HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C

Are you looking for a high-performance, low latency, Fibre Channel (FC) switch for the modern SAN? HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C is a 96 port switch that delivers 32 Gb and 64 Gb high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity from the server rack/storage rack as an edge or core switch. It empowers small, midsize, and large enterprises to rapidly deploy cloud-scale applications using extremely dense virtualized servers, providing greater bandwidth and consolidation benefits. The switch offers state-of-the-art analytics and telemetry capability built into its ASIC platform. For increased flexibility, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C is available half-populated or fully populated with either 32 Gb or 64 Gb transceivers or empty switch with 48 active ports with incremental 16 port licenses up to 96 ports.

Features | High Performance for All-flash Arrays, Virtualized, and NVMe Workloads

HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C provides consistent 32 or 64 Gbps low-latency, line-rate performance across every FC port on the switch.

Delivers increased performance with an aggregate bandwidth of 6 Tbps end-toend full duplex for growing and dynamic workloads in a 2RU form factor.

Delivers the same outstanding availability and reliability as the previous generation switch by providing optional redundancy on all major components such as power supplies and fans.

Provides visibility into each virtual machine logged into the fabric through host bus adapters (HBAs) capable of priority tagging the virtual machine identifier (VMID) on every FC frame.

Investment Protection

Available with 32 Gb FC SFP+, 64 Gb FC SFP+ optics or non-populated to accommodate your budget.

Intelligent Network Services for Modern SAN

HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C supports slow-drain detection and isolation, VSAN technology, access control lists for hardwarebased intelligent frame processing, smart zoning, and other services.

The VSAN technology provides a cost-effective way to consolidate resources while providing high resiliency to potential fabric disruptions.

Provides powerful NX-API capabilities to enable flexible and rapid programming of utilities for the SAN.

Easy Manageability

Provides intelligent diagnostics tools such as Inter-Switch Link (ISL) and HBA diagnostics, remote SFP (read diagnostic parameter) diagnostics, remote port beaconing, and link-level forward error correction (FEC) for faster problem resolution and reduced service costs.

Consolidate separate physical SAN fabrics into one large fabric for ease of management and reduced total cost of ownership.

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) software provides a centralized management tool with task-based wizards. These features are available with the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C Advantage and Premier licenses.

HPE C-series SAN analytics delivers deep visibility into I/O traffic between the compute and the storage infrastructure. These features are available with the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch C-Series SN6730C Premier license.

Product Type: Fibre Channel Switch
Interfaces/Ports
Total Number of Ports: 48
Number of Active Ports: 48
Media & Performance
Ethernet Technology:

• 32 Gigabit Ethernet
• 64 Gigabit Ethernet

I/O Expansions
Total Number of Expansion Slots: 48
Expansion Slot Type: SFP+
Number of SFP+ Slots: 48
Management & Protocols
Manageable: Yes
Power Description
Redundant Power Supply: Yes
Physical Characteristics
Compatible Rack Unit: 2U
Form Factor: Rack-mountable