Hp Storageworks Dc San Backbone Director Switch Overview; Hp Storageworks Dc San Director Power Pack; Features - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Hardware Reference Manual

1 HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone
Director Switch Overview
This chapter provides the following information:
• "HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Power
• "Features" on page 19
• "Hardware
• "DC Director
• "B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i)
• "Reliability" on page 24
• "Serviceability" on page 24
• "Software
• "Security" on page 25
• "Network
• "Optional software
• "Optional hardware

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Power Pack

The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch (DC SAN Director) Power Pack model,
part number AK857A, represents the next generation of advanced Fibre Channel (FC) enterprise-class
platforms used to intelligently interconnect storage devices, hosts, and servers in a Storage Area
Network (SAN).
The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch is the highest-performance and
highest-scalability enterprise-class product offered by HP. It satisfies the most demanding Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability (RAS), performance, and scalability requirements, while delivering
investment protection, interoperability, and fabric-based intelligence advantages.

Features

Key features of the DC SAN Director include:
• Up to 384 ports in a single chassis, providing high port density for a scalable solution to drive
high-port-count SAN configurations.
• Support for high-performance Director blades running at 1-, 2-, 4-, 8-, or 10-Gb/s, enabling flexible
system configuration
• Supports 1-, 2-, 4-, and 8-Gb/s auto-sensing FC ports. Trunking technology groups up to eight
ports to create high performance 64-Gb/s ISL trunks between switches.
10 Gb/s ports (FC10-6) are 10 Gb/s only.
components" on page 20
blades" on page 23
features" on page 25
manageability" on page 26
licenses" on page 26
kits" on page 27
HP StorageWorks DC and DC04 SAN Backbone Director Switches
Pack" on page 19
overview" on page 223
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