The HP QK711E StoreFabric SN8000b is a 9U rack-mounted Fibre Channel SAN director switch designed for large-scale storage networking environments. This Layer 2 managed switch features four expansion slots for port blade installation, enabling flexible configuration of 16Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity to meet enterprise storage fabric requirements. The Power Pack+ redundant power supply architecture ensures high availability for mission-critical SAN deployments. Compatible with HP ProLiant servers and enterprise storage arrays, the SN8000b supports both new installations and fabric consolidation scenarios. Typical applications include data center storage switching, virtualization infrastructure, backup and archival systems, and multi-site fabric replication. This unit is refurbished, tested and guaranteed, and available via quote.
