Usage; Fabric Rules; H-Series Switches High-Availability Features - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Table 11 H-series switches high-availability features
Model
HP StorageWorks
SN6000 Stackable
Dual Power Supply
Fibre Channel
Switch
HP StorageWorks
SN6000 Stackable
Single Power Sup-
ply Fibre Channel
Switch
HP StorageWorks
8/20q Fibre Chan-
nel Switch

Usage

The H-series switches can be used as core or edge switches in fabrics with up to 600 ports (including
8 Gb ISLs, but not including 10 Gb/20 Gb stacking port ISLs).
The TR feature allows you to connect H-series switches to B-series or C-series fabrics, enabling the
sharing of server and storage resources between fabrics through the industry-standard NPIV protocol.

Fabric rules

This section describes the SAN fabric rules that apply to all H-series switch SANs.
When using H-series switches in a fabric:
Use the HP default switch settings for all configurations.
All switch and fabric rules apply to fabrics implemented with the switch firmware versions listed
in Table 10.
86 H-series switches and fabric rules
Redundant/ Redundant/
nl
hot-swappable hot-swappable
power cooling
Yes/Yes Yes/Yes
No/No No/No
No/No No/No
Nondisruptive
nl
code load/
nl
activation
Yes/Yes
Yes/Yes
Yes/Yes
Nondisruptive
port expan-
sion/upgrade
Yes
Yes
Yes