Pb-48K-18I Blade - EMC Connectrix B Series Hardware Reference Manual

Overview

PB-48K-18i blade

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The PB-48K-18i blade is optionally available for the ED-48000B. This
blade has 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre
Channel Routing Services, and 2 physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP
ports supporting the Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) feature. It
operates with the Fabric Operating System and can communicate
with another PB-48K-18i for both Fibre Channel Routing services and
FCIP, or an AP-7420B for Fibre Channel Routing Services.
The PB-48K-18i blade can be installed only in a ED-48000B director
configured in chassisConfig mode 5, with Fabric OS v5.1.0 or higher.
The PB-48K-18i blade requires that the ED-48000B have 4 power
supplies. A maximum of two PB-48K-18i blades can be installed in a
ED-48000B.
The PB-48K-18i blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel
Routing Services and FCIP. See the EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS
Administrator's Guide for information on configuring these features.
The PB-48K-18i blade provides the following features:
5 internal temperature sensors, 3 standalone and 2 inside the
voltage monitor chip (DS1780)
16 Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing
Services with link speeds up to 1, 2, or 4 Gbit/sec
2 GbE ports supporting the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing
Services with link speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec:
• Each GbE port can support up to 8 FCIP tunnels
• Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual
Fibre Channel E_Port
• Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link
• Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are
configured as VE_Ports, and do not merge if they are
configured as VEX_Ports. If VE_Ports are used in a Fibre
Channel Routing Services backbone fabric configuration, then
the backbone fabric merges, but the EX_Port-attached edge
fabrics do not merge. For more information see the EMC
Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.