HP 684429-001 

SN3000B 16 Gb 24‑Port Active Fibre Channel SAN Switch

The HP SN3000B (684429‑001) is a high-performance 16 Gb Fibre Channel switch designed for SAN edge or departmental storage networks. Configurable with 24 or 12 ports, it scales from 4 Gb/s to 16 Gb/s speeds without hardware changes. The switch offers a cost-effective, future-ready SAN solution—ideal for private cloud, virtualization, or hyper-scale environments—with support for hot upgrades and port licensing on demand (PoD). It provides automatic diagnostics and simple GUI management, ensuring scalable deployment while reducing operating overhead.

Features

This switch delivers up to 384 Gb/s aggregate bandwidth using 24 full-rate SFP+ B‑Series ports, supporting auto-negotiation between 4, 8, and 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel speeds . With frameswitching latency under 700 ns (and 400 ns for FEC-equipped ports), it ensures ultra-low-latency fabric performance for storage traffic . Available as a 1U rack unit, it supports optional redundant hot-swappable power supplies, port-on-demand scalability, and advanced fabric features like ISL trunking (up to eight trunked ports for 128 Gb/s aggregated), zoning, and fabric-wide QoS via Adaptive Networking

Advanced Options

The SN3000B is built for SAN reliability in mission-critical storage environments. It supports encrypted, redundant hot-swap power supplies and integrated cooling. Diagnostic Ports (D_Ports) accelerate fiber troubleshooting, while POST, FCTraceroute, FEC, and Fabric Vision enhance visibility of fabric health