HP B-series 16Gb FC Switches Hardware Reference Guide

• ISL Trunking (licensable), which allows up to eight ports (at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s) between a pair
of switches combined to form a single, logical ISL with a speed of up to 128 Gb/s (256 Gb/s
full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization and load balancing.
• DPS, which optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balancing by automatically routing
data to the most efficient available path in the fabric.
• HP-branded SFP+ optical transceivers that support any combination of SWL, LWL and ELWL
optical media among the switch ports.
• Support for unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast data traffic types.
• Fabric OS delivers distributed intelligence throughout the network, and enables a wide range
of value-added applications such as Advanced Web Tools and Zoning. Optional Fabric
Services include Adaptive Networking with QoS, Extended Fabrics, Enhanced Group
Management, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, and APM.
• Support for AG configuration where server ports connected to the fabric core are virtualized.
• Hardware zoning is accomplished at the port level of the switch and by WWN. Hardware
zoning permits or denies delivery of frames to any destination port address.
• Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities for enhanced RAS.
• 10 Gb/s FC integration on the same port provides DWDM metro connectivity on the same
switch (can be done on the first eight ports only).
• Real-time power monitoring enables monitoring the fabric power usage at a switch level.
• Port-to-port latency minimized to 800 nanoseconds through cut-through frame routing at 16
Gb/s.
Platform components
• A system motherboard that features a PowerPC 440EPx RISC CPU running at 667 MHz, with
integrated peripherals, and provides high performance with low power consumption
• An RJ-45 10/100 Base-T Ethernet system management port that supports switch IP address
discovery and configuration
• One RS-232 serial port with an RJ-45 connector for initial switch setup and factory default
restoration, (the integral LEDs remain unlit at all times)
• A USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, supportsave command output, and
storage for configuration uploads and downloads
• Two hot-swappable, redundant power supply and fan assemblies. There are two fans per
power supply
• Designed for rack mounting in a 19-inch EIA rack (1U high)
• One LED (green/amber) per FC port to indicate status
• One LED (green) for system power
• One LED (green/amber) for system status
• Two Ethernet LEDs (integrated with RJ-45) for speed and activity status
• SEEPROM for switch identification
• Voltage and temperature monitoring
• RTC with battery
Port side of the switch
Figure 3 (page 13) shows the port side of the HP SN6000B 16Gb FC Switch.
12 HP 16Gb FC switches