HP B-series 16Gb FC Switches Hardware Reference Guide

HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch
This section provides an overview of the HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch. It describes platform
capabilities and components, the physical layout of the switch, and hardware and software options.
Overview
The HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch is a 24-port autosensing 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s FC switch that
delivers the latest HP single-chip architecture for FC SANs. The HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch is
a small-sized to mid-sized business-class switch that is designed to handle smaller-scale SAN
requirements.
The HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch provides up to 24 ports in a single height (1U) switch, which
enables the creation of very dense fabrics in a relatively small space. This switch also offers POD
licensing. Base models of the switch contain 12 ports, and an additional 12-port POD license can
be purchased.
NOTE: The base model of the HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch includes a single power supply
and fan module assembly. An optional second power supply and fan module assembly can be
added to the switch as an upgrade, for redundancy and hot-swap capability.
The HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch supplies RAS performance and the scalability requirements of
an enterprise switch along with interoperability and ease-of-use advantages.
The HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch can be configured in AG mode, which enables configuring
the enterprise fabric to handle additional N_Ports instead of domains. Reducing the number of
domain IDs and ports simplifies configuration and management in a large fabric. Switches in AG
mode are logically transparent to the host and the fabric. You can increase the number of hosts
that have access to the fabric without increasing the number of switches.
Platform capabilities
The HP SN3000B 16Gb FC Switch offers the following features and capabilities:
• Up to 24 autosensing ports of high-performance 16-Gb/s technology in a single domain.
• POD scaling from 12 to 24 ports.
• 4, 8, and 16 Gb/s autosensing FC switch and router ports
4 and 8 Gb/s performance is enabled by 8 Gb/s SFP+ transceivers◦
◦ 4, 8, and 16 Gb/s performance is enabled by 16 Gb/s SFP+ transceivers
• Universal ports self-configure as E, F, or M ports. EX_Ports can be activated on a per-port basis
with the optional Integrated Routing license. D-port functionality is also available for diagnostics.
• Airflow is set for port-side exhaust.
• ISL Trunking (licensable), which allows up to eight ports (at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s speeds) 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. The base model
permits one eight-port trunk plus one four-port trunk.
• 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 traffic type.
• 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
16 HP 16Gb FC switches