.Part 1 Architecture HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785351-001

• “HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade” (page 67)

• “HP C-series Nexus 5010/5020 Converged Network Switches” (page 67)

• “Cisco Nexus 5548UP/5596UP Converged Network Switches” (page 68)

• “HP CN1000E and CN1100E” (page 70)

• “HP StoreFabric CN1100R” (page 71)

• “HP CN1000Q” (page 71)

• “FCoE storage systems” (page 71)

Converged network switches and blades

HP FlexFabric 5900CP Switch

The HP FlexFabric 5900CP Switch is a ToR converged L2/L3 switch with 48 converged ports and

4-40GbE QSFP+ ports. This switch provides seamless integration of 10GbE networks into existing

server edge environments (FCoE DCB, Fibre Channel) and the HP Server/Storage Ecosystem. The

switch is full featured and no software licensing is required. Switches can be added in an HP 5900

series IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework) fabric. An IRF fabric appears as one node and is

accessible at a single IP address on the network. You can use this IP address to log in at any

member device to manage all the members of the IRF fabric.

NOTE: For more information about IRF usage in a storage configuration, see the HP FlexFabric

5900CP Solutions Configuration Guide (5697-3065).

Features and benefits:

• FCoE support on 10GbE and 40GbE ports

• Fibre Channel support on converged ports

• DCB/FCoE-FCF/NPV/Trill/IPv6 support (QCN ready)

• 48 Converged Ports using a single transceiver that supports10GbE Ethernet/FCoE or 8/4/2Gb

• NPV support for gateway functionality

• Dual-hop support with Virtual Connect blade switches and HP 6125-XLG

• IRF support (up to 9 switches, Ethernet only, 2 switches with storage)

• Front-to-Back and Back-to-Front airflow

• Comware v7 OS

HP 5820 Ethernet/FCoE Switch

The HP 5820 Switch Series features advanced flex-chassis switches that deliver a unique combination

of unmatched 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet connectivity, high-availability

architecture, full Layer 2/3 dual-stack IPv4/v6, and line-rate, low-latency performance on all ports.

Features and benefits:

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