The HBA355e is a HBA with 4 external SAS Ports in a non raid fashion. Normaly thats used for a point to point connection and not like a fabric. A decade ago there was a SAS Switch made by LSI but that was never adopted by the big Vendors.
This is not a FC HBA or a Network card so you cant use Brocade like FC SAN switches or similar.
Dell Host Bus Adapter 355e(Dell HBA355e Adapter) is a non-RAID solution card that is used as a data controller by connecting to external JBODs and tape drives. The features of the cards include: All are PCIe cards with Gen 4 PCIe x eight host interfaces. All provide dual SAS/SATA Gen 3 device interfaces.
This HBA card you mentioned has slots only not any SFP+ modules: depending on the SFP+ module it can be compatible with SAN switches but we don't know what type of FC SFP+ modules used by customer.
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The HBA355e is a HBA with 4 external SAS Ports in a non raid fashion. Normaly thats used for a point to point connection and not like a fabric. A decade ago there was a SAS Switch made by LSI but that was never adopted by the big Vendors.
This is not a FC HBA or a Network card so you cant use Brocade like FC SAN switches or similar.
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May 22nd, 2023 00:00
ok thanks!
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IIRC there was also SAS switching in the HP C7000. But again it was years ago and ends with 6Gig/s or so.
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Hello, thanks for choosing Dell.
Dell Host Bus Adapter 355e(Dell HBA355e Adapter) is a non-RAID solution card that is used as a data controller by connecting to external JBODs and tape drives. The features of the cards include: All are PCIe cards with Gen 4 PCIe x eight host interfaces. All provide dual SAS/SATA Gen 3 device interfaces.
https://dell.to/3qjkPfF~?guid=guid-4e5b127f-13ac-48cf-adfe-3964428b5f24&lang=en-us#:~:text=Dell%20Host%20Bus%20Adapter%20355e,SATA%20Gen%203%20device%20interfaces.
https://dell.to/43TmDL5
This HBA card you mentioned has slots only not any SFP+ modules: depending on the SFP+ module it can be compatible with SAN switches but we don't know what type of FC SFP+ modules used by customer.