HPE SN8600B 4s PP+ Prt Intk Dir Chassis

Are you looking to modernize your storage-networking infrastructure to efficiently meet the dynamic and growing demands of your business? With more reliable data access and procedures to reduce human error, the HPE Storage SAN Director Switch portfolio delivers a powerful Fibre Channel (FC) and multiprotocol switching infrastructure that can massively scale in a smaller footprint and unleash the full performance of flash and emerging NVMe-based storage. It provides a mission-critical, scalable, and high-performance foundation for enterprise data centers with private and hybrid-cloud deployments and highly virtualized environments. The HPE Storage SAN Director Switch portfolio contains the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B and HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8600B switch. The HPE Storage SAN Director Switch is offered in 8-slot and 4-slot chassis providing up to 512 64Gb/s with up to 32 QSFP based ICLs equivalent to 128 FC ports.

What is new supporting point:
HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B 64Gb 64-port blade allows the HPE SN8700B to expand up to 512 ports and 32 ICL connections for an additional 128 ports for chassis-to-chassis interconnect.
HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B 64Gb SAN director is offered with the flexibility of both Non-Port side Intake (NPI) and with Non-Port side Exhaust (NPE).
The HPE SN8700B Director offers reduced latency compared to the previous generation.
HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B blades are fully-integrated with 32 64Gb double density short wave, 48 64Gb short wave, 48 32Gb short wave, or 48 32Gb long wave transceivers.
The core blade upgrades for the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8600B switch allow customers to upgrade and unlock the features and 64Gb port bandwidth without replacing their chassis.
HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch SN8700B offers reduced latency compared to the previous generation.