HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Power Pack Switch

The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Power Pack is the most advanced B-series director-class switch and provides the backbone for evolving Storage Area Networks (SANs) in mission critical environments. It supports an intelligent, scalable, and application-centric approach to enterprise data management. It enables the merging of diverse types of networks including client/server, virtual server cluster, extension, and SANs to improve server and storage utilization, simplify management, reduce costs, and support non-disruptive growth.

DC SAN Director is the highest performing director with a 6Tb backplane providing a new class of infrastructure for the data center. It improves energy efficiency by combining higher bandwidth with lower power consumption. It facilitates server and storage expansion for open and mainframe environments, delivering scalability with up to 768 ports in a dual chassis configuration. It provides investment protection for increased ROI by supporting existing and future emerging protocols, including 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCIP, FICON, and future support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI. The high-performance architecture also provides auto-speed negotiation to support legacy 1, 2, and 4 Gb/s server and storage devices for maximum flexibility.

DC SAN Backbone leverages B-series FOS to centralize data center management for greater efficiency. The Power Pack set of tools monitors the network's health and performance. Power Pack also provides the foundation for integration into HP storage management tools, enabling infrastructure management through a single-pane-of-glass. Adaptive Networking (AN) provides traffic management applications which deliver application aware management of fabric resources.

Adaptive Networking is a new feature of the Power Pack tools and provides a uniform, protocol agnostic way for application service levels to communicate with the SAN. For example, in virtual server environments, end-to-end communication ensures that fabric resource requirements follow the application when its virtual server moves to another physical server. Other adaptive networking services such as dynamic fabric profiles and traffic management can monitor resource use along the entire data path to detect and eliminate congestion.

The new 8 Gbit/sec technology provides the ability to aggregate up to eight 8 Gb/s ports to create an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) trunk for up to an unprecedented 64 Gb/s of bandwidth. The new 10Gb fibre channel blade also provides up to 6 Fibre Channel ports for high speed SAN extension for even higher performance requirements. Extended Fabric software distance support for extended applications has been increased to support distances up to 500 kilometers depending on speed. The new director also extends the distance for data transferred through ISL Trunking which enables new levels of performance between data centers.

The DC SAN Backbone Director Power Pack is designed for continuous operation and supports "five-nines" (I.e., 99.999%) availability. The director is engineered with built-in redundancy; all FRUs and components are capable of hot-swap install/de-install, and non-disruptive hardware and software upgrades concurrent with operation. Security capabilities built into the ASIC eliminate the threat of unauthorized SAN access and unauthorized SAN configuration changes which reduces the risk of downtime.

The unique industry-leading capabilities position the Backbone Director Switch and the B-series product family to be the standard solution for Corporate and Enterprise SANs. The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Power Pack is the most advanced B-series director-class switch and provides the backbone and network foundation for evolving Storage Area Networks (SANs) in mission critical environments. The advanced design, computer power, and bandwidth allow customers to expand their existing environments and provide on-going investment protection to meet their growth and changing IT environments.

Supports the HP Factory Express racking capability through the use of a factory integration option.

• Outstanding scalability and performance:
  • Highest density footprint with up to 768 Fibre Channel ports using two DC SAN Backbone Directors connected via Inter Chassis Link (ICL) bundle
  • 8 Gb/s per port , full line rate performance
  • 6Tb backplane and per port routing eliminates oversubscription
  • 4X the system bandwidth and 4X compute platform for future data center needs
  • Adaptive Networking improves traffic management and resource utilization and is ideal for virtualized environments
  • Greater trunking bandwidth and distance support
  • 10 Gb Fibre Channel Blade provides 6 Fibre Channel ports for higher ISL connectivity performance and utilization
• State of the art reliability:
  • Meets ultra-high availability requirements with redundant, hot-pluggable components, no single point of failure, and non-disruptive software upgrades
  • No active components on the backplane
• Reduced total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for SAN Infrastructure:
  • Enables storage consolidation with the performance equal to minimum of five (5) 4/256 SAN Directors
  • Simplified management of data center SAN environment
  • Improves energy efficiency by combining higher bandwidth and processing power with less power consumption
  • High density connectivity to virtual server and storage ports, accelerating cost savings for data center virtualization
• Broadest range of compatibility with SAN products:
  • Multi-vendor server and storage environment
  • Widest range of HP SAN solutions
  • Backward compatible with previously installed 1 Gb/s , 2 Gb/s, 4 Gb/s, and 8Gb/s SAN Switches
  • Interoperability with the more than 3.0 MILLION port HP SAN Switch installed base
• Multi-protocol Connectivity:
  • 8 Gb Fibre Channel, 10Gb Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel Routing, FCIP, FICON, and iSCSI and FCoE ready
  • Single platform for fibre channel and IP connectivity
  • FCIP Services for SAN Extension featuring
    • Hardware assisted traffic forwarding for greater performance
    • Hardware-based Encryption for greater security
• HP Power Pack - highest supported modular functionality
  • Trunking - highest throughput between switches (64Gb/sec)
  • Adaptive Networking - maximize application performance
  • Fabric Watch - proactive threshold monitor
  • Advanced Performance Monitor - track/watch fabric metrics
  • Extended Fabrics - support for extended distance
• Broadest Range of HP Packaged SAN Services:
  • Mission critical SAN Services
  • Assessment and installation services for security

• The industry-leading 8 Gb/s SAN Backbone Director with 6 Tbit/sec backplane, setting a new mark for performance, availability, and management
• 768 fibre channel ports in a dual chassis configuration enables high-port-count SANs with fewer domains
• Flexibility to build a high-port-count or highest-performing director with 8Gb 48, 32, and 16-port fibre channel blades and 10Gb 6-port fibre channel blades
• Full performance at 8 Gb/s across 128 ports using 16-port 8 Gb/s blades, best performance in the industry
• Full performance at 8 Gb/s across 256 ports using 32-port 8 Gb/s blades, best performance in the industry and leading port density
• 3 to 2 maximum oversubscription ratio with 48-port 8 Gb/s blades for leading performance and outstanding fan-out scalability
• Local switching capability on every port for each port blade providing full 8 Gb/s bandwidth
• Optional Inter Chassis Link (ICL) Kit for a dual chassis configuration for an additional 1 Tbit/sec bandwidth without consuming user ports on port blades
• Enhanced control processors with approximately twice the processing power and an optimized memory bus for more powerful fabric services processing
• Automatic port speed negotiation at 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s to help ensure seamless integration and interoperability with existing networked storage environments
• "Five-nines" availability and reliability
• Built-in redundancy with no single point of failure for AC power input, power supplies, and cooling blowers, as well as control processors with state of the art failover
• Concurrent hardware and software upgradeability with hot code loading and activation
• Hot-swappable Field-Replaceable Units (FRUs)
• Employs Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking to provide a high-speed data path between switches
• Security capabilities built into the ASIC eliminate the threat of unauthorized SAN access and unauthorized SAN configuration changes.
• Power Pack set of tools monitors the network's health and performance
• New Power Pack features deliver Adaptive Networking software for application based traffic management applications and improved asset utilization which optimize the DC SAN Backbone Director for virtualized environments.
• Integrates fully with HP OpenView storage management products enabling infrastructure management through a single pane of glass.
• Ships with two power supplies and control processors
• Ships with "0" ports; flexibility to configure the Director with either 16-port, 32-port or 48-port 8Gb fibre channel blade, 6-port 10Gb fibre channel blade, and Multi-Protocol Blade
• Outstanding flexibility with 8Gb routing services on every Fibre Channel port blade, FCIP SAN extension services
• Support for distances up to 500 kilometers at 1 Gbit/sec performance and 100 kilometers at 4Gbit/sec performance

• Redundant, hot-swappable components
• Separate Control Processor (CP) and Core (CR) switching blades
• No active components on the backplane
• Redundant hot swappable power and cooling subsystems
• Enhanced data integrity on all data paths
• Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links
• Integration with SNMP managers
• Automatic Control Processor fail over
• Non-disruptive "hot" software code loads and activation
• Easy configuration, save and restore
• Remote Monitoring of entire data center via Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE)

• ISL Trunking
• Hardware Enforced Zoning
• Frame Filtering
• Web Tools
• End-to-End Performance Analysis
• Extended Fabrics
• Fabric Watch
• Fabric Manager
• Adaptive Networking

• Extended Fabric
• ISL Trunking
• Adaptive Networking
• Advanced Performance Monitoring
• Fabric Watch

• Ingress Rate Limiting

• Quality of Service (QoS)

• Traffic Isolation Zones

This enabling technology helps administrators monitor and watch specific fabric metrics -- from a SID (Source ID) to a DID (Destination ID) -- so they can fine-tune and scale the fabric more efficiently. Plus, Advanced Performance Monitoring includes the ability for early warning detection of hot spots within the fabric, a powerful tool for maintaining overall balanced performance.

Top Talkers is a component of Advanced Performance Monitoring and tracks the top traffic flows for hosts and targets for a switch port or a switch. Top Talkers can help identify the ports that need certain Quality of Service (QoS) attributes or it can help determine portions of the physical topology that need reconfiguration.

Each ICL Bundle Kit contains:

-four (4) 2 meter copper cables
-two ICL Licenses (one license required for each DC SAN Backbone Director)

Each ICL connection is the equivalent of 16 fixed speed 8Gbit/sec E_PORTs.

ICLs yield a 512Gbit/sec connection between two DC SAN Backbone chassis'. This is a full-duplex connection for an aggregate data movement of 1Tbit/sec.

ISL Trunking is automatically enabled across the 16 x 8Gbit/sec connections within each ICL resulting in a 128Gbit/sec, frame-balanced pipe. Each ICL exchange is balanced across the 4 ICLs.

ICLs can work in conjunction with conventional ISL using optical cables and ports on the DC SAN Backbone Director port blades. ISLs can be used to add bandwidth to the ICLs or to connect other switches to a DC SAN Backbone Director

Optional software license to activate the high performance extension services. The HP MPR Blade provides two types of SAN Services:

FC-FC Subnet Routing Service for SAN island consolidation: Logically connect devices in multiple SAN fabrics to share storage resources-from any fabric regardless of distance-with the administration and fault isolation benefits of separately managed fabrics.

FCIP and FC Tunneling Service for SAN extension over distance: Either seamlessly and reliably extends HP B-Series SANs across MAN and WAN IP networks or dark fiber and xWDM Fire Channel networks with high performance extension services, fully integrated with HP CA solutions for EVA and XP. FC and FCIP extension services are mutually exclusive.

In addition, available service offerings include a full range of HP Care Pack packaged hardware and software services:

• Installation
• Extended coverage hours and enhanced response times
• System management and performance services

For more information on warranty and support options, please visit our Web site at: http://www.hp.com/hps/tech/storage/supp/.

• Stand-alone telephone support
• Rights to new license version
• Media and documentation updates

• Installation services
• On-site maintenance (includes warranty support)
• Response time upgrades during the warranty period
• Post-warranty coverage

• Response - Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4-hours
• Coverage - Extend hours of coverage from 5 days x 9 hours to 7 days x 24 hours
• Duration - Select duration of coverage for a period of 1, 3, or 5 years

HP Care Pack is defined as an upgrade to the product warranty attribute, available for a specific duration and hours of coverage.

• HP Care Pack is not available for less than the product's warranty duration.
• HP Care Pack is available for sale anytime during the warranty period for most products, but the commencement date will be the same as the Warranty Start Date (delivery date to end user customer). Proof of purchase may be required.
• HP Care Pack services are prepaid.

For additional HP Care Pack (hardware & software) information, as well as orderable part numbers, please refer to the URL listed below:
http://h18005.www1.hp.com/services/carepaq/index.html

Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) harness unused ports to connect the switching backplane of one DC SAN Backbone with the switching backplane of a second DC SAN Backbone Director. This additional full duplex connection provides an additional 1 Tbit/sec of bandwidth and does not consume usable ports. ICL connections operate as hardware trunked ISLs.

Contents of ICL kit include:

Four (2) meter copper cables

Two (2) ICL Licenses (one license required for each DC SAN Backbone Director)

HP B-series SAN Backbone Director Integrated Routing LTU

HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Power Supply - Quantity 1

Power Cables

Power Cables included