Storage Networking

The HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN2600B is a cost-efficient, replication connectivity solution that quickly transports data over long distances between data centers, protecting valuable information from disruptions and outages. This product enables you to extend proactive monitoring between data centers to automatically detect WAN anomalies and avoid unplanned downtime. By driving more throughput with advanced compression technology, you can expand WAN capacity to meet increased data demands.
With powerful built-in technology, the HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN2600B overcomes the inherent challenges of latency and packet loss over distance, and can dramatically speed up replication performance to handle the unrelenting transfer of data between data centers.

Are you looking to modernize your storage area network?

Today’s mission-critical storage environments require greater consistency, predictability, and performance to keep pace with growing business demands. Faced with explosive data growth, data centers need more I/O capacity to accommodate the massive amounts of data, applications, and workloads.

The HPE Storage Director Switch C-series SN8700C is a director-class SAN switch designed for deployment in small to medium-sized storage networks to support enterprise clouds and business transformation. It layers a comprehensive set of intelligent features onto a high-performance, protocol-independent switch fabric.

The HPE Storage Director Switch C-series SN8700C enables enterprise clouds, transforms large storage area networks, lowers operating costs, and deploys Fibre Channel (FC) and IBM Fibre Connectivity (FICON) on a single fabric.

Are you looking to modernize your storage area network?

The all-flash data center and emerging NVMe storage requires a modern storage network that can keep up with pace of innovation seen with compute and storage resources. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6630C is the next generation 96 port 2-rack unit Fibre Channel (FC) switch that provides high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity in the SAN. This switch offers state-of-art analytics and telemetry capability built into its next-generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) platform. The Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe)-ready switch allows a seamless transition to Fibre Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express (FC-NVMe) workloads whenever available without any hardware upgrade in the SAN. This high-density, highly reliable, and scalable, enterprise-class switch is ideal for medium to large departmental SANs.

Are you looking for modern multiservice switch that supports multiple protocols?

The HPE Storage Multiservice Switch C-series SN6640C is a flexible switch for deploying SAN extension solutions, distributed intelligent fabric services, and cost-effective multiprotocol connectivity for open systems. It offers advanced capabilities available only to director class switches. With a compact form factor and advanced capabilities, the HPE Storage Multiservice Switch C-series SN6640C is an ideal solution for departmental and remote branch-office SANs as well as in large-scale SANs in conjunction with HPE Storage C-series SN8700C multilayer directors. The HPE Storage Multiservice Switch C-series SN6640C offers up to twelve 32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports, four 1/10, two 25 or one 40 Gigabit Ethernet IP storage services ports, in a fixed One-Rack-Unit (1RU) form factor. It connects to existing native Fibre Channel networks, protecting current investments in storage networks.

Are you struggling to meet the I/O demands of hyper-scale virtualization, large cloud infrastructures, and growing, NVMe storage environments?

The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6700B is a high-performance, ultra-dense, highly scalable, and easy-to-use enterprise-class storage networking switch delivering Gen7 64Gb Fibre Channel (FC) capabilities. It is designed to support data growth, demanding workloads, and data center consolidation in small to large scale enterprise infrastructures. Delivering 64Gb performance, customized high port density, and integrated network sensors, it accelerates data access, adapts to evolving requirements, and drives 24x7 businesses. It can scale from 24 to 64 ports, all in an efficient 1U package. In addition, a simplified deployment process and a point-and-click user interface make the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6700B easy to use.

Is there a need to modernize your storage network? The all-flash data center and emerging NVMe storage requires a modern storage network that can keep up with pace of innovation seen with compute and storage resources. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B is a high-port density building block with 128 Fibre Channel ports that provides the tools to help optimize NVMe storage and automate SAN management tasks. It provides 32Gb SAN connectivity with up to 4Tbps of total system bandwidth for data center consolidation, capable of supporting the most demanding all-flash workloads. New automation capabilities enable DevOps resources to automate operations to increase productivity with simple and open automation through open APIs and the Ansible automation engine. HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6650B enables new insight into NVMe storage fabrics with modern I/O traffic visibility and VM-level granularity to validate and fine-tune performance for better efficiency.

Today’s IT organizations are under pressure to keep pace with the growing avalanche of data traffic between data centers and the changes driven by virtualized application workloads. Faced with this challenge, coupled with rising service level agreement (SLA) requirements and recovery expectations, enterprise data centers need their disaster recovery infrastructure to ensure fast, continuous, and secure replication of mission-critical data anywhere in the world.

HPE Storage SAN Extension Switch B-series SN4700B addresses these challenges by providing a powerful, reliable, secure solution for disaster recovery of large complex environments. This cyber-resilient replication connectivity solution for enterprise storage securely moves more data, faster, over distance for continuous data protection.

HPE Storage B-series SN4700B delivers unprecedented performance, continuous availability, and simplified management to handle the unrelenting growth of data traffic between data centers.

Are you struggling to meet the I/O demands of hyper-scale virtualization, large cloud infrastructures, and growing flash-based storage environments?

The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B is an ultra-dense, high-performance, highly scalable, enterprise-class storage networking switch delivering Gen7 64Gb Fibre Channel capabilities. It is designed to support data growth, demanding workloads, and data center consolidation in large scale enterprise infrastructures. Delivering 64Gb performance and high port density, it accelerates data access, adapts to evolving requirements, and drives 24x7 businesses. It can scale from 48 to 128 ports with Port On Demand (POD) upgrades in a 2U package enabling organizations to create high-scale fabrics in less space. In addition, with a 50% latency reduction compared to the previous generation and no oversubscription, the switch improves performance of NVMe storage and high-transaction workloads.¹

Are you looking for a high-performance, low latency, Fibre Channel (FC) switch for the modern SAN? HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6730C is a 96 port switch that delivers 32 Gb and 64 Gb high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity from the server rack/storage rack as an edge or core switch. It empowers small, midsize, and large enterprises to rapidly deploy cloud-scale applications using extremely dense virtualized servers, providing greater bandwidth and consolidation benefits. The switch offers state-of-the-art analytics and telemetry capability built into its ASIC platform. For increased flexibility, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-series SN6730C is available half-populated or fully populated with either 32 Gb or 64 Gb transceivers or empty switch with 48 active ports with incremental 16 port licenses up to 96 ports.

How can you provide fast, reliable, and cost-effective connectivity in the data center with predictable performance and investment protection?

The HPE Storage Switch M-series SN2010M is ideal for modern server and storage networks. Supporting port speeds of 1, 10, 25, 40, 50, and 100 GbE, they deliver predictable performance and zero packet loss at line-rate. Its unique port counts and half-width form factor allows up to two HPE Storage SN2010M units to be deployed side-by-side for increased density and high-availability in a single rack unit making it the perfect top-of-rack (ToR) switch. Storage-specific features combined with an efficient design provides enterprise-level performance with attractive economics and outstanding ROI. Networks built on HPE M-series switches are fast, reliable, and scalable while also being affordable. This makes these switches ideal for storage, hyperconverged infrastructure, financial services, Big Data, and media and entertainment deployments.