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HPE StoreFabric SN1600 32Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Overview
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connecting HPE ProLiant servers into HPE Storage and networking environments
ExpressLane LUN
Prioritization
The SN1600E HBAs enable I/O prioritization of physical or virtual server to a LUN or a group of LUNs
ensuring priority delivery in high
-traffic or congested storage networks. Managed with the Emulex
OneCommand management software
downloadable from
HPE Software Downloads
.
NVMe over Fibre Channel
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The SN1600E 32Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters are NVMe-enabled to support emerging NVM
Express (NVMe) over Fibre Channel storage networks
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Active Health System
All HPE 32GFC adapters support HPE ProLiant Active Health System integration. This helps
administrators accurately troubleshoot and resolves problem within the server faster.
Smart SAN support
Smart SAN is a protocol agnostic application embedded in SAN components that enables the 3PAR to
orchestrate configuration, settings and policies in a
SAN. HPE Smart SAN’s Target Driven Zoning enables
you to configure zones accurately in minutes and not in hours and its automatic discovery mechanism
creates a powerful platform which would enable real
-time diagnostics with self-healing in the near
future
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Secure Firmware download
The SN1600E delivers enhanced security via the new secure firmware update feature which protects
and ensures the authenticity of device firmware.
T10 Protection
Information (T10
-PI)
HPE 32GFC adapters support T10-PI for enhanced data integrity when connected to T10-PI enabled
arrays like HPE 3PAR StoreServ.
Forward error correction
(FEC)
FEC is enabled and improved at 32GFC as required by the FC Specification, automatically correcting
transmission errors and improving ne
twork performance and resiliency.
Class-specific Control
(CS_CTL)
QoS capability that enables administrators to prioritize storage traffic to meet the needs of critical VM
workloads
Link cable beaconing
(LCB)
LED beaconing for ports on both ends of a physical link simplifies cable identification and management.
D-Port Diagnostics
Quickly run automated diagnostic tests in a single step, across multiple adapters, servers, and fabric
components to assess connectivity. Optics and cable problems are ide
ntified and resolved.
FDMI,FC Ping, FC Trace
Route
Quickly check connectivity to SAN devices and query the switch management server for in
-
depth details
on connected devices.
Trace Route capability supported on SN1600Q.
Read Diagnostic
Parameters (RDP
)
Identify the source of network and media errors like cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and loss of sync
(LOS) by remotely accessing diagnostic information from anywhere in the fabric.
Fabric-assigned Port
Worldwide Name
(FA_WWN)
Using SN1600Q, administrators can preconfigure WWN settings at the switch port allowing Fibre
Channel adapter to acquire port WWN address from the
Gen 5 16Gb or Gen 6 32GFC
fabric. This allows
SAN administrator to configure SAN zoning without need for servers to be present.
Fabric-based Boot LUN
(F_BLD)
Allows SN1600Q to acquire Boot-LUN information directly from Gen 5 16Gb or Gen 6 32GFCswitch,
speeding up deployment of new servers in a SAN environment.
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