HP SN8000B 4-slot Power Pack+ SAN Director Switch

The HP B-series SAN Director Switch portfolio is the industry’s most powerful Fibre Channel switching infrastructure, providing the most reliable, scalable, high-performance foundation for private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments. The SN8000B leverages proven DC SAN Director Switch technology and consists of an 8-slot 14U chassis and a 4-slot 9U chassis. The director provides up to 384 16Gb FC ports and up to 32 QSFP based Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) which are equivalent to 128 16Gb FC ports. It also provide up to 8.2 Tbps of total aggregate bandwidth and 512 Gbps of slot bandwidth.

The DC SAN Director Switch targets traditional data centers and consist of an 8-slot 14U chassis and a 4-slot 9U chassis. The director provides up to 512 8Gb FC ports for 4.1 Tbps of total aggregate bandwidth and 256 Gbps of slot bandwidth. In the future, customers may convert a DC chassis in production environments to a SN8000B Director with non-disruptive core blade replacements.

Industry Leading Performance

• SN8000B SAN Director Switches feature industry-leading 16 Gbps performance and 8.2 Tbps chassis bandwidth to address next-generation I/O- and bandwidth-intensive applications for private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments.


Simplifies Scale Out Network Design

• Enables flatter, any-to-any low-latency chassis connectivity that reduces complexity and cost.


Optimizes Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solutions

• Enables flexible, high-speed replication solutions over metro or WAN links with native 10 Gbps Fibre Channel or 10GbE FCIP extension support.


Simplifies Deployment and Reduces Costs

• SN8000B SAN Director Switches accelerate deployment and troubleshooting tasks with new inline port diagnostics and advanced monitoring.

HP SN8000B 4-slot Power Pack+ SAN Director Switch