HP B-series 16Gb FC Switches Hardware Reference Guide

• FC ports self-configure as E_Ports and F_Ports. EX_Ports can be activated on a per-port basis
with the optional Integrated Routing license.
◦ M_Ports and D_Ports must be configured manually.
◦ The D_Port feature provides physical media diagnostic, troubleshooting, and verification
services.
• In-flight data compression and encryption on up to four ports provide efficient link utilization
and security.
• VF support improves isolation between VFs.
• FCR service, available with the optional Integrated Routing license, provides improved
scalability and fault isolation.
• 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. There is no limit to how
many trunk groups can be configured.
• DPS (Dynamic Path Selection), 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 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 End-to-End APM.
• The HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb FC Switch includes the capabilities associated with the
Adaptive Networking and Server Application Optimization (SAO) features by default; the
licenses to enable these features are not required on this switch.
• 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 diagnostic and system-monitoring capabilities for enhanced RAS.
• The EZSwitchSetup wizard makes SAN configuration a three-step point-and-click task.
• Real-time power monitoring enables monitoring the real-time power usage of the fabric, at a
switch level.
• Local port latency minimized to 700 ns using cut-through frame routing at 16 Gb/s.
• Allows for switch latency of 2,100 ns (L2 latency without forward error correction).
Platform components
• A system motherboard that features a primary CPU running at 1.20 GHz, with integrated
peripherals
• An RJ45 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet system management port (RJ45 connector), in
conjunction with EZSwitchSetup, that supports switch IP address discovery and configuration,
eliminating the need to attach a serial cable to configure the switch IP address
• One RS-232 console serial port with an RJ45 connector for initial switch setup, if not using
EZSwitchSetup, and factory default restoration
• One 2 GB DDR2 running at 400 MHz
• Boot memory of 8 MB
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