Lifecycle

Obsolete Date 31-08-2026
End of support date 30-06-2028

Specifications

Warranty 3-0-0
Platform supported HPE ProLiant ML and DL Gen10 and Gen10 Plus servers
Number of ports Single or dual
Management features HPE GreenLake for Storage Fabric Management
Bus type PCI 3.0
Connector type Shortwave SFP+
Server type supported Most HPE ProLiant Gen10 and Gen10 Plus Servers
Power Single Port 9.3 Watts Max, Dual Port 14 Watts Max
Data rate 16 Gb/s
Supported cables OM3 or OM4 shortwave, 50 micron up to 100 meters
Form factor Stand-up PCI
Compatible array platforms HPE MSA family, HPE XP family, HPE 3PAR family, HPE Nimble Storage family, HPE Alletra storage family Visit www.hpe.com/storage/spock for the latest available information on array support.
Compatible operating systems Microsoft Windows Red Hat® Linux® SUSE Linux VMware® visit www.hpe.com/storage/spock for the latest available information on operating system support.

Overview

Is your remote office, department or company looking to consolidate data spread across multiple HPE ProLiant servers into a highly reliable and affordable SAN? There are many benefits to a consolidated storage strategy. The HPE SN1100Q 16Gb Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) build a Fibre Channel connection when installed into an HPE ProLiant server and cabled to a switch and storage device. Multiple physical HPE ProLiant servers and/or virtual servers can be routed using a Fibre Channel switch to an HPE storage array such as the HPE MSA, HPE Nimble Storage or HPE Alletra storage devices. This level of consolidation concentrates storage management on one storage device and provides an equally powerful and reliable connection for each server and its applications. Additionally, an onsite data protection device such as a disk or tape backup can leverage the same Fibre Channel infrastructure helping eliminate slow over-the-network backups.

What's new

Lowest entry point to any SAN configuration

Features

The SN1100Q 16Gb HBA uses Fibre Channel as the data transport protocol. That protocol has no IP address and requires other devices to use the Fibre Channel protocol. This protocol helps eliminate any outside communications making it impervious to outside attacks.

The Fibre Channel protocol is the most secure method to deliver data SAN Delivers a Compounding Set of Application and Storage Benefits

Implement a high-performance SAN data connection for improving database performance and their applications.

If using virtual servers, realize each server will generate their I/O that could overrun an Ethernet network but would be accelerated on a Fibre Channel SAN network.

Sharing a high-speed storage array helps maximize HPE ProLiant servers and their associated application performance while allowing storage management tasks to be performed on one storage device — not repetitive storage tasks at each HPE ProLiant.

If physical servers are not part of the expansion strategy, virtual servers can be introduced with similar ease with products like VMware vSphere® Storage vMotion® where, for example, you can move multiple virtual machines onto a new server in the SAN.

A Fibre Channel SAN allows for the introduction of additional HPE ProLiant servers if there are available active Fibre Channel switch ports. Generally, an HPE ProLiant server can be introduced, configured, and booted without disruption to the existing devices.

Expand or Contract the SAN as Needed

While the Fibre Channel protocol can securely deliver data on a connection, Fibre Channel also allows multiple physical connections from server to storage to reduce potential downtime from issues such as bad or unplugged cables, faulty connectors, faulty switch ports or weak storage controllers.

Data delivery is performed with extra features designed to automate error correction to prevent delivery retries.