Fabric Rules For C-Series Fibre Channel Switches; C-Series Fibre Channel Switch Fabric Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Fabric rules for C-series Fibre Channel switches

The following fabric rules apply to all C-series Fibre Channel SANs. They also apply, in general, to
HP XP Continuous Access and HP Continuous Access EVA configurations. However, additional rules
apply to HP Continuous Access implementations. See the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA
Planning Guide for detailed information.
Table 50 lists the rules for creating a SAN with C-series Fibre Channel switches.
Table 50 C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules
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MDS 9124, MDS 9124e, and MDS 9134 support a maximum of 16 VSANs.
NOTE:
Not all topologies can support the maximum port or switch count.
148 C-series switches and fabric rules
Up to 60 MDS switches with up to 4,000 total ports and 3,500 user ports in a fabric
MDS 9506 switch supports up to 192 ports over four modular slots (four 48-port modules).
(See "C-series Fibre Channel
MDS 9509 switch supports up to 336 ports over seven modular slots (seven 48-port modules).
(See "C-series Fibre Channel
Note: This requires Supervisor-2 Module.
MDS 9513 switch supports up to 528 ports over eleven modular slots (eleven 48-port modules).
(See "C-series Fibre Channel
Maximum of seven switch hops (eight switches) between any two communicating devices
Maximum of 80 VSANs per fabric
Note: VSANs and IVR are not supported on the MDS 9020. IVR is not supported on the MDS
9124, MDS 9124e, and MDS 9134.
Maximum of 10,000 IVR shared devices per routed fabric
Maximum of 8,000 IVR zones per routed fabric
Persistent FCID mode (default setting) is required on all C-series Fibre Channel switches in
fabrics or VSANs that include HP-UX or IBM AIX servers, when implementing port-based fabric
zoning.
NPV mode with Cisco MDS 9124e for HP c-Class BladeSystem, MDS 9124, and MDS 9134
require SAN-OS 3.2(1a) or later. NPV mode supports interoperability with B-series firmware
5.3.0, 5.3.0b, and 6.1.0d, and M-series firmware 09.06.02. (See
N_Port Virtualization mode" on page 192.)
FCIP is supported with IPsec data encryption using the 18/4 Multiservice Module, 14/2 Multi-
protocol Services Module, MDS 9216i, and MDS 9222i. IPsec is supported with Continuous
Access EVA and Continuous Access XP.
Description
switches" on page 135 for information about the 48-port module.)
switches" on page 135 for information about the 48-port module.)
switches" on page 135 for information about the 48-port module.)
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