HPE 8/24 Base (16) Full Fabric Ports Enabled SAN Switch

Key Features

• The HPE 8/24 8Gb FC SAN switch addresses the needs of SMB organizations as
• well as large enterprises by functioning as a standalone core switch or as lower-
• cost edge switch in large core-to-edge tiered storage networks. The 8/24 FC SAN
• switches provides unprecedented investment protection. Auto-sensing ports that
• support backward compatibility with 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec devices significantly
• reduce deployment complexity and costs, while providing compatibility with installed devices.
• Organizations that do not require 8 Gbit/sec interfaces can 
• populate the new switches with 4 Gbit/sec SFPs, while preserving their ability to
• easily upgrade to 8 Gbit/sec SFPs in the future. The 8/24 SAN Switch with 24
• enabled ports may be deployed as a full-fabric switch or in Access Gateway mode.
• which provides connectivity into any SAN (the default mode setting is a switch).
• Access Gateway mode utilizes NPIV switch standards to present Fibre Channel
• connections as logical devices to SAN fabrics.
• Port speed 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel
• Number of ports (16) Fibre Channel 16 Active, 24 Maximum
• Aggregate switch bandwidth 384 Gb/s Maximum
• Encryption capability No Protocol supported Fibre Channel Availability features
• Hot code load. Ports on demand with no downtime
• Form factor 1U
• Management features B-series SAN Network Advisor. Integration with Storage
• Essentials
• BladeSystem supported Not Applicable Upgradability Standard 16-ports 
  
• 8-port on Demand upgrades, Upgrade from Base to Power Pack+