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Brocade and HP

Brocade and HP together have helped HP customers optimize their storage and server infrastructures with over 25,000 storage networks implemented world wide – and have shipped almost 13 million Fibre Channel ports.

HP, powered by Brocade, is a leader in storage networking:

  • HP has the largest installed base of SAN fabrics in the market
  • HP has over 3,400 SAN-certified engineers
  • HP supports the largest Fibre Channel fabrics in industry
  • HP and Brocade have integrated Software & Management Strategy
  • 10+ years of OEM partnership and collaboration
  • Significant Qualification Investments & Support Matrix
If you have a question about the Brocade and HP partnership, please send it to hp-sales@brocade.com.

    Product Category/Description Brocade Product Name HP Product Name
    Gen 5 Fibre Channel Enterprise Solutions
    384 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports or up to 512 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports Brocade DCX 8510 8-slot HP SN8000B SAN Director 8-slot
    192 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports or up to 256 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports Brocade DCX 8510 4-slot HP SN8000B SAN Director 4-slot
    384 port 8 Gbit/sec SAN Backbone Brocade DCX Backbone HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
    192-port 8 Gbit/sec SAN Backbone Brocade DCX-4S Backbone HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
    Gen 5 Fibre Channel Midrange SAN Solutions
    96 Fixed port Gen 5 (16 Gbps) Fibre Channel Switch Brocade 6520 HP StoreFabric SN6500B 96-port 64Gb Fibre Channel switch
    48-port 16 Gbit/sec mid-range FC switch Brocade 6510 HP SN6000B FC Switch
    40-port 8 Gbit/sec enterprise SAN switch Brocade 5100 HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch
    80-port 8 Gbit/sec midrange SAN switch Brocade 5300 HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch
    Gen 5 Fibre Channel Entry SAN Solutions
    24-port 16 Gbit/sec entry-level SAN switch Brocade 6505 HP SN3000B
    24-port 8 Gbit/sec entry-class SAN switch Brocade 300 HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switches
    Blade Server SAN I/O Modules
    24-port 8 Gbit/sec embedded SAN switch Brocade 5480 Brocade 8Gb SAN module for HP c-Class BladeSystem
    Specialty Switches
    Fibre Channel over Ethernet switch Brocade 8000 HP StorageWorks b-series Fibre Channel over Ethernet switch
    Fibre Channel over Ethernet Blade Brocade FCOE 10-24 HP StorageWorks 10-24 FCoE Blade
    Encryption Blade and switch Brocade Encryption Switch HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN switch AR944A
    Fabric Routing and Extension    
    12 x 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Ports, 10 x 1 GbE ports Extension Blade Brocade FX8-24 HP StorageWorks Multi-Protocol Extension Blade
    16 x 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Ports, 6 GbE ports Brocade 7800 HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch
    SAN Management Software
    Fabric Management Software Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager
    Advanced Fabric Services Brocade Enterprise Software Bundle HP StorageWorks Power Pack+ Software
    Server Connectivity
    Brocade 815/825 8 Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs Brocade 815/825 FC HBAs HP StorageWorks 81B PCIe 8Gb Fibre Channel Single Port Host Bus Adapter AP769A

    HP StorageWorks 82B PCIe 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Port Host Bus Adapter AP770A
    Brocade 415/425 4 Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs Brocade 415/425 FC HBAs HP StorageWorks 41B PCIe 4Gb Fibre Channel Single Port Host Bus Adapter AP767A

    HP StorageWorks 42B PCIe 4Gb Fibre Channel Dual Port Host Bus Adapter AP768A

    Brocade – HP Joint Solutions