.Part 2 Fabric Infrastructure Rules HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785352-001

ports on the SN8000B 8-Slot Director, and requires an additional license to enable the
remaining ICL ports.
• Enterprise ICL—Enables the connection of more than four SN8000B SAN Director platforms
within a single fabric using optical ICLs to deliver massive scalability. This license augments
but does not replace existing licensed ICL support (ICL licenses are still required to enable ICL
ports) for larger ICL-based topologies of 5 to 10 SN8000B SAN Director chassis per fabric.
This license is required to be installed on every SN8000B SAN Director chassis with ICLs in
a fabric when an ICL-based topology exceeds the four chassis limit. This license is
recognized/displayed only when operating with Fabric OS 7.0.1 and later. There is a separate
license for each of the SN8000B SAN Directors, the HP SN8000B 8-Slot Director, and the
HP SN8000B 4-Slot Director.
Table 23 (page 99) provides a comparison of the high-availability features for B-series Fibre
Channel switches.
Table 23 B-series Fibre Channel switch high-availability feature comparison
Redundant
active
components
Non-disruptive
port
expansion
Non-disruptive
code
activation
Redundant
control
processor
Redundant
core
switching
blade
Redundant/hot-
swappable
cooling
Redundant/hot-
swappable
powerModel
YesYesYesYesYesYes/YesYes/Yes
HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director Switch
YesYesYesYesYesYes/YesYes/Yes
HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director Switch
NoYesYesNoNoYes/YesYes/Yes
HP SN6000B 16Gb Fibre
Channel Switch
NoYesYesNoNoYes/YesYes/Yes
HP SN3000B 16Gb Fibre
Channel Switch
NoYesYesNoNoYes/YesYes/Yes
HP StoreFabric SN6500B
16Gb Fibre Channel
Switch
NoN/AYesNoNoYes/YesYes/YesEncryption SAN Switch
NoYesYesNoNoN/AN/A
Brocade 16Gb SAN
Switch for HP
BladeSystem c-Class
NoYesYesNoNoN/AN/A
Brocade 8Gb SAN
Switch for HP
BladeSystem c-Class
NoYesYesNoNoN/AN/A
Brocade 4Gb SAN
Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
NoYesYesNoNoYes/NoNo/NoSAN Switch 4/8, 4/16
NoYesYesNoNoYes/YesYes/Yes
SAN Switch 4/32B,
4/64
Yes
NoYesNoNoN/AN/A
EVA4400 Embedded
Switch Module, 8 Gb
Brocade
(2 switches
per chassis)
NoYesYesNoNoYes/YesYes/Yes
SAN Switch 8/8, 8/24,
8/40, 8/80
YesYesYesYesYesYes/YesYes/Yes
DC SAN Backbone
Director
B-series Fibre Channel switches, 1606 Extension SAN Switches, and MP Routers 99