610C 32Gb Fabric Switch | Multilayer Fabric Switch | Up to 32 32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports | One fixed and one expansion slot |
Notes: For additional switch support information, refer to the C-series FC Switch Connectivity Stream on the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website at: https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/. You must sign up for a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Passport to enable access. Once logged in, click Support Documents under Documents in the left navigation panel, then select Switches under Other Hardware to access the Fibre Channel Switch Streams. Finally, click on the C-Series FC Switch Connectivity Stream to open the document.
Fabric Services
- – Name server
- – Registered state change notification (RSCN)
- – Login services
- – Broadcast
- – In-order delivery
- – Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)
Compatibility
Fibre Channel protocols
- – FC-PH, Revision 4.3 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994)
- – FC-PH, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994/AM1-1996)
- – FC-PH, Amendment 2 (ANSI INCITS 230-1994/AM2-1999)
- – FC-PH-2, Revision 7.4 (ANSI INCITS 297-1997)
- – FC-PH-3, Revision 9.4 (ANSI INCITS 303-1998)
- – FC-PI, Revision 13 (ANSI INCITS 352-2002)
- – FC-PI-2, Revision 10 (ANSI INCITS 404-2006)
- – FC-PI-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 460-2011)
- – FC-PI-4, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 450-2008)
- – FC-PI-5, Revision 6 (ANSI INCITS 479-2011)
- – FC-PI-6 (ANSI INCITS 512-2015)
- – FC-FS, Revision 1.9 (ANSI INCITS 373-2003)
- – FC-FS-2, Revision 1.01 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007)
- – FC-FS-2, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 424-2007/AM1-2007)
- – FC-FS-3, Revision 1.11 (ANSI INCITS 470-2011)
- – FC-FS-4
- – FC-LS, Revision 1.62 (ANSI INCITS 433-2007)
- – FC-LS-2, Revision 2.21 (ANSI INCITS 477-2011)
- – FC-LS-3, Includes revision 3.53
- – FC-SW-2, Revision 5.3 (ANSI INCITS 355-2001)
- – FC-SW-3, Revision 6.6 (ANSI INCITS 384-2004)
- – FC-SW-4, Revision 7.5 (ANSI INCITS 418-2006)
- – FC-SW-5, Revision 8.5 (ANSI INCITS 461-2010)
- – FC-SW-6
- – FC-GS-3, Revision 7.01 (ANSI INCITS 348-2001)
- – FC-GS-4, Revision 7.91 (ANSI INCITS 387-2004)
- – FC-GS-5, Revision 8.51 (ANSI INCITS 427-2007)
- – FC-GS-6, Revision 9.4 (ANSI INCITS 463-2010)
- – FC-GS-7, Includes revision 10.8
- – FCP, Revision 12 (ANSI INCITS 269-1996)
- – FCP-2, Revision 8 (ANSI INCITS 350-2003)
- – FCP-3, Revision 4 (ANSI INCITS 416-2006)
- – FCP-4, Revision 2b (ANSI INCITS 481-2011)
- – FC-SB-2, Revision 2.1 (ANSI INCITS 349-2001)
- – FC-SB-3, Revision 1.6 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003)
- – FC-SB-3, Amendment 1 (ANSI INCITS 374-2003/AM1-2007)
- – FC-SB-4, Revision 3.0 (ANSI INCITS 466-2011)
- – FC-SB-5, Revision 2.00 (ANSI INCITS 485-2014)
- – FC-BB-6, Revision 2.00 (ANSI INCITS 509-2014)
- – FC-BB-2, Revision 6.0 (ANSI INCITS 372-2003)
- – FC-BB-3, Revision 6.8 (ANSI INCITS 414-2006)
- – FC-BB-4, Revision 2.7 (ANSI INCITS 419-2008)
- – FC-BB-5, Revision 2.0 (ANSI INCITS 462-2010)
- – FC-VI, Revision 1.84 (ANSI INCITS 357-2002)
- – FC-SP, Revision 1.8 (ANSI INCITS 426-2007)
- – FC-SP-2, Revision 2.71 (ANSI INCITS 496-2012)
- – FAIS, Revision 1.03 (ANSI INCITS 432-2007)
- – FAIS-2, Revision 2.23 (ANSI INCITS 449-2008)
- – FC-IFR, Revision 1.06 (ANSI INCITS 475-2011)
- – FC-FLA, Revision 2.7 (INCITS TR-20-1998)
- – FC-PLDA, Revision 2.1 (INCITS TR-19-1998)
- – FC-Tape, Revision 1.17 (INCITS TR-24-1999)
- – FC-MI, Revision 1.92 (INCITS TR-30-2002)
- – FC-MI-2, Revision 2.6 (INCITS TR-39-2005)
- – FC-MI-3, Revision 1.03 (INCITS TR-48-2012)
- – FC-DA, Revision 3.1 (INCITS TR-36-2004)
- – FC-DA-2, Revision 1.06 (INCITS TR-49-2012)
- – FC-MSQS, Revision 3.2 (INCITS TR-46-2011)
- – Fibre Channel classes of service: Class 2, Class 3, and Class F
- – Fibre Channel standard port types: E, F, and B
- – Fibre Channel enhanced port types: SD, ST, and TE
- – FC-NVMe
- – In-band management using IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
- – IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) over Fibre Channel (RFC 4338)
- – Extensive IETF-standards-based TCP/IP, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3), and Remote Monitoring (RMON) MIBs
Advanced Services
Diagnostic and Troubleshooting
- – Online Health Management System (OHMS) diagnostics
- – Internal loopbacks
- – Fibre Channel traceroute
- – Fibre Channel ping
- – Fibre Channel debug
- – Cisco Fabric Analyzer
- – Syslog
- – Port-level statistics
- – SPAN
- – Power-on-Self-Test POST Diagnostics
- – Link Diagnostics (ISL Diagnostics and HBA Diagnostics)
- – Read Diagnostic Parameter
Management
- – Access methods
- Out-of-band 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
- EIA/TIA-232 serial console port
- In-band IP over Fibre Channel (RFC 2625)
- – Access protocols
- Command Line Interface (CLI) using the console and Ethernet port
- SNMPv3 using the Ethernet port and in-band IP over Fibre Channel access
- NX-API
- – Security
- Per-VSAN RBAC using LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+-based AAA functions
- VSAN-based roles
- SSHv2 implementing AES
- SNMPv3 implementing AES
- Simple File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Management Applications
- – Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
- – C-series Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (optional; requires license which includes Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller features)
Availability
- – Non-disruptive software upgrades
- – Process monitoring and stateful process restart
- – Per-VSAN fabric services
- – Hot-swappable SFP and SFP+ optics
- – PortChannels aggregating up to 16 ports
- – F-port Channeling
- – Online diagnostics
Safety
- – CE Marking
- – UL 60950 -1
- – CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 -1
- – EN 60950 -1
- – IEC 60950 -1
- – TS 001
- – AS/NZS 3260
- – IEC 60825
- – EN 60825
- – 21 CFR 1040
EMC
- – FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
- – ICES-003 Class A
- – EN55022 Class A
- – CISPR22 Class A
- – AS/NZS 3548 Class A
- – VCCI Class A
- – EN55024
- – EN50082-1
- – EN61000-3-2
- – EN61000-3-3
- – EN61000-6-1
Serviceability
- – Configuration file management
- – Port beaconing
- – System LEDs
- – SNMP traps for alerts
Environmental
- – Dimensions: 3.39 x 17.42 x 22.28 in. (8.61 x 44.25 x 56.59 cm), 2RU
- – Rack-mountable in standard 19-inch Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) rack
- – Weight of fully configured chassis: 41.62 lb (18.88 kg)
- – Temperature, ambient operating: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
- – Temperature, ambient non-operating and storage: -40° to 158°F (-40° to 70°C)
- – Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) operating: 10 to 90%
- – Relative humidity, ambient (noncondensing) non-operating and storage: 10 to 95%
- – Altitude, operating: -197 to 6500 ft (-60 to 2000m)
Power and Cooling
- – 80 Plus Platinum certified power supplies
- – Power supply
- – 1200W AC/ HVAC/ HVDC Bidirectional airflow (2 per switch)
- – Power grid redundancy (1+1)
- – Two power cords (both are required)
- – Standard CAB-HVAC-C14-2M IEC C14 to Saf-d-grid connector on the power supply receptacle
- – Localized AC power cords that connect to AC sockets specific to regions
- – AC input: 90V to 305V
- – DC input: 192V to 400V
- – Frequency: 50 to 60 Hz (nominal)
- – Typical power consumption
- – 246W for Idle 96-port switch with (1+1) PSU redundancy without optics modules
- – 330W for 96-port switch with 48 32G optics modules under typical conditions
- – 555W for 96-port switch with 96 32G optics modules under typical conditions
- – Airflow
- – 2 fan trays as standard configuration
- – Back to front (toward ports) using port-side exhaust fans
- – Maximum 255 Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM)
- – Nominal 110 CFM (25C)
| Date | Version History | Action | Description of Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2025 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features and Technical Specification sections were updated - Updated Product Family Models section was updated and new product features were added. . | |
| 02-Sep-2025 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated - Removed SN6010C and C-series legacy licenses and updated cables section. | |
| 03-Sep-2024 | Changed | Service and Support section was updated | |
| 15-Apr-2024 | Changed | Rebranding Series Name applied | |
| 13-Nov-2023 | Changed | HPE Services Rebranding | |
| 04-Apr-2022 | Changed | Added NDFC and Subscription licenses | |
| 04-Oct-2021 | Changed | Service and Support section was updated. | |
| 02-Aug-2021 | Changed | Service and Support section was updated. | |
| 17-Aug-2020 | Changed | Added SN8700C product family information | |
| 03-Aug-2020 | Changed | QuickSpecs layout was updated, and Branding Refresh was applied. | |
| 04-May-2020 | Changed | Added SAN Insights 1-yr and 5-yrs licenses | |
| 02-Mar-2020 | New | New QuickSpecs |
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