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Fibre Channel ports
The HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch has 20 Fibre Channel Small Form-Factor Pluggable
(SFP) ports and four Fibre Channel XPAK ports. SFP ports are numbered 0–19 (Figure 3). Each SFP port is
served by an SFP optical transceiver and is capable of 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s transmission. SFP ports are
hot-pluggable and can self-discover both the port type and transmission speed when connected to devices
or other switches. The port LEDs are located above ports 0–9 and below ports 10–19, and provide port
login and activity status information.
The XPAK ports are numbered 20–23 (Figure 3). Each XPAK port is served by an XPAK optical transceiver
or an XPAK switch stacking cable. An XPAK port is capable of 10 Gb/s (actual data transmission
bandwidth 12.75 Gb/s) or 20 Gb/s (actual data transmission bandwidth 25.5 Gb/s) with the optional
license key. XPAK ports are hot-pluggable and can self-discover transmission speed when connected to
other switches. The XPAK switch stacking cable is a passive cable and transceiver assembly for connecting
to other XPAK-capable switches. The XPAK ports come with covers that must be removed before installing
transceivers or cables. XPAK port LEDs are located to the left of their respective ports and provide port
login and activity status.
The SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch—Single Power Supply is available as a 12- or 24-port switch. This
means that the four XPAK ports 20–23 are enabled plus either 8 or 20 SFP ports. For example, the 12-port
switch enables the four XPAK ports and SFP ports 0–7. You can enable additional SFP ports in four port
increments with the optional port activation license key. License keys are available from your authorized
reseller. For more information, see ”Installing feature license keys” (page 46). Furthermore, you can choose
which of the 20 SFP ports are active using the mPort feature in Enterprise Fabric Management Suite. For
more information about Enterprise Fabric Management Suite, see ”Enterprise Fabric Management
Suite” (page 18).
The SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch—Dual Power Supply is available as a 24-port switch. This means that
the four XPAK ports 20–23 are enabled, plus 20 SFP ports.
NOTE: Setting a Fibre Channel port that has an 8 Gb/s SFP transceiver to 1 Gb/s downs the port.
Figure 3 Fibre Channel ports
1 SFP ports 2 XPAK ports
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