What port configuration and speed does HPE 481548-001 provide?

The 481548-001 blade offers 48 Fibre Channel ports operating at 8Gb/s each, compatible with 4/2/1Gbps autonegotiation. Total fabric throughput scales with director chassis, supporting wire-speed non-blocking forwarding for high-concurrency storage I/O in enterprise SANs.

Is DC power supported on this SAN switch blade?

Yes, designated as DC variant for direct current power sources, reducing AC-DC conversion losses in power-dense environments. Ideal for facilities with DC infrastructure, maintaining full 8Gb/s performance across all 48 ports.

What management interfaces are built into the blade?

Includes dedicated console management port for CLI access, uplink port for out-of-band connectivity, and USB port for firmware loading/local config. Enables standalone diagnostics without fabric manager dependency.

What are typical deployment scenarios for this blade?

Used in HPE StorageWorks DC SAN Director chassis for core/edge fabrics serving virtualization, databases, backups. Handles 1000+ node fabrics with features like NPIV, FICON, and multi-hop ISLs for metro-distance extension.

Does it support modular expansion or hot-plug replacement?

Designed as hot-pluggable blade for nondisruptive insertion/removal in active director chassis. No individual modular expansion per blade, but chassis supports multiple blades for port scaling up to director maximums.

What Fibre Channel features enhance reliability?

Supports fabric zoning, port trunking, failover, and RAS features like NSF and FDMI. Ensures <1μs latency at scale, with interoperability across Brocade/Gen5 standards for heterogeneous SAN integration.

481548-001 - HPE DC SAN Director Switch Blade Option Switch

Name: 481548-001 - HPE DC SAN Director Switch Blade Option Switch
Brand: HPE
SKU: 481548-001
Price: 115 USD
Availability: InStock

481548-001 - HPE DC SAN Director Switch Blade Option Switch | US IT Hardware

Product overview

The HPE 481548-001 is a high-performance 48-port 8Gb Fibre Channel blade option engineered for the HPE DC SAN Director Switch, providing datacenter-grade storage networking scalability. Supporting 8Gbps per port speeds, it facilitates non-blocking Fibre Channel fabrics for thousands of concurrent storage connections, ideal for consolidating enterprise SAN environments with massive data throughput demands. Key features include integrated console management port, uplink port, and USB port for simplified configuration, diagnostics, and firmware updates without external tools. DC power compatibility ensures energy-efficient operation in dense blade chassis deployments. This blade enhances fabric reliability through advanced zoning, ISL trunking, and failover capabilities, minimizing latency for mission-critical applications like virtualization clusters, database replication, and backup systems. Deploy in core SAN director roles to interconnect HBAs, storage arrays, and tape libraries across multi-site data centers, delivering robust performance for VMware, Oracle, and SQL workloads while supporting NPIV for VM-level granularity.

48 ports at 8Gb/s Fibre Channel speeds per blade.
DC power optimized for energy-efficient datacenter use.
Console, uplink, USB ports enable direct blade management.
Supports scalable SAN director fabrics up to thousands of ports.
Hot-pluggable blade design for nondisruptive maintenance.
Advanced zoning and ISL trunking for fabric reliability.

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Featuring

Manufacturer part #	481548-001
Brand	HPE
Condition	Refurbished
Model	DC SAN Director Switch Blade Option
Port Media	SFP+ Multi-mode
Product Line	StorageWorks DC SAN Director
Product Type	Fibre Channel SAN Switch Blade
Speed Support	1/2/4/8Gbps Auto

Power Consumption

Power Supply	DC

Compatible systems

Native integration with HPE DC SAN Director chassis and standard FC ecosystem; verify firmware for Gen5 interoperability.

HPE StorageWorks
Model: DC SAN Director Switch
Form factor: Blade Chassis
Generation: 8Gb
Primary host chassis for blade insertion.

Best for

SAN Core Switching
Serves as director-class core for large-scale FC fabrics connecting hundreds of hosts to storage arrays.
Data Center Fabric Expansion
Expands port count in blade chassis for high-density server-to-storage connectivity in rack-scale deployments.
Storage Consolidation
Consolidates multiple SAN islands into unified fabric supporting unified block storage access.
VMware VMotion
Enables low-latency FC transport for live VM migration across ESXi clusters with NPIV zoning.
Database Replication
Provides reliable high-bandwidth links for Oracle/SQL synchronous mirroring between primary/DR sites.
Backup Infrastructure
Connects backup servers to FC tape libraries and dedupe appliances for high-speed data protection.

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USB Port	Yes
Uplink Port	Yes
Console Port	Yes RJ45
Network Ports	48x 8Gb/s FC
Modular Expansion	Chassis Dependent

HPE DC SAN Director Switch Blade Option Switch