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Overview

The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Power Pack is the most advanced B-series director-class switch and provides the backbone for evolving Storage Area Networks (SANs) in mission critical environments. It supports an intelligent, scalable, and application-centric approach to enterprise data management. It enables the merging of diverse types of networks including client/server, virtual server cluster, extension, and SANs to improve server and storage utilization, simplify management, reduce costs, and support non-disruptive growth. DC SAN Director is the highest performing director with a 6Tb backplane providing a new class of infrastructure for the data center. It improves energy efficiency by combining higher bandwidth with lower power consumption. It facilitates server and storage expansion for open and mainframe environments, delivering scalability with up to 768 ports in a dual chassis configuration.

Features

6Tb backplane: 4x the system bandwidth then the 4/256 SAN Director

8Gb/s performance: Supports 8Gb/s end to end storage direction

Ports on demand, pay as you grow: Ability to add more ports when needed. Pay for connectivity you use.

Hot-swappable, Fully-Replaceable Units: “Five-nines” availability

High Scalability: Supports 384 in a single domain and 896 in dual chassis configuration


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HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Switch (AK857A)


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