HP Launches New Data Center Switch

HP Launches New Data Center Switch

CRN Network, July 12, 2010, 1100 hrs

In a bid to further its Converged Infrastructure strategy, HP recently launched new datacenter switch HP A5820.  The switch includes a new Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) module and is designed to improve application availability, increase deployment flexibility and lower the overall total cost of ownership (TCO) of the network infrastructure.

“Traditional data center networks are rigid, complex and expensive. As such, they are unable to keep pace with the increasing use of server virtualization and rapid changes in business demands”, said Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Country Manager, HP Networking, HP India.  “HP FCoE is an emerging technology that reduces network complexity, as well as costs, while complementing traditional Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage connectivity solutions”, he added.
The FCoE module for the HP A5820 data center switches and connects virtual and physical servers to Ethernet and storage networks. HP claims that the new solution will significantly simplify connectivity and reduce costs where the bulk of the complexity exists—at the server edge.