Dc San Director Blades; Blades Available For The Dc San Director - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Hardware Reference Manual

DC SAN Director blades

Table 2 describes the Director, CP, and core switch blades that are available for the DC SAN Director.
Table 2 Blades available for the DC SAN Director
Description
DC SAN Director CP blade
DC SAN Director core switch blade
16-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
32-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
48-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
6-port 10-Gb/s Director blade
B-Series MP Router Blade (Fibre
Channel router blade)
Name
CP8
CR8
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
FR4-18i
HP StorageWorks DC and DC04 SAN Backbone Director Switches
Function
The CP8 blade provides for manage-
ment of all other blades in the DC
SAN Director. There are two CP8
blades for redundancy. This CP
blade is also compatible with the
DC04 SAN Director.
The CR8 blade contains the ASICs
for switching between Director
blades. Every Director blade con-
nects to every core switch blade.
There are 384 total ports for Director
blades. Each core switch blade con-
nects to 192 backplane ports. Core
switch blades have additional front
port connectivity to connect multiple
chassis and backplane connections
for the storage server blade. This
core switch blade is compatible only
with the DC SAN Director.
A 16-port Director blade supporting
1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port speeds.
This Director blade is compatible
only with the 4/256 SAN Director
or DC SAN Director CP blades.
A 32-port Director blade supporting
1, 2, 4, and 8Gb/s port speeds.
A 48-port Director blade supporting
1, 2, 4, and 8Gb/s port speeds.
A 6-port Director blade supporting
10-Gb/s port speed. Blade provides
10-Gb/s ISLs. This Director blade is
compatible only with the 4/256
SAN Director or DC SAN Director
CP blades.
The FR4-18i blade integrates sixteen
physical FC SFP ports supporting FCR
Services and two physical Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports supporting
Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP). The
two physical GbE ports can support
up to sixteen virtual E_ports.
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