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QuickSpecs
Product Highlights
Software Components, Optional
SN6500B 16Gb Switch
Power Pack+ Software
Bundle
Fabric Vision
Fabric Watch
Solution Requirements:
 SAO requires B-series HBA installed in the server
The Power Pack+ Software Bundle comes with the SN6500B 16Gb 96/96 Power Pack+ Switch and
SN6500B 16Gb 96/48 Power Pack+ Switch or as an optional software bundle for the SN6500B 16Gb
96/96 FC Switch and the SN6500B 96/48 FC Switch. It includes the following:
 Fabric Vision
 Fabric Watch
 Advanced Performance Monitor
 Extended Fabric
 ISL Trunking
NOTE: Adaptive Networking and Server Application Optimization features are included by default in all
four switch configurations and do not require a separate license
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 HP SAN
Network Advisor that contains all critical SAN information for convenient review and analysis
Fabric Vision will be included by default in all HP StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and
Directors bundled with Power Pack+ (with FOS 7.2.x and later*). In all other cases, Fabric Vision can be
enabled on HP StoreFabric B-series Fibre Channel switches and Directors in any one of the following
ways
 Application of the Fabric Vision LTU (FOS 7.2.x and later*)
 Application of the Power Pack+ LTU (FOS 7.2.x and later*)
 Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with Power Pack+ to FOS 7.2.x or later*
 Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with both Advanced Performance Monitor (APM)
and Fabric Watch (FW) licenses to FOS 7.2.x or
*See HP SPOCK for HP supported versions of FOS 7.2.x
Fabric Watch is an optional license which enables each switch to monitor the SAN for potential faults
and automatically alert network managers to problems before they become failures. Fabric Watch
tracks a variety of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters. Monitoring fabric-wide events, ports,
SFPs, and environmental parameters permits early fault detection and isolation as well as
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later*
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