Qlogic Stackable FC Switches Go Mainstream

Document Category: Other

Subject: Network

Vendor: Qlogic, HP

Document Title: Qlogic Stackable FC Switches Go Mainstream

Keywords: Network, HP, Qlogic, Switches, FC

Document Date: 2010-03-01

Document Number: 731

Author(s): John Webster

# of Pages: 5

Short Description:Review of QLogic's announcement that its stackable 8Gb FC switches are now available from HP as the HP StorageWorks SN6000 Stackable

HP has announced the availability of Qlogic's stackable FC switches (SN6000) as well as the new H-series portfolio which includes the HP StorageWorks SN6000 and 8/20q Fibre Channel switch. Initially, HP will market the SN6000 with HP’s BladeSystem cClass blade server solutions that also include HP Virtual Connect, the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) and the P2000 series formerly known as the Modular Smart Array (MSA).

In this report we highlight the feature set of the QLogic stackable switch and its recently announced HP SN6000 counterpart , supplied by QLogic as an OEM vendor to HP. In addition, we review how the SN6000 functions and is managed within the HP blade server environment.

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