Overview The HP 8/24 SAN Switch is a versatile and cost-effective solution for both small and large enterprises. It can function as a standalone core switch or as a lower-cost edge switch in a tiered storage network. With its auto-sensing ports, the switch supports backward compatibility with 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec devices, making deployment simple and cost-effective. Additionally, the switch offers investment protection by allowing organizations to easily upgrade to 8 Gbit/sec SFPs in the future. High Performance The 8/24 SAN Switch delivers high performance with simultaneous wire-speed support for all ports, providing an aggregate bandwidth of up to 384 Gbit/sec full duplex. This ensures the highest performance available and offers complete backward and forward investment protection. The switch also simplifies SAN management by eliminating the need to map application performance requirements to port speeds. High Scalability With 16 enabled ports and support for pay-as-you-grow scalability up to 24 enabled ports, the 8/24 SAN Switch offers seamless server connectivity to multi-vendor fabric environments. This allows for a large number of servers to connect to a SAN fabric without increasing switch domain count. The switch also allows for up to eight ports to be combined to form a single logical ISL with a speed of up to 64 Gbit/sec (128 Gbit/sec full duplex), optimizing bandwidth utilization and load balancing. Improved TCO The 8/24 SAN Switch optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balancing by automatically routing data to all available paths in the fabric. This helps remove or avoid performance bottlenecks in high-density virtualized server environments. Additionally, the switch offers advanced fabric services to further optimize SAN performance and resource utilization, ultimately reducing total cost of ownership. Investment Protection The 8/24 SAN Switch delivers low latency, power efficiency, and high reliability while providing a highly scalable and flexible platform for advanced fabric services. This ensures organizations can continue to rely on the switch for their evolving storage needs, providing long-term investment protection.
