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HPE SN6700B 64Gb 56/24 24-port 32Gb

Overview
What's new Are you struggling to meet the I/O demands of hyper-scale
· Increase scalability with a double-density virtualization, large cloud infrastructures, and growing, NVMe
(DD) Port-On-Demand (POD) Kit upgrade. storage environments?
Each transceiver within the kit provides 2x
the bandwidth with dual SN connections. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6700B is a
· Switch offerings as well as Port-on-Demand high-performance, ultra-dense, highly scalable, and easy-to-use
upgrade kits bundled with 64Gb optics. enterprise-class storage networking switch delivering Gen7
· HPE Storage B-series Gen7 64Gb FC switch 64Gb Fibre Channel (FC) capabilities. It is designed to support
technology enables organizations to realize a data growth, demanding workloads, and data center
self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing consolidation in small to large scale enterprise infrastructures.
autonomous SAN. Delivering 64Gb performance, customized high port density, and
· HPE Storage B-series Gen7 64Gb FC switch integrated network sensors, it accelerates data access, adapts to
technology combines analytics and evolving requirements, and drives 24x7 businesses. It can scale
advanced automation capabilities to from 24 to 64 ports, all in an efficient 1U package. In addition, a
accelerate data access, adapt to evolving simplified deployment process and a point-and-click user
requirements, and drive 24x7 operations. interface make the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series
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SN6700B easy to use.

Features
Increase Performance for Application and Solid State Storage
Architectures
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6700B delivers increased
performance through a combination of improved throughput and low latency
across 64Gb links in hyper-scale virtualization, large cloud infrastructures, and
growing flash-based storage environments.

Improved performance of NVMe storage with 50% lower switching latency than
32Gb. Latency for locally switched ports is 460ns including forward error correction
(FEC). [1]
With 48 SFP+ ports and 8 DD ports, it can scale up to 64 device ports for an
aggregate throughput of 4.096Tbps. [2]

Ultra-dense and Highly Scalable

Each of the 48 SFP+ ports and 8 DD ports supports 8, 10, 16, 32, and 64Gb FC
speeds.
Provides flexibility to utilize high-speed 64Gb and 32Gb optics on demand to meet
growing data center needs and provide backward compatibility to older
infrastructures.
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Technical specifications HPE SN6700B 64Gb 56/24 24-port 32Gb Short Wave
SFP28 Port Side Intake Integrated FC Switch
Product Number R6B06A

Port speed 64Gb

Aggregate switch bandwidth 4.096 Tbps, maximum

Encryption capability In-flight Encryption

Protocol supported Fibre Channel

Management software Includes the following software features Fabric Vision, ISL Trunking, and Extended Fabric (This was the
Power Pack Plus bundle in previous generation switches)

Availability features Hot code load, Ports-On-Demand with no downtime

Form factor 1U

Upgradability 8-port Port-on-Demand upgrade kits are available to expand the number of active ports. The POD kits
include both a license to activate the ports as well as the transceivers.

Media types SFP+ and DD Transceivers

Ports 24-ports active with 24 32Gb SW transceivers

Software (optional) HPE SANnav Management Software, HPE Network Orchestrator

Product dimensions (imperial) 17.32 (W) x 1.73 (H) x 14 (D)

Weight 15.8 lbs with two power supply FRUs, without transceivers

[1] , [2] : Internal Brocade comparison to Brocade G620 (HPE SN6600B Fibre Channel Switch), March 2021.
(https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/G720-Switch-PB)
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