Usage; Fcoe Converged Network Switch Fabric Rules; Operating Systems And Storage Products; Fabric Rules For C-Series Nexus 5000 Converged Network Switches - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

High availability (see
Table 56 provides a comparison of the high-availability features for C-series Nexus 5000 Converged
Network Switches.
Table 56 C-series Nexus 5000 Series switch high-availability feature comparison
Redundant/
hot-swappable
Switch power
Nexus 5020 Yes/Yes
Nexus 5010 Yes/Yes

Usage

The Nexus 5000 Series switches are intended for use as edge switches, providing a bridge between
10 GbE and Fibre Channel protocols. (See

FCoE Converged Network switch fabric rules

This section describes the fabric rules for C-series FCoE CN switches and other factors you should
consider when building C-series FCoE CN fabrics. For general C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric
rules, see "Fibre Channel switch fabric

Operating systems and storage products

The fabric rules for C-series FCoE CN switches apply to SANs that include the operating systems and
storage products listed in
Table 57 C-series FCoE CN switch operating system and storage system support
Microsoft Windows
Linux
VMware ESX
For operating system and storage product version support, see the HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel
over Ethernet application note, available at http://www.hp.com/go/SDGmanuals.
Fabric rules for C-series Nexus 5000 Converged Network
Switches
This section describes the fabric rules for the C-series FCoE Converged Network switches and other
factors you should consider when building FCoE switch fabrics.
Table 56)
Redundant/
hot-swappable
cooling
Yes/Yes
Yes/Yes
rules" on page 146.
Table 57.
Operating systems
Redundant
control
Nondisruptive
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processor code activation
No No
No No
"FCoE fabric topologies" on page 52.)
Storage products
EVA8400/6400
EVA4400
EVA8100/8000/6100/6000/4100/4000/
MSA2000fc G2 (MSA2300fc)/MSA2000fc
P2000 G3 FC
XP24000/20000
XP12000/10000
SAN Design Reference Guide
Protocol
Expansion
module support support
Yes FC
IEEE DCB
Yes
10 GbE FCoE
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