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HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B

In today's data-driven world, where both the value and protection of data are paramount, IT organizations face increasing pressure to ensure their systems are secure, reliable, and efficient. The challenge lies not only in securing continuous, non-stop access to data but also in optimizing critical applications and resources to improve productivity. To address these demands, a simple and always-on infrastructure is essential-one that supports high throughput and low-latency requirements for critical applications. HPE B-series 64Gb Gen7 Fibre Channel is key to helping organizations meet these challenges. By integrating this robust, high-performance network into their storage ecosystem, small and mid-sized businesses can effectively handle large volumes of data with minimal overhead. This enables faster decision making, improved operational efficiency, and a competitive edge, all without the complexity or cost typically associated with large enterprise-level solutions. 

Faced with explosive data growth, the all-flash data centers need more IO capacity to accommodate the massive amounts of data, applications, and workloads.  At the same time the collective expectations for availability continue to rise, users expect applications to be available and accessible from anywhere, at any time, on any device.

To meet these dynamic and growing business demands, organizations need to deploy and scale up applications quickly.  As a result, many are moving to higher Virtual Machine (VM) densities to enable rapid deployment of new applications and deploying all-flash storage to help those applications that demand more performance and reduced latency, scaling to support thousands of users. To increase agility, reduce expenses, and realize the full benefits of these architectures, organizations need the storage network to deliver the performance required by today's server and all-flash storage environments.  In addition, storage networks are becoming increasingly important to application performance, which means that they also must become easier to administer and manage. By treating the network as a strategic part of a highly virtualized environment, organizations can increase optimization and efficiency even as they rapidly scale their environments. 

The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B meets the demands of hyper-scale virtualization, larger cloud infrastructures, and growing all-flash-based storage environments by delivering market-leading 64Gb Fibre Channel technology and capabilities.  It provides a high-density building block for increased scalability, designed to support growth, demanding workloads, and data center consolidation in small to mid-sized enterprise infrastructures.   It is built for maximum affordability and flexibility, performance, and ease of use. 

The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B is an affordable entry-level 8-24-port 64Gb Fibre Channel switch that doesn't compromise on 64Gb functionality offering 24 x 64 Gigabyte per second (Gbps) SFP+ ports in a 1U form-factor.  You can start small with as little as 8-ports and select 32Gb FC or 64Gb FC optics to meet your budget requirements.  And for low-cost deployments, it is available preconfigured with 8 Short Wave 32Gb SFP+ for customers transitioning to next gen IT technology.  Each of the twenty-four (24) SFP+ ports support 8, 16, 32 and 64 Gbps Fibre Channel speeds.  The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B is designed to support the SAN requirements of a small to medium-sized workgroup as well as customers who demand enterprise SAN switch capabilities.  With industry leading highest FC port density in a slim 1U height, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B enables the creation of very dense fabrics in a relatively small space for tighter budgets.  

With its flexible Ports on Demand (PoD) capability, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B provides excellent overall value as the foundation of a SAN with the ability to grow with an organization's SAN needs.  Even as an entry-level switch, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN3700B delivers operational simplicity as it can be configured in as little as 3-steps. The switch provides excellent SAN management and SAN health tools with HPE PowerPack + Software included in the base models for optimal SAN health, and it supports HPE Smart SAN for Alletra 9000 all-flash fabric deployments (SAN zoning) in just a few click of a mouse all centralized from the array. It also delivers high IOPs, high bandwidth and low-latency with flash-ready performance and always on reliability, while delivering seamless interoperability and ease of use advantages found only in the HPE B-series product family.

HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B

HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B

Organizations are under pressure to maximize the performance, productivity, and efficiency of their storage investments and resources, even as they rapidly scale their environments. In addition, they need to protect their enterprise against disruptions, outages, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities to ensure continuous availability. To address these requirements and the demands of an always-on datacenter, it is essential for organizations to deploy a modernized infrastructure that provides a faster, more intelligent, and more resilient network. With unmatched performance, integrated security, and automated SAN management technologies,BR>
B-series 64Gb products transform current storage networks into an autonomous SAN and safeguard it against cybersecurity and business-continuity challenges that threaten to disrupt data center operations.  BR>
The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B with enhanced security and autonomous SAN technology takes the guesswork out of protecting and managing a network. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B enables a cyber-resilient network that protects against security threats, enables nonstop operations, and maximizes management automation.  With integrated security technology, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B protects mission-critical operations by validating the integrity of B-series 64Gb hardware and software. In addition, it reduces the vulnerabilities from malware and hijacking attacks by hardening Fabric OS (FOS) and strengthening hardware. 

To simplify and automate management, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B harnesses powerful analytics and advanced automation. Leveraging these capabilities enables organizations to realize a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing SAN that maximizes performance and availability. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B with B-series 64Gb technology transforms billions of telemetry data points in real time into automated actions that ensure the reliability and performance of critical applications, virtual infrastructure, and NVMe storage. By understanding and analyzing network telemetry data in real time, the SAN can automatically make intelligent decisions on traffic prioritization and congestion mitigation to ensure nonstop operations. With automated congestion detection and resolution, B-series 64Gb instantly mitigates impacts to applications and resolves issues much faster, freeing up valuable admin time. 

The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B is a 64Gb high-density building block that enables dense rackmount environments to connect more devices and build larger fabrics. Its 128 line-rate 64Gb ports in a 2U design allow organizations to create high-scale fabrics in less space. The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B utilizes 96 64Gb SFP+ ports and 16 2x64Gb double-density optical transceiver (SFP-DD) ports. Each of the 16 SFP-DD transceivers provides 2 ports, making 32 ports available for device or ISL connectivity. The addition of SFP-DD ports allows the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B to connect more servers, storage, and switches in a very dense footprint. With a 50% latency reduction compared to the previous generation and no oversubscription, the HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B enables the maximum performance of NVMe storage and high-transaction workloads.

  The HPE Storage Fibre Channel Switch B-series SN6750B is available in two airflow options bundled with either 48 64Gbps Secure Short Wave Transceivers:

HPE SN6750B 64Gb 48/128 48-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Integrated Fibre Channel Switch
HPE SN6750B 64Gb 48/128 48-port 64Gb Short Wave SFP56 Port Side Intake Integrated FC Switc