Power Pack+ models
All 8-Gb SAN Switch Power Pack+ models ship with these licensed options:
NOTE:
The HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Power Pack+ Converged Network Switch does
not
include Adaptive
Networking or Extended Fabric.
• Adaptive Networking
• Fabric Watch
• Advanced Performance Monitor
• Extended Fabric
• ISL Trunking
For detailed information on these features, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS administrator guide
for the firmware version you are running.
8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch features
• Functions as an edge device in fabrics of up to 239 switches.
• Integrates a single motherboard design with 667 MHz PowerPC 440EPx Reduced Instruction Set
Computer (RISC) CPU and integrated peripherals which provide high performance.
• Provides the EZSwitch Setup Wizard for easy setup and basic configuration.
• Provides on-demand scaling of 8 to 24 ports.
• Operates as a fully functional switch or an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) Access Gateway (with
all ports licensed only).
• Integrates a single motherboard design with a 667 MHz PowerPC 440EPx Reduced Instruction
Set Computer (RISC) CPU with integrated peripherals.
• Integrates Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking (requires an optional license) and enables up to eight
ports between a pair of switches to be combined to form a single, logical ISL switch with a speed
of up to 64 Gb/s (128 Gb/s full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization and load balancing.
• Provides Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), which optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balan-
cing by automatically routing data to the most efficient available path in the fabric.
• Provides universal ports that self-configure as E_Ports, F_Ports, M_Ports, or FL_Ports.
Port side of the 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch
The port side of the 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch includes the system status LED, console port, Ethernet
port, USB port, and FC ports with corresponding port status LEDs. Additionally, a pull-out tab identifies
the serial number, MAC address, and World Wide Name (WWN). Record the switch IP address on
the pull-out tab for easy access.
Figure 1 shows the port side of the 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch.
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