Blade Terminology And Compatibility; Cp Blades; Director Terminology And Abbreviations - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Blade terminology and compatibility

Before configuring a chassis, familiarize yourself with the Director CP blade and port blade nomenclature,
as well as the port blade compatibilities. Often in procedures, only the abbreviated names for CP and port
blades are used (for example, the FC4- 1 6 blade).
descriptions.
Table 53

Director terminology and abbreviations

Term Abbreviation
4/256 Director control CP4
processor blade
DC Director control CP8
processor blade
DC Director core blade CR8
16-port 2-Gbps port FC2- 1 6
blade
16-port 4-Gbps port FC4- 1 6
blade
32-port 4-Gbps port FC4-32
blade
48-port 4-Gbps port FC4-48
blade
16-port 8-Gbps port FC8- 1 6
blade
32-port 8-Gbps port FC8-32
blade
48-port 8-Gbps port FC8-48
blade
6-port 10-Gbps port FC10-6
blade
Fibre Channel Router FR4- 1 8i
blade
iSCSI Bridge blade FC4- 1 6IP

CP blades

The 4/256 Director supports the CP4 blade. The DC Director supports the CP8 blade.
Mixed CP blades are not supported on a single chassis, except during specific upgrade procedures
detailed in the HP StorageWorks SAN Director hardware reference manual. CP4 and CP8 blades cannot
be mixed in the same chassis under any circumstances. HP recommends that each Director have only one
Table 53
Blade ID Definition
(slotshow)
16 The third generation CP blade provided with the 4/256 Director. This CP
supports 1, 2, 4, and 10 Gbps port speeds, as well as 16, 32, and 48-port
blades.
50 The CP blade provided with the DC Director. This CP supports 1, 2, 4, 8, and
10 Gbps port speeds, as well as 16, 32, and 48-port blades.
52 A 16-port blade that provides 8 Gbps connectivity between port blades in the
DC Director chassis.
4 The second generation Director 16-port blade supporting 1 and 2 Gbps port
speeds. This port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades.
17 The third generation Director 16-port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbps port
speeds. This port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades.
18 A 32-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbps port speeds. This
port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades.
36 A 48-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbps port speeds in
chassis mode 5 with port and exchange-based routing. This port blade is
compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades. FC4-48 blades do not
support FL_Ports.
21 A 16-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
55 A 32-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. This
port blade is compatible only with the DC Director CP blades.
51 A 48-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
FC8-48 blades support only F_Ports and E_Ports; FL_Ports are not supported.
This port blade is compatible only with the DC Director CP blades. FC8-48
blades do not support FL_Ports.
39 A 6-port Director port blade supporting 10 Gbps port speed. Blade provides
10-Gbps ISLs. This port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP
blades (using chassis configuration option 5) and the DC Director CP blades.
24 A 16-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also has 2 GbE ports and
is compatible only with the 4/256 Director (using chassis configuration option
5) and the DC Director CP blades.
31 An iSCSI bridge blade that enables bridging of iSCSI hosts to Fibre Channel
fabrics. It has 8 Fibre Channel optical SFP ports and 8 GbE copper RJ-45
ports. This blade is currently compatible with the 4/256 Director CP blades
(using chassis configuration option 5).
includes CP and port blade abbreviations and
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