HPE StoreFabric SN6500C - Switch - Managed - 40 x 16Gb Fibre Channel SFP+ + 2 x 10 Gigabit FCIP SFP+ + 8 x 10 Gigabit FCOE SFP+ - rack-mountable

Description

Remote SAN extension with high-performance FCIP

The HPE StoreFabric SN6500C 16Gb FC/FCIP/FCoE Multi-service Switch provides FCIP support for business continuity and disaster recovery either as a standalone device as well as an FCIP SAN extension switch for MDS 9710/SN8500C Directors. The MDS9710, at this time, does not support FCIP. This switch breaks the distance barriers of current Fibre Channel (FC) solutions with support for FCIP, enabling interconnection of SAN islands over extended distances. You will get dramatically enhanced hardware-based FCIP compression performance for both high-bandwidth and low-bandwidth links, which provides immediate cost saving for expensive WAN infrastructure. Used with other hardware based encryption it provides high-performance SAN extension capabilities. The SN6500C 16Gb Multi-service Switch supports hardware-based IPsec encryption for improved transmission security of sensitive data over extended distances. Hardware enablement of IPsec helps to provide high throughput.

High density SAN consolidation with integrated multiprotocol support

The HPE StoreFabric SN6500C 16Gb FC/FCIP/FCoE Multi-service Switch ships in a base offering of twenty 16 Gb Fiber Channel (FC) ports for high-performance SAN connectivity, two 10GbE IP storage service ports and eight 10GbE FCoE ports. The base version is scalable to forty 16 Gb FC ports. The switch connects to native FC SANs for investment protection as well as offering a single compact solution for native FC gateway opportunities with FCoE (Converged Fabric), enabling unified network fabric connectivity.

Comprehensive robust network security and optimization

The HPE StoreFabric SN6500C 16Gb FC/FCIP/FCoE Multi-service Switch supports hardware-based data compression and tape acceleration to enhance remote backup operations and allow more data to be transferred over WAN connections more cost effectively. Shift your budget from operations to innovation. The switch supports a variety of security features to support protection of your customer data. A variety of security techniques are supported such as encryption, switch authentication, data integrity, hardware-enforced zoning and more across multiprotocol connectivity. The SN6500C 16Gb Multi-service Switch offers a highly available solution that protects data from unauthorized access and keeps data private while meeting regulatory compliance and avoiding financial consequences of a security breach.