Core Blades; Port Blade Compatibility; Setting Chassis Configuration Options For The 4/256 Director; Port Blades Supported By Each Director - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

type of CP blade installed and that each CP (primary and secondary partition) maintains the same
firmware version.

Core blades

The DC Director supports two CR8 core blades. This blade is used for intra-chassis switching as well as ICL
connectivity to another DC Director chassis.
The 4/256 Director does not support core blades.

Port blade compatibility

Table 54 identifies which port blades are supported for each Director.
Table 54

Port blades supported by each Director

Port blades
FC2- 1 6
FC4- 1 6
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8- 1 6
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
FC4- 1 6IP
1. Can coexist only with FC4- 1 6 blades.

Setting chassis configuration options for the 4/256 Director

The chassisConfig command allows you to display or set the chassis configuration on the 4/256
Director.
The 4/256 Director allows you to use chassis configuration options 1 and 5. Configuration option 1 is
compatible with FC2- 1 6 and FC4- 1 6 blades; configuration option 5 is compatible with FC8- 1 6, FC4- 1 6IP,
FC4- 1 6, FC4-32, FR4- 1 8i, and FC4-48 blades.
The DC Director does not have separate configuration options, so the chassisConfig command is not
supported on this platform. By default the DC Director supports 384 ports in a single Fibre Channel
domain.
Table 55 lists the supported configuration options for the 4/256 Director.
Table 55

Supported configuration options

Option Number
of
domains
1 1
5 1
1. L_Ports are not supported on the FC4-48 blade.
200 Configuring Directors
Director
4/256 Director
(CP4)
1
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
N/A
N/A
Supported
Supported
Maximum Supported port blades Supported
number of ports
per switch
128 FC2- 1 6, FC4- 1 6
384 FC4- 1 6, FC8- 1 6,
FC4- 1 6IP, FC4-32,
FC4-48
DC Director
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
N/A
CP blades
CP2 or CP4
CP4
1
, FR4- 1 8i
Notes
Option 5 is the
default configuration
option for 4/256
Director.