Upgrading Ports; Key Features - HP StorageWorks 2/64 - Core Switch Installation Manual

Upgrading ports

The Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 are available with 32 ports (0 through 31)
installed and activated. To install additional ports, contact your HP representative to purchase
a 16-port Upgrade module. Then, see the following sections for instructions on installing the
16-port card module:
• Removing a filler
• Installing a 16-port

Key features

The Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 represent the next generation of advanced
Fibre Channel Director models used to interconnect storage devices, hosts, and servers
intelligently in a Storage Area Network (SAN). HP StorageWorks director-class switches deliver
performance, scalability, flexibility, functionality, reliability, and availability.
Key features include the following:
• 64 ports in a single chassis for the Core Switch 2/64.
• 128 ports in a single chassis for the SAN Director 2/128.
• High-availability platform for mission-critical SAN-designed applications.
• Dual, redundant Control Processors (CP) provide high availability and enable nondisruptive
software upgrades.
• Nonblocking architecture enables all ports to operate at full 2 Gb speed simultaneously.
• Universal ports self-configure as E-ports, F-ports, or FL-ports.
• Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers support any combination of short
wavelength (SWL), long wavelength (LWL), and extended long wavelength (ELWL) optical
media on a single switch module (the 16-port card).
• Forward and backward compatibility with HP StorageWorks switches.
• High availability redundant design, extensive diagnostics, and system monitoring
capabilities integrated with Fabric OS management tools deliver unprecedented reliability,
availability, and serviceability (RAS).
• Support for 1- and 2-Gb/s autosensing Fibre Channel ports (trunking technology groups up
to four ports together to create high-performance 8 Gb/s ISL trunks between switches).
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