HPE C-series Switch Software Licenses: технические характеристики и документация

HPE C-series Switch Software Licenses

Cisco's NX-OS is the underlying system software that powers the award winning Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer switches. The standard NX-OS software package is bundled at no charge with HPE C-series MDS 9000 series switches and includes a base set of features. Cisco Systems believes the standard features are required by most customers to build storage area networks (SAN). The C-series MDS switch also has a set of additional advanced traffic engineering and advanced security features recommended for all Enterprise SANs. The additional features are bundled together in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Package.

Models

Electronic Licenses

Description

SKU

HPE SN6000C Enterprise Package E-LTU

A7515AAE

HPE SN6500C/SN6640C Enterprise Package E-LTU

A7516AAE

HPE SN8000C Enterprise Package E-LTU

A7517AAE     

HPE SN8500C/SN8700C Enterprise Package E-LTU

TC459AAE

Key Features

• Port security
• Switch-switch and host-switch authentication
• Inter-VSAN routing (IVR) over Fibre Channel
• VSAN-based access control
• Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) authentication
• Advanced traffic engineering-quality of service (QoS)
• Fabric binding for open systems
• IKE and SSH digital certificates
• Some features are not supported on  SN6000C (MDS 9100 series) switches, such as:

­ IP security (IPsec) protocol for iSCSI and FCIP for MDS9222i and SN6500C (MDS9250i) switches

­ SCSI flow statistics

­ Extended credits

­ Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel Link Encryption

Customer Benefits

• Inter-VSAN Routing enables sharing of resources across VSANs without compromising the VSAN benefits of scalability, reliability, availability and security.
• Inter-VSAN Routing can be used in conjunction with FCIP to create more efficient business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
• The QoS feature in Cisco NX-OS allows for data traffic to be classified into distinct levels for service differentiation.
• Switch to switch and host to switch authentication helps to eliminate disruptions that may occur due to unauthorized devices connecting to a large enterprise fabric.
• Individual port security locks mappings of entities to switch ports which assures SAN security is not compromised due to unauthorized devices connecting to a switch port.
• VSAN-based access control adds a layer of security where only administrators can configure switches within specified VSANs.

Inter VSAN Routing

Inter-VSAN routing enables selective transfer of data traffic between specific initiators and targets on different virtual SANs (VSANs) without merging VSANs into a single logical fabric. Fibre Channel control traffic does not flow between VSANs, nor can initiators access resources except for the ones designated with Inter-VSAN Routing.

Quality of Service (QoS)

The QoS feature allows for data traffic to be classified into distinct levels for service differentiation.

Switch-Switch and Host-Switch Authentication

Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) capabilities in Cisco NX-OS provide switch-switch and host-switch authentication.

Port Security

Locks down the mapping of an entity to a switch port. The entity can be a host, target, or switch and is identified by its Worldwide Number (WWN).

VSAN Based Access Control

Enables customers to define roles where the scope of the roles is limited to certain VSANs. For example, a network administrator role can be set up to allow configuration of all platform-specific capabilities, while VSAN-administrator roles can be set up to only allow configuration and management of specific VSANs.

Hardware Prerequisites

Refer to Cisco Enterprise Package Release Notes http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/prod_release_notes_list.html

Distribution Media

Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise Package is a firmware resident Java based application within an MDS 9000 series switch.

Software Licensing

Cisco MDS 9000 Enterprise package and the  C-series Enterprise Licenses are licensed per MDS 9000 series switch.

Software Warranty

Hewlett Packard Enterprise warrants that the software media will be free of physical defects for a period of 90 days from delivery.

Software Technical Support and Update Service

HPE C-series Switch Software Licenses include one year of 9x5 HPE Software Technical Support and Update Service. This service is available 9 hours per day between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time, Monday through Friday excluding Hewlett Packard Enterprise holidays. The service provides access to Hewlett Packard Enterprise technical resources for assistance in resolving software operations issues, and, also provides access to software updates and reference manuals in electronic form.

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