HPE A7988B Network Switch Networking

The HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director and the HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director Power Pack provide a high performance, highly reliability, and flexible connectivity platform supporting demanding mission critical data center applications. With up to 384 ports of connectivity in a single domain, the 4/256 SAN Director offers flexible scalability for core-to-edge SAN architectures. The 4/256 SAN Director hardware and software architectures support “five nines” availability with hot-swappable and redundant central processors. Reliability and availability features ensure non-disruption when upgrading hardware and software.

The 4/256 SAN Director is 1, 2, or 4Gb/s auto-sensing capable and protects customer investment by being fully backward compatible with the entire B-series family of fabric switches and director switches. The Power Pack software provides the SAN administrator with the necessary tools to monitor the health and performance of the network through a single pane of glass.

High Performance and Scalability

• With more than twice the port density of previous B-series Directors, the 4/256 delivers more efficient use of expensive data center floor space


High Availability

• Hot-swappable, fully-replaceable units -- "Five-nines” availability


High Flexibility

• Flexible management tools to manage large SANs -- Multi-switch fabric tools for easy configuration and monitoring, convenient power pack options


Simplicity

• Fully compatible with and sharing a common code base with existing B-series switches