Cp Blades; Port Blade Compatibility; Setting Chassis Configuration Options - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Term
48-port 4-Gbit/sec
port blades
16-port 4-Gbit/sec
port blade with 2-port,
1 GbE (FCIP)
capabilities
8-port 1GbE iSCSI
ports and 8-port 4
Gbit/sec FC ports

CP blades

CP blades determine the Director type:
• If CP2 blades are installed, the Director is a SAN Director 2/128.
• If CP4 blades are installed, the Director is a 4/256 SAN Director.
Mixed CP blades are not supported on a single chassis, except during specific upgrade procedures
detailed in the
CP blade installed and that each CP (primary and secondary partition) maintains the same firmware
version.

Port blade compatibility

Table 55 identifies which blades are supported for each Director.
Table 55 Blades Supported by Each Director
Director
SAN
Director
2/128
(CP2)
4/256
SAN
Director
(CP4)
1. Can coexist only with FC4- 1 6 blades.

Setting chassis configuration options

The chassisConfig command allows you to set the chassis configuration for the SAN Director 2/128,
which supports both single domain and dual domain operation.
The 4/256 SAN Director allows you to use chassis configuration options 1 and 5. Configuration option 1
is compatible with FC4- 1 6 blades; configuration option 5 is compatible with FC4- 1 6IP, FC4-32, FR4- 1 8i,
and FC4-48 blades.
Abbreviation Blade ID
(slotshow)
FC4-48 36
FR4- 1 8i 24
FC4- 1 6IP 31
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Port blades
FC-16 FC2-16
Supported Supported Supported
NA Supported
1
Definition
A 48 port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4
Gbit/sec port speeds in chassis mode 5 with port and
exchange-based routing. This port blade is only compatible
with the 4/256 SAN Director CP blades.
A16-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also
has 2 GbE ports and is compatible only with the 4/256
SAN Director (using chassis configuration option 5).
The FC4- 1 6IP blade 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 compatible
only with the Brocade 48000 CP blades (using chassis
configuration option 5).
. HP recommends that each Director have only one type of
FC4-16 FC4-16IP
Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported
FC4-32 FC4-48
NA NA
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FR4-18i
NA