HPE SN8700B 8‑slot Power Pack+ Director Switch
64Gb FC Director supporting up to 512 ports using blades
SKU # R6A97A
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- HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B 64Gb 64-port blade allows the HPE SN8700B to expand up to 512 ports and 32 ICL connections for an additional 128 ports for chassis-to-chassis interconnect.
- HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B 64Gb SAN director is offered with the flexibility of both Non-Port side Intake (NPI) and with Non-Port side Exhaust (NPE).
- HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B blades are fully-integrated with 32 64Gb double density short wave, 48 64Gb short wave, 48 32Gb short wave, or 48 32Gb long wave transceivers.
- HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B offers reduced latency compared to the previous generation.
- The core blade upgrades for the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8600B switch allow customers to upgrade and unlock the features and 64Gb port bandwidth without replacing their chassis.
HPE Storage SAN Director Switch features up to 64Gbps FC performance and up to 39.6Tbps chassis bandwidth to address I/O and bandwidth-intensive applications for private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments.
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1 https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/X7-Director-PB
2 Two 64-port blades support 32 Inter-Switch Link (ISL) cable connections versus 128 FC cables required using the 48-port blades to achieve the same ISL connectivity, a 75% reduction in cable connectivity.