HP SN8000D Specifications page 7

QuickSpecs
Product Highlights
SAN Director Power Pack+
Software Bundle
Fabric Vision
Extended Fabric
FICON Support
ISL Trunking
The SAN Director Power Pack+ Software bundle includes:
Fabric Vision
Extended Fabric
ISL Trunking
Advanced Performance Monitoring
Fabric Watch
NOTE: Optional software for the SN8000B 4-Slot (QK712A, QK712B) and DC04 Base SAN Director (AR478A,
AR478B)
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 7.2.0a 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 7.2.0a and later)
Application of the Power Pack+ LTU (FOS 7.2.0a and later)
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with Power Pack+ to FOS 7.2.0a or later
Upgrading existing Switch/Director loaded with both Advanced Performance Monitor (APM) and
Fabric Watch (FW) licenses to FOS 7.2.0a or later
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.
Optional FICON CUP license which enables host control of switches in mainframe environments. FICON
Accelerator is an optional software license that increases the speed of FICON disk and tape read and writes,
while maintaining the integrity of command and acknowledgement sequences.
For high performance enhanced Trunking, this license logically groups up to eight E-ports to provide a high
bandwidth trunk between two switches. Each 8 Gb or 16 Gb slot needs its own license. The switch
operating system views the trunk as a single, high bandwidth resource (up to 64 Gb/s for 8 Gb, or up to 128
Gb/s for 16Gb) when routing connections between switches. Connections are load-balanced across the
individual links, which comprise the logical trunk group.
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HP SN8000B and DC SAN Director Family
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