HP StorageWorks 2/128 HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 - Page 14
Upgrading ports, Key features
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Upgrading ports The Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 are available with 32 ports (0 through 31) installed and activated. To install additional ports, contact your HP representative to purchase a 16-port Upgrade module. Then, see the following sections for instructions on installing the 16-port card module: • Removing a filler panel, page 94 • Installing a 16-port card, page 95. Key features The Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128 represent the next generation of advanced Fibre Channel Director models used to interconnect storage devices, hosts, and servers intelligently in a Storage Area Network (SAN). HP StorageWorks director-class switches deliver performance, scalability, flexibility, functionality, reliability, and availability. Key features include the following: • 64 ports in a single chassis for the Core Switch 2/64. • 128 ports in a single chassis for the SAN Director 2/128. • High-availability platform for mission-critical SAN-designed applications. • Dual, redundant Control Processors (CP) provide high availability and enable nondisruptive software upgrades. • Nonblocking architecture enables all ports to operate at full 2 Gb speed simultaneously. • Universal ports self-configure as E-ports, F-ports, or FL-ports. • Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers support any combination of short wavelength (SWL), long wavelength (LWL), and extended long wavelength (ELWL) optical media on a single switch module (the 16-port card). • Forward and backward compatibility with HP StorageWorks switches. • High availability redundant design, extensive diagnostics, and system monitoring capabilities integrated with Fabric OS management tools deliver unprecedented reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS). • Support for 1- and 2-Gb/s autosensing Fibre Channel ports (trunking technology groups up to four ports together to create high-performance 8 Gb/s ISL trunks between switches). 14 Overview