AM866A HP 8/8 Base E-Port Fibre Channel San Switch

AM866A Overview

The HP AM866A 8/8 Base E-Port Fibre Channel SAN Switch is a rack-mountable SAN switch designed to provide high-performance connectivity for storage area networks (SANs). It features 8 Fibre Channel ports configured as E-ports, which are typically used to connect to other switches in a fabric, enabling inter-switch links (ISLs) for scalable SAN topologies.This switch supports high-speed Fibre Channel communication, usually up to 8Gbps, providing low-latency, high-throughput connections between servers and storage devices. It is ideal for enterprise storage networks, virtualization environments, and mission-critical applications where reliable and fast data transfer is essential.