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

7. Under H-series SAN Switches, click appropriate switch product.
8. Select the category of the documentation desired such as User guide, Setup and Install, Getting
Started, or General Reference.
TIP: Release notes are available in General Reference.
9. To download the document, click the title of the desired document from the table.
Table 51 H-series switches
Number of portsHP switch
8/12/16/20/24HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch
8/12/16/20HP 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch
Features
Features of the SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch include:
• Four stacking (high speed ISL) 10 Gb/s ports, upgradable to 20 Gb/s. Using the stacking
ports for ISLs enables configuring up to six switches into a stack (single manageable unit). For
more information, see the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Installation and Reference Guide,
available at the HP Support Center website.
• Autodiscovering, autonegotiating, and self-configuring ports (2/4/8 Gb/s and 10/20 Gb/s)
• Nonblocking, full-bandwidth architecture
• Adaptive trunking
• Advanced security features (CHAP, RADIUS authentication, SSL/SSH, and port binding)
• TR_Port configuration, which enables connectivity of SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches to
B-series or C-series fabrics
• High-availability features:
Two hot-swappable power supplies in dual power supply model◦
◦ Hot-swappable 8 Gb SFP+ and 10 Gb XPAK optical transceivers
◦ NDCLA
◦ Nondisruptive port-license activation
◦ Support in high-availability redundant configurations
Features of the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch include:
• Autodiscovering, autonegotiating, and self-configuring ports (2/4/8 Gb/s)
• Nonblocking, full-bandwidth architecture
• Adaptive trunking
• Advanced security features (CHAP, RADIUS authentication, SSL/SSH, and port binding)
• TR_Port configuration, which enables connectivity of 8/20q Fibre Channel Switches to B-series
or C-series fabrics
• High-availability features:
Hot-swappable 8 Gb SFP+ optical transceivers◦
◦ NDCLA
142 H-series switches and fabric rules