HPE 1606 Power Pack Extension SAN Switch - Switch - managed - 16 x 8Gb Fibre Channel SFP 6 x 10/100/1000 - rack-mountable - remarketed

IT organizations continue to face unprecedented data growth as more platforms, applications, and users connect to the data center network. In turn, the storage network infrastructure must continue evolving to enable fast, continuous, and cost effective access to mission critical data from anywhere in the world. To address this challenge, the HPE 1606 Extension Switch helps provide fast, reliable, and cost-effective network infrastructure for remote data replication, backup, and migration. The 1606 Extension SAN Switch provides a flexible and extensible platform to move more data faster and further than ever before. The HPE 1606 Extension SAN Switch offers up to sixteen (16) 8 Gb Fiber Channel ports and six (6) 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports to provide unmatched Fiber Channel and FCIP bandwidth, port density, and throughput for maximum application performance over WAN links.

• The HPE 1606 Extension SAN Switch moves more data faster and further with 8 Gb Fiber Channel, 1 GbE, and FCIP Quality of Service technology to enable fast, reliable, and cost-effective remote data replication, backup, and migration
• The HPE 1606 Extension SAN Switch integrates unique extension features like Fiber Channel routing, hardware based compression, write and read acceleration for disk and tape to deliver a high performance, highly reliable and secure distance connectivity solution
• Flexible options for SAN extension with Fiber Channel, FCIP, or FICON
• The HPE 1606 Extension SAN Switch leverages cost effective IP WAN transport to extend open systems and mainframe disk and tape storage applications over distances that would otherwise be impossible, impractical, or too expensive with standard Fiber Channel connections
• A base configuration is ideal for clients with smaller environments such as Small to Medium Enterprise (SME), yet provides the ability to grow as the business demands equating to investment protection while also affording no disruption in service
• The 1606 Extension SAN Switch supports simple point-to-point or comprehensive synchronous multisided SAN extension for a variety of strategic IT initiatives
• The 1606 Extension switch provides a platform for centralized backup which reduces backup and recovery times to improve service levels
• The 1606 switch enables unified management of Fiber Channel and FCIP network infrastructure to provide a central point of management for simplified administration
• The 1606 Extension Switch is fully compatible with the entire B-series family of FC switching platforms, delivering B-series advanced 8 Gb fabric services end-to-end over distance and providing investment protection for hardware
• For simplified administration, organizations can utilize the same familiar B-series Fabric OS (FOS) and SAN management tools that they use to operate and manage other B-series SAN Switch to leverage expertise and training across the data center staff