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HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B QuickSpecs
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As businesses increasingly embrace digital business, data becomes more valuable than ever and users expect that data to be accessible from anywhere, at any time, with uninterrupted service.
HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B addresses these challenges by providing a powerful, reliable, secure solution for disaster recovery. This cyber-resilient replication connectivity solution for enterprise storage securely moves more data, faster, over distance for continuous data protection.
Overview
As businesses increasingly embrace digital business, data becomes more valuable than ever and users expect that data to be accessible from anywhere, at any time, with uninterrupted service. Any downtime or disruption to that data can result in significant financial losses, damaged reputations, and in some cases, regulatory fines. This puts tremendous pressure on organizations to ensure that critical business operations can continue in the face of adverse events such as natural disasters, ransomware, cyber-attacks, or system failures. Data center outages happen, and organizations need to be prepared for malicious intrusion and unexpected disasters to ensure their valuable information is protected. Data replication between data centers is critical for disaster recovery, but it can also be challenging, particularly when dealing with large volumes of data. Companies need their disaster recovery infrastructure to ensure the fast, continuous, and secure replication of mission-critical data anywhere in the world, to prevent data loss or data breaches when in-flight across the WAN.
HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B addresses these challenges by providing a powerful, reliable, secure solution for disaster recovery. This cyber-resilient replication connectivity solution for enterprise storage securely moves more data, faster, over distance for continuous data protection. With ample replication performance, up to 100Gb/s over distance, and built-in technology that overcomes the inherent challenges of latency and packet loss over long distance, the HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B provides high-speed connectivity between locations to dramatically speed up replication performance – even over intercontinental distances. This makes it easier for organizations to move large amounts of data quickly and efficiently, to ensure critical data is available in the event of a disaster. In addition, the HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B includes a suite of features, from pre-deployment validation to advanced network failure recovery technologies, to protect data from WAN disruptions and outages for continuous availability over the WAN. Moreover, data-in-flight security, coupled with the B-series hardware and software robust security features, secures connections between data centers to safeguard data from threats over the WAN and to protect data from unauthorized access. The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B is an excellent choice for businesses looking to protect their critical data from cyber threats and ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster.
The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B is purpose-built to handle the replication demands of large enterprise customers. This switch is designed to deliver the most outstanding data protection and performance regardless of distance. With twenty- four 64G Fibre Channel ports, sixteen 1/10/25GbE ports, and two 100GbE ports, data centers can achieve the bandwidth, port density, and throughput needed for maximum replication performance over WAN connections. Industry-leading port density and performance packed into a 1U form factor enables organizations to consolidate high-speed Fibre Channeland IP storage replication traffic between data centers while ensuring plenty of headroom for future growth. HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B comes unlocked with full bandwidth and all ports enabled, leaving no limitations on throughput. In addition, it includes an innovative collection of software capabilities that optimize WAN utilization and protect data from WAN disruptions and outages, including Fabric Vision technology, Extension Trunking, Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL), encryption (IPsec), and integrated routing.
| Item | Description | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Serial console port (RJ-45) | 5. | 64Gb/s SFP-DD FC ports (0-15) |
| 2. | 1/10/25GbE ports (XGE 0-15) | 6. | Ethernet management port (RJ-45) |
| 3. | 100GE QSFP ports (100GE 16-17) | 7. | USB Port |
| 4. | 64Gb/s SFP56 FC ports (16-23) | | |
Standard Features
Key Features
Maximize the Value of SANs
- – FCIP Extension of Fibre Channel SANs provides connectivity over longer distances that would otherwise be technologically not possible, impractical, and too expensive with native Fibre Channel or when dark fiber resources are unavailable.
- – Achieve bandwidth savings and higher bandwidth utilization via data compression by compressing FC frames before they are encapsulated into FCIP packets.
- – Extensive diagnostics, system-monitoring capabilities, and performance monitoring (including extensive and granular TCP statistics graphing in Webtools).
Superior Performance
- – TCP acceleration helps to overcome latency between source and target locations by adjusting the TCP window size and performing selective acknowledgements.
- – Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) techniques can be used to prioritize traffic and guarantee that necessary bandwidth requirements are met.
- – Key protocol features are enabled in the FCIP implementation to optimize performance of SAN extension over IP networks, including Storage-Optimized TCP.
Outstanding Scalability and operational flexibility
- – FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP circuits) to provide high bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency.
- – Adaptive Rate Limiting feature meets minimum bandwidth guarantee for each tunnel while allowing full utilization of the available network bandwidth without adverse impact to throughput performance during high traffic loads.
- – FC Routing delivers fabric isolation in conjunction with FCIP, enabling separate fabrics to share devices withoutnmerging across the IP network.
HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B
- – 24 Fibre Channel ports with link speeds of 8, 16, 32, and 64 Gbps, (8x64Gb Fibre Channel, 8x64Gb DD Fibre Channel i.e. a total of 24x64 Gbps-capable ports), compatible with short wavelength (SWL), long wavelength (LWL) and extended long wavelength (ELWL) SFP+ transceivers
- – Sixteen 1 GbE/10 GbE/25 GbE ports, compatible with short reach (SR) and long reach (LR) SFP+ transceivers
- – Two 100 GbE ports, compatible with short reach (SR) QSFP transceivers
- – Rack-mountable 1U chassis
- – One RJ-45 Ethernet management port with 10/100/1000 Mbps auto negotiating capability
- – One USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, switch support data, and storage for configuration uploads and downloads
Configuration Support
The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B is fully compatible with the B-series FC switches and directors. The SN4700B is also fully compatible connecting via FCIP to the SN2600B and SX6 Extension Blade, but is not compatible connecting via FCIP to the SN4000B. For complete interoperability information please check:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c00403562
Simplified Management
Brocade Fabric Vision technology provides a breakthrough hardware and software solution that helps simplify monitoring, maximize network availability, 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.
The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B supports the following Fabric Vision technology features for storage extension management:
- − Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS): Provides a pre-built, policy-based threshold monitoring and alerting tool that proactively monitors storage extension network health based on a comprehensive set of metrics at tunnel, circuit, and QoS layers. Administrators can configure multiple fabrics at one time using pre-defined or customized rules and policies for specific ports or switch elements.
- − Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring: Uses pre-defined thresholds and alerts in conjunction with MAPS to automatically detect and alert administrators to severe levels of latency and identifies slow drain devices that might impact the network. This feature uses advanced monitoring capabilities and intuitive MAPS dashboard reporting to indicate various latency severity levels, pinpointing exactly which devices are causing or impacted by a bottlenecked port.
- − 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.
Hardware Based Compression
Hardware-based compression delivers the ability to maximize throughput over lower bandwidth links in the wide area network, optimizing the cost efficiencies of FCIP. The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B Provides multiple modes to optimize compression ratios for various throughput requirements.
IPSec
The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B IPSec function is capable of supporting both Ipv4 and Ipv6, mix of secure and non-secure tunnels on the same GE port, jumbo frames, and VLAN tagged connections.
Scalability
Refer to the guidelines described in the Heterogeneous Open SAN Design Reference Guide available at:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c00403562
Cabinet Support
HPE (22U, 36U and 42U) 10000 G2 Series and the Intelligent Series racks and HPE (14U, 22U, 36U, 42U, and 47U) 11000 G2 Series racks.
Notes: To order factory integration, add 0D1 after the part number on your sales order.
Software Components, Standard
Fabric Vision
Fabric Vision offers innovative diagnostic, monitoring and management capabilities to help accelerate new application deployments, address SAN problems before they impact operations, and reduce operational costs. It Includes
- − Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite: A policy-based monitoring tool with pre-built rules and automation that simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration and monitoring.
- − Flow Vision: A comprehensive tool that enables administrators to identify, monitor, and analyze specific application data flows without using taps to ensure optimized performance
- − Health and performance dashboard: A single customizable screen displayed in HPE SANnav Management Portal that contains all critical SAN information for convenient review and analysis
Extended Fabric
The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B 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, which comes bundled with the SN4700B, logically aggregates E-ports to provide a high bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 16Gb switch needs its own license. The switch operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 128Gb) when routing connections between 16G switches.
WebTools
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 Web browser from a standard laptop, desktop PC or workstation from any location within the enterprise.
Integrated Routing
Integrated Routing provides native Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) on a per port basis, rather than limiting routing ports to those on a dedicated routing blade or switch. 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 faulty isolation.
Notes: The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B comes fully license with full bandwidth and does not require any additional licensing. does not have any licensing options, the base offering
Software Components, Optional
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 well as a one-year renewal licenses. . It supports 8Gb, 16Gb, 32Gb and 64Gb FC Switches and Directors.
HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR
HPE Smart SAN, optional software for HP 3PAR, makes end-to-end SAN configuration and management simple and reduces the probability of errors through automation. 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 only supported with B-series Switches, HPE Fibre Channel Adapters (HBAs) and 3PAR storage. HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR through its Target Driven Peer Zoning (TDPZ) feature 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. Additional information can be found here:
Notes:
− Supports B-series Brocade 16/8Gb FC switches with FOS 8.2.0 or later.
− A list of supported HPE FC Adapters can be found at: https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/
− Supports 3PAR StoreServ storage with 3.2.2 or later with only 16Gb target ports on HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage.
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Warranty
(3-3-3) Hardware Warranty; 3-year parts; 3-year on-site (standard business hours, next business day response) and 3-year labor.
Notes:
− All other miscellaneous hardware not explicitly identified above such as optics and cables have a (1-1-1) hardware warranty - 1-year parts; 1-year on-site (standard business hours, next business day response) and 1-year labor.
− The hardware warranty covers firmware and embedded non-saleable software. For extended hardware installation and maintenance information, click the link below: https://ssc.hpe.com . - 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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Configuration Information
Step 1 – Base Configuration | |
| HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE SN4700B 64Gb 16/16 16-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 SAN Extension Fibre Channel Switch | S1T69A |
| Extension switch for Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) traffic forwarding over IP wide area networks (WAN). 8x64Gb Fibre Channel, 8x64Gb DD Fibre Channel (i.e. a total of 24x64 Gbps-capable ports), 16x25Gbe Ethernet and 2x100Gbe ports) Each of the Fibre Channel ports are capable of supporting 8, 16, 32 and 64 Gbps Fibre Channel speeds, and the Ethernet ports are capable of supporting 1GE, 10GE and 25GE Ethernet speeds. Notes: – The S1T69A comes loaded with the following optics
– Additional optics can be added from the list of optics below. | |
To further clarify:
| | HW Capability | Optics Included with SN4700B switch (S1T69A) |
|---|---|---|
| FC Ports | – 16 SFP Ports - Speed: 8 (SLW/LWL),16, 32 and 64 Gbps (SWL/LWL/ELWL)
| 16 x 64G SWL |
| Ethernet Ports | – 16 Ethernet Ports - Speed: 1GE, 10GE (SR) and 25GE (SR/LR) | 8 x GbE (4x10/1GbE SR, 4x25GbE SR) |
| QSFP Ports | – 2 QSFP Ports (Speed 100GE) | 2 x 100GE QSFP |
Step 2 – OptionsFibre Channel Transceivers | |
| Description | SKU |
| 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 64Gb SFP56 Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver | R7M15A |
| HPE B-series 64Gb SFP56 Short Wave 8-pack Secure Transceiver | R7M16A |
| HPE B-series 10Gb SFP+ Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver | R6B14A |
| HPE B-series 64Gb SFP56 Long Wave 10km 1-pack Secure Transceiver | R9S29A |
| HPE B-series 64Gb SFP56 Long Wave 10km 8-pack Secure Transceiver | R9S30A |
| HPE B-series 64Gb SFP56 Extended Long Wave 25km 1-pack Secure Transceiver | R9S28A |
| HPE B-series 64Gb SFP56-DD SN SR 1-pack Secure Transceiver | R8U66A |
| HPE B-series 64Gb SFP56-DD SN SR 8-pack Secure Transceiver | R8U67A |
| Ethernet Transceivers | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE B-series 10GbE SFP+ Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver | S1T70A |
| HPE B-series 10/25GbE SFP28 Short Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver | S1T71A |
| HPE B-series 10/25GbE SFP28 Long Wave 1-pack Secure Transceiver | S1T72A |
| HPE B-series 100GbE QSFP28 SR4 1-pack Secure Transceiver | S1T73A |
Optical Cables
| Performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance - Maximum | HPE Standard OM3 Cable | HPE PremierFlex OM3+ Cable | HPE PremierFlex OM4 Cable |
| 64Gb performance | 70 meters | 70 meters | 100 meters |
| 32Gb performance: | 70 meters | 70 meters | 100 meters |
| 16Gb performance: | 100 meters | 100 meters | 125 meters |
| HPE PremierFlex LC/LC 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 PremierFlex SN/LC OM4 Fiber Optic Cables | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to LC OM4 2 Fibers 1m Cable | R8U73A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to LC OM4 2 Fibers 2m Cable | R8U74A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to LC OM4 2 Fibers 5m Cable | R8U75A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to LC OM4 2 Fibers 15m Cable | R8U76A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to LC OM4 2 Fibers 30m Cable | R8U77A |
| Notes: The above cables are for use with double-density transceivers. The SN/LC allows the connection from double-density to standard small form factor transceivers. | |
| HPE PremierFlex SN/SN OM4 Fiber Optic Cables | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to SN OM4 2 Fibers 1m Cable | R8U68A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to SN OM4 2 Fibers 2m Cable | R8U69A |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to SN OM4 2 Fibers 5m Cable | R8U70A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to SN OM4 2 Fibers 15m Cable | R8U71A |
| HPE Premier Flex SN to SN OM4 2 Fibers 30m Cable | R8U72A |
| Notes: The above cables are for use with double-density transceivers. The SN/SN allows the connection from double-density to double-density transceivers. | |
| 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 |
Step 3 - Optional Software*Notes: * For Fabric OS (FOS) minimum requirements, please refer to: https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/ | |
| Optional Software SANnav Software Licenses: | |
| Notes: For users purchasing SANnav licenses for the first time, one of the following SKUs should be purchased. For users who wanted to renew a SANnav license, a renewal license should be selected from the SANnav Renewal Software License in the next section. | |
| Software for SN6500B 16Gb FC Switch | |
| 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.
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| 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. | |
| Description | SKU |
| 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.
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Technical Specifications
| Features | SN3000B 16 Gbps FC Switch | SN3600B 32 Gbps FC Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Workgroups, Departments | Workgroups, Departments |
| Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth | 16 Gbps | 32 Gbps |
| Aggregate device bandwidth | 384 – 768 Gbps full duplex | 768 Gbps end-to-end full duplex |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK: https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/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 |
| SFP | B-series | B-series |
| Advanced Trunking | Included with Power Pack+ Upgrade | Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade |
| Adaptive Networking | Included | Included |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U |
| Zoning Software | Yes (Included) | Yes (Included) |
| Hot plug, redundant power supplies | Optional | No |
| Hot plug fans | Yes (integrated with power supply) | Yes (integrated with power supply) |
| Features | SN6600B 32Gb FC Switch and SN6600B 32Gb FC Switch | SN6700B 64Gb FC Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Workgroups, Departments | Workgroups, Departments |
| Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth | 32 Gb | 64Gb |
| Aggregate device bandwidth | 2 Tbps | 3.5 Tbps |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/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 (16Gbps or 32Gbps) | B-series Secure 24 32Gbps SFP28 or 64Gb 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 | SN6500B 16Gb FC Switch and SN6500B 16Gb FC Power Pack+ | SN6650B 32Gb FC Switch and SN6650B 32Gb FC PP+ Switch | SN6750B FC Switch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Workgroups, Departments | Workgroups, Departments | Workgroups, Departments |
| Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth | 16Gbps | 32Gb | 64Gbps |
| Ethernet | N/A | NA | NA |
| Aggregate device bandwidth | 768-1536 Gbps | 4Tbps | 8.2Tbps |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock | ||
| Storage system support | HPE Primera, 3PAR StoreServ, Nimble, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP7, MSA | ||
| FC Ports | 48 or 96 Enabled 96 Max | 48 or 96 Enabled 128 Max utilizing QSFP ports | 48 or 96 Enabled 128 Max utilizing DD ports |
| SFP | B-series | B-series | B-series |
| Advanced Trunking | Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade | Included with Power Pack+ | Included |
| Adaptive Networking | Included | Included | Included |
| Form factor | 2U | 2U | 2U |
| Zoning Software | Yes (Included) | Yes (Included) | Yes (Included) |
| Hot plug, redundant power supplies | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hot plug fans | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Features | SN4000B SAN Extension Switch | 2600 Extension SAN Switch | SN4700B SAN Extension Switch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Data Centers | Data Centers | Data Centers |
| Fibre Channel Port Bandwidth | 16Gbps | 32Gbps | 64Gbps |
| Ethernet | 1/10/40Gbps Ethernet | 1/10Gbps Ethernet | 1/10/25/100Gbps Ethernet |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/ | ||
| Storage system support | Alletra, Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP, MSA | ||
| FC Ports | 24 Enabled 24 Max | 4 or 12 Enabled 12 Max | 24 Enabled 24 Max |
| Ethernet Ports | 16 ports 1/10GbpsE Enabled 16 Max 2 – 40GbpsE ports | 2 or 6 Enabled 6 Max | 16 1/10/25Gbps Enabled 16 Max 2 100Gbps Enabled 2 Max |
| SFP | B-series | B-series | B-series |
| Advanced Trunking | Included | Included with Optional Upgrade Kit | Included |
| Adaptive Networking | Included | Included | Included |
| Form factor | 2U | 1U | 1U |
| Zoning | Included | Included | Included |
| Hot plug, redundant power supplies | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hot plug fans | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Features | SN8600B 4-slot SAN Director Power Pack+ | SN8700B 4-Slot SAN Director Power Pack |
|---|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Cloud Optimized Data Centers | Cloud Optimized Data Centers |
| Port Bandwidth | Up to 32 Gbps | Up to 64Gb |
| Aggregate device bandwidth | 10.24 Tbps | 15.5 Tbps |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/ | |
| Storage system support | Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual P9500/XP, MSA | |
| Ports | Up to 256 32 Gb ports or a 320-port equivalent with 16 ICL ports. | 256 ports - 192 device ports with a 64Gb data rate plus 16 4x50Gb ICLs or 320 ports - 256 device ports with a 32Gb data rate plus 16 4x50Gb ICLs |
| SFP | B-series | B-series Secure |
| Advanced Trunking | Included with Power Pack | Included with Power Pack |
| Adaptive Networking | Included | Yes (included) |
| Form factor | 9U | 9U |
| Zoning Software | Yes (included) | Yes (included) |
| Hot plug, redundant power supplies | Yes | Yes |
| Features | SN8600B 8-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+ | SN8700B 8-Slot SAN Director Power Pack+ |
|---|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Cloud Optimized Data Centers | Cloud Optimized Data Centers |
| Port Bandwidth | Up to 32 Gb | Up to 64Gb |
| Aggregate device bandwidth | 16.2 Tbps | 31 Tbps |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/ | |
| Storage system support | Primera, Nimble, 3PAR StoreServ, StoreVirtual P9500/XP, MSA | |
| Ports | 384 32 Gb ports or a 512-port equivalent with 128 Gb (32 Gb×4 QSFP ports) | 512 ports - 384 device ports with a 64Gb data rate plus 32 4x50Gb ICLs or 640 ports - 512 device ports with a 32Gb data rate plus 32 4xGen7 ICLs |
| SFP | B-series | B-series Secure |
| Advanced Trunking | Included with Power Pack | Included with Power Pack |
| Adaptive Networking | Included | Yes (included) |
| Form factor | 14U | 14U |
| Zoning Software | Yes (included) | Yes (included) |
| Hot plug, redundant power supplies | Yes | Yes |
| Hot plug fans | Yes | Yes |
| Features | Brocade 32Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch Module for HPE Synergy |
|---|---|
| Targeted Environment | Enterprise, Datacenters, Workgroups, Departments |
| Port Bandwidth | 32Gbps |
| Aggregate device bandwidth | 896 Gbps (36 ports x 16 Gbps) |
| OS Support | Notes: Please Refer to SPOCK https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/ |
| Storage system Support | HPE Primera, 3PAR StoreServ, Nimble, StoreVirtual , P9500/XP7, MSA |
| Ports | 8 SFP+ external, 2 QSFP external /12 internal |
| SFP | B-series |
| Advanced Trunking | Included with Power Pack+ or Optional Upgrade |
| Adaptive Networking | Included |
| Form factor | Embedded |
| Zoning Software | Yes (Included) |
| Hot plug, redundant power supplies | Yes, in Synergy Frame |
| Hot plug fans | Yes, in Synergy Frame |
System Architecture
| Enclosure | 1U chassis designed to be mounted in a 19-in. cabinet |
|---|---|
| Fibre Channel Ports | 24 ports, 64G, universal (E, F, M, D, and EX ports): 8 physical SFP56 Fibre Channel ports 8 physical SFP-DD Fibre Channel ports |
| Ethernet Ports | 16 ports of 1GbE/10GE/25GbE for LAN and WAN connectivity 2 ports of 100GbE for WAN connectivity |
| Scalability | Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum |
| Certified Maximum | Single fabric: 56 domains, 7 hops Multiprotocol routing fabric: 19 hops |
| Fibre Channel Performance | 8.5Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 28.05Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 57.8Gb/s line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 8, 16, 32 and 64G port speeds |
| Ethernet Interfaces | 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE and 100GbE |
| Trunking | Up to eight 64Gb/s ports per Trunk; up to 512 Gb/s per trunk There is no limit to how many trunk groups can be configured in the switch |
| Fabric Latency | 460 ns with no contention, cut-through routing at 64Gb/s |
| Maximum Fibre Channel Frame Size | 2112-byte payload |
| Maximum IP MTU | Jumbo Frames at 9216 bytes |
| Classes of Service | Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) |
| Port Types | F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, FCR E_Port, D_Port (Diagnostic), M_Port (Mirror), and self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); VE_Port (FCIP and IP) |
| Data Traffic Types | Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast |
| USB | One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades |
| Media Types | Fibre Channel: 64G FC SFP56 LC connector (supports 16/32/64G): SWL, LWL, ELWL 32G FC SFP28 LC connector (supports 8/16/32G): SWL, LWL 2x64G FC SFP-DD SN connector (supports 16/32/64G): SWL Ethernet: 10GbE SFP/SFP+ LC connector (supports 1/10GbE): SR 25GbE SFP/SFP+ LC connector (supports 10/25GbE): SR, LR 100GbE QSFP MPO connector (supports 100GbE): SR4 40GbE connectivity can be supported through 4x10GbE breakout using four 10GbE ports on the SN4700B platform All B-series transceivers are PC/UPC compatible |
| Fabric Services | Name Server; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); NTP; RADIUS; Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Exchange-based routing; Device-based routing; Port-based routing; Lossless; Advanced Zoning; Web Tools; Trunking; Extended Fabrics; Fabric Vision; Traffic Optimizer; SDDQ; Integrated Routing (FCR); |
| Extension Services | Extension Trunking, Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL), WAN Test Tool (Wtool), Open Systems Tape Pipelining (OSTP), FastWrite (FCIP-FW), QoS Marking, Bandwidth Enforcement, PerPriority TCP QoS, PTQ, Adaptive Networking with QoS, and Advanced Extension and Integrated Routing (FCR) |
| Management | |
| Supported Management Software | SSH v2, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP v1/v3, Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); Web Tools; SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View; Command Line Interface (CLI); LDAP |
| Security | AES-GCM-256 encryption on FC ISLs (E_Port), AES-GCM-256 IPsec encryption (VE_Port), PKI, IKEv2, DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication; HTTPS, IP filter, AAA, Audit Logging, LDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, TACACS+, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, TLS 1.3, Switch Binding, Trusted Switch, Login Banners, Secure Syslog |
| Management Access | 1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45), serial port (RJ-45), one USB port |
| Diagnostics | POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics including D_Port, FCIP ping, FCIP traceroute, FCping, Pathinfo (FCtraceroute), Wtool, Ftrace |
| Mechanical | |
| Enclosure | Back-to-front airflow/non-port-side intake; 1U, 19 in., EIA-compliant, power from back |
| Size | Width: 44 cm (17.32 in.) Height: 4.4 cm (1.73 in.) Depth: 59.03 cm (23.24 in.) |
| System Weight | 20 kg (44.2 lb) with two power supplies, without SFP/SFP+ |
| Environmental | |
| Temperature | Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) Non-operating: −25°C to 70°C (−13°F to 158°F) |
| Humidity | Operating: 10% to 85% (non-condensing) Non-operating: 10% to 90% (non-condensing) |
| Altitude | Operating: Up to 3000m (9842 ft) Storage: Up to 12 km (39,370 ft) |
| Shock | Operating: 20g, 6 ms, half-sine wave Non-operating: 33g, 11 ms, half-sine wave, 3G axis |
| Vibration | Operating: 0.5 Grms sine, 0.4 Grms random, 5 Hz to 500 Hz Non-operating: 2.0 Grms sine, 1.1 Grms random, 5 Hz to 500 Hz |
| Airflow | Maximum: 100 CFM |
| Power | |
| Power Supply | Dual hot-swappable redundant AC power supplies |
| Power Inlet | C14; requires C13 plug |
| Input Voltage | 90 VAC to 264 VAC nominal |
| Input Line Frequency | 47 Hz to 63 Hz nominal |
| Inrush Current | Maximum of 40 amps for period of 10 ms to 150 ms |
| Power Consumption | Maximum power draw: 585W with all ports operating at full line-rate: 8 Fibre Channel ports populated with 64G SWL transceivers, 16 Fibre Channel ports populated with 8x 64G SFP-DD SWL transceivers, 16 Ethernet ports populated with 25GE SWL transceivers, and 2 Ethernet ports populated with 100GE SWL transceivers Minimum power draw: 315W for an empty chassis with no transceivers. Typical power draw: 366W with 50% populated ports running at 50% traffic rate 450W with 100% populated ports running at 50% traffic rate |
Summary of Changes
| Date | Version History | Action | Description of Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2025 | Changed | HPE Rebranding FY25 | |
| 07-Oct-2024 | Changed | Removed references to SFM / Storage Fabric Manager | |
| 03-Sep-2024 | Changed | Service and Support section was updated | |
| 15-Apr-2024 | Changed | Rebranding Series name applied | |
| 06-Nov-2023 | Changed | Overview, Technical Specifications and Service and Support sections were updated. Removed references to FICON | |
| 11-Sep-2023 | Changed | Service and Support section was updated Correct warranty terms | |
| 05-Sep-2023 | New | New QuickSpecs |
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