Core Blades; Port And Application Blade Compatibility; Port Blades Supported By Each Platform - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Mixed CP blades are not supported on a single chassis, except during specific upgrade procedures
detailed in the HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director Hardware Reference Manual. CP4 and CP8 blades
cannot be mixed in the same chassis under any circumstances. HP recommends that each platform have
only one type of CP blade installed and that each CP (primary and secondary partition) maintains the
same firmware version.
For more information on maintaining firmware in your enterprise-class platform, see Chapter 8,
and maintaining

Core blades

The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director supports two CORE8 core blades. This blade is used
for intra-chassis switching as well as ICL connectivity to another HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone
Director chassis.
The HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch supports two CR4S-8 core blades. This blade is used for
intra-chassis switching as well as ICL connectivity to another HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
or HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch chassis. This blade is not interchangeable or
hot-swappable with the HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director Core Blades. If you try to
interchange the blades they become faulty.
The HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director does not support core blades.

Port and application blade compatibility

Table 71 identifies which port and application blades are supported for each HP StorageWorks platform.
Table 71

Port blades supported by each platform

Port blades
HP StorageWorks SAN
Director 2/128 16-port
Blade
HP StorageWorks
4/256 SAN Director
16 Port 4Gb Blade
HP StorageWorks
4/256 SAN Director
32 Port 4Gb Blade
HP StorageWorks
4/256 SAN Director
48 Port 4Gb Blade
HP StorageWorks SAN
Director 16 Port 8Gb
FC Blade
HP StorageWorks SAN
Director 32 Port 8Gb
FC Blade
HP StorageWorks SAN
Director 48 Port 8Gb
FC Blade
HP StorageWorks SAN
Director 6 Port 10Gb
FC Blade
HP StorageWorks
B-Series iSCSI Director
Blade
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firmware" on page 213.
HP StorageWorks
4/256 SAN
Director (CP4)
1
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
HP StorageWorks
DC SAN Backbone
Director and HP
StorageWorks DC04
SAN Director Switch
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
N/A
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