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Incorporate one or two slides in your standard pitch. Mentioning that some
customers can deploy the SN6000 as a Director alternative helps portray the
SN6000 switch as an enterprise-class solution in many situations.
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Redundant components
Modular convenience
Specialty blades
Software cost/complexity
Power consumption
Footprint
Entry-Level Director
SN6000
Power
Consumption
Scalability
Performance
Entry-Level Director
Redundant components
(chassis level)
SN6000
Redundant power supplies
(switch level)
Stacking architecture allows any-toALL switch ISL redundancy without
using device port as ISLs, modular
stability during expansion.
Manageability
No integrated storage
management must use
separate app
No integrated HBA
management must use
separate app
Cost
Minimum ports
16
Max ports
Rack space
9U per chassis
1U to 6U per stack
Density
(Device ports per U)
2
4
5
7
20
Expansion increments
NA
NA
NA
NA
Oversubscription ratio
when going off-blade or
off-switch
32-port blades: 1 to 1
48-port blades: 1.5 to 1
64-port blades: 2 to 1
1.6 to 1
to
to
to
to
7 (w/16-port blades)
14 (w/32-port blades)
21 (w/48-port blades)
28 (w/64-port blades)
SN6000
SN6000
Power
Configuration
True Power
16-port config
363 Watts
20-device port
config
80 Watts*
192-port config
753 Watts
Range
Range
(22.7 watts/port)
(3.9 watts/port)
(3.4 watts/port)
BEST Case
WORST Case
(3.4 watts/port)
16-port config
1,239 BTU/hr
192-port config
2,570 BTU/hr
20-port config
273 BTU/hr *
120-port config
1,638 BTU/hr*
(77.4 BTU/port)
(13.4 BTU/port)
(11.4 BTU/port)
(11.4 BTU/port)
WORST Case
Heat
Dissipation
120-device ports
config*
480 Watts*
BEST Case
Power consumption and heat dissipation of directors can be significant - especially at low port
counts. Per-port consumption gradually decreases until sweet spot at fully-populated chassis.
SN6000 power consumption starts low and stays low, scaling predictably with the network.
SN6000 per-port numbers are similar to Director best-case but are achieved at every port
count.
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*Power and BTU calculations include four stacking (ISL) ports per switch.
(Solution 1)
SN6000
(Solution 2)
Ports
96
112
100
Method
(5) Switches
Rack space
9U
9U
5U
~ True Power
~ Heat Dissipation
540 Watts
1,844 BTU/hr
576 Watts
1,966 BTU/hr
400 Watts
1,365 BTU/hr
$285,184
$299,484
$307,344
$324,004
$97,379*
$119,667*
Price / Port
Without 8Gb SFP
With 8Gb SFP
$2,971
$3120
$2,744
$2,893
$973*
$1197*
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What to buy
80-ports
(4) HP StorageWorks SN6000 Stackable 8Gb 24-port Dual Power FC Switch (AW576A)
(80) HP 8Gb Short Wave Fibre Channel SFP+, 1 Pack (AJ718A)
(3) HP 3-inch 10/20Gigabit XPAK Copper Cable (AW581A)
(3) HP 9-inch 10/20Gigabit XPAK Copper Cable (AW582A)
Optional and recommended - (4) SN6000 Stackable 20Gb ISL Upgrade LTU (TA822A)
Optional and recommended - (1) H-series Enterprise Fabric Management Suite LTU (TC321A)
100-ports
(5) HP StorageWorks SN6000 Stackable 8Gb 24-port Dual Power FC Switch (AW576A)
(100) HP 8Gb Short Wave Fibre Channel SFP+, 1 Pack (AJ718A)
(6) HP 9-inch 10/20Gigabit XPAK Copper Cable (AW582A)
(4) HP 3-inch 10/20Gigabit XPAK Copper Cable (AW581A)
Optional and recommended - (5) SN6000 Stackable 20Gb ISL Upgrade LTU (TA822A)
Optional and recommended - (1) H-series Enterprise Fabric Management Suite LTU (TC321A)
120-ports
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(6) HP StorageWorks SN6000 Stackable 8Gb 24-port Dual Power FC Switch (AW576A)
(120) HP 8Gb Short Wave Fibre Channel SFP+, 1 Pack (AJ718A)
(6) HP 9-inch 10/20Gigabit XPAK Copper Cable (AW582A)
(2) HP 3-inch 10/20Gigabit XPAK Copper Cable (AW581A)
Optional and recommended - (6) SN6000 Stackable 20Gb ISL Upgrade LTU (TA822A)
Optional and recommended - (1) H-series Enterprise Fabric Management Suite LTU (TC321A)
Backup
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Exclusive features
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Expandable backbone
20Gb ISL speed
Adaptive Trunking
SSCM software
Performance?
Modular convenience?
Manageability?
High availability?
Security features?
B
A
C
K
B
O
N
E
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102 Gb
Device ports
48-port blade
48-port blade
64-port blade
32-port blade
Chassis
backbone
ASICs
Stackable Switches
Device ports
Device ports
20-port switch
20-port switch
20-port switch
20-port switch
DIRECT backbone
stacking links
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Oversubscription Comparison
Off-blade / Off-switch
bandwidth ratio
IBM SNA 384B
1 to 1
1.5 to 1
2 to 1
32-port blade
Device port total: 408Gb
48-port blade
Device port total: 544Gb
64-port blade
272Gb slot
bandwidth
(per blade, for
connection to other
blades)
SN6000
Device port total: 170Gb
1.6 to 1
20 device ports
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Dual
Power
Supply
Device
Ports Total
Dedicated
Stacking
(ISL) Ports
8 Device
Ports
16 Device
Ports
20 Device
Ports
26 Device
Ports
40 Device
Ports
80 Device
Ports
HP 8/20q
20
N/A
N/A
HP SN6000
20
EMC300B
24
N/A
IBM 24B
24
N/A
20
HP SN6000
IBM MDS
9148
48
N/A
EMC MDS
9148
48
N/A
EMC 5100B
40
N/A
IBM SAN 40
40
N/A
EMC 5300B
80
N/A
10
10
IBM SAN80
80
N/A
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10
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Software for EMC and IBM is not included; SSCM management software for H-series (8/20q and SN6000 included.
SFP Prices, trunking licenses and port upgrade licenses included.
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Lowest
Priced
Medium
Priced
Highest
Priced
Transparent Router:
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Port Density
Device
Ports >
Slightly lower after 120 ports to account for ISLs between stacks
IBM director does not approach SN6000 port density until well over 120
ports
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