HP StoreFabric SN6500B Fibre Channel Switch
c04111398 – DA – 14511 Worldwide — Version 10 — October 10, 2014
Hot-pluggable, B-Series Branded Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP), LC
connector; Short-Wave Laser (SWL), Long-Wave Laser (LWL); distance
depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed. Supports SFP+ (16/10/8
Gbit/sec) optical transceivers.
One USB port for system log file downloads or firmware upgrades
Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) (including Top Talkers for
E_Ports, F_Ports, and Fabric mode); Adaptive Networking (Ingress Rate
Limiting, Traffic Isolation, QoS); Bottleneck Detection; Advanced Zoning
(default zoning, port/WWN zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Fabric
Provisioning (DFP); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics;
Enhanced BB credit recovery; Brocade Fabric Watch; FDMI; Frame
Redirection; Frame-based Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; IPoFC; ISL
Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered
State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Server
Application Optimization (SAO); Simple Name Server (SNS); Virtual Fabrics
(Logical Switch, Logical Fabric)
Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and encryption (AES-
GCM-256); integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel for DWDM MAN connectivity
Management software
supported
HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog;
Brocade Advanced Web Tools, APM, Fabric Watch; SAN Network Advisor
Enterprise or SAN Network Advisor Professional/Professional Plus;
Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; Administrative Domains;
trial licenses for add-on capabilities
10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel, serial port (RJ-
45), and one USB port
D_Port offline diagnostics, including electrical/ optical loopback, link
traffic/latency/distance; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics,
including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute),
frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart port mirroring (SPAN port),
optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling
Reboot Detection (RRD)
Port side Intake and Port Side Exhaust airflow models available; power
from back; 2U
Width: 429.25 mm (16.90 in.)
Height: 86.74 mm (3.42 in.)
Depth: 609.75 mm (24.01 in.)
16.92 kg (37.3 lb) with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers
Operating: 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F)
Non-operating: -25° to 70° C (-13° to 158° F)
Operating: 10 to 85 percent non-condensing
Non-operating: 10 to 90 percent non-condensing
Operating: Up to 3000 meters (9,842 feet)
Storage: Up to 12 kilometers (39,370 feet)
Operating: 20 g, 6 ms half-sine