B-Series Fibre Channel Switches - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Table 18 B-series Fibre Channel switches
HP StorageWorks switch name
HP StorageWorks Encryption SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks Encryption FC Blade
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class
HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director
base/power pack
HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch
HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director
1
FM = Fabric Manager
2
DCFM = Data Center Fabric Manager
3
The Encryption SAN Switch and Encryption FC Blade require DCFM Enterprise v10.1.2 or later, or DCFM Professional, Professional Plus,
Enterprise v10.3.0 or later
4
Using HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager (FM) 5.5 or earlier with Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later can result in problems with Zoning, Performance
monitoring, SYSLOG configuration, FICON wizards, IOD Delay, AAA replication, Port enable/disable, and other functions. Fabric Manager
is not recommended for fabrics running these versions of Fabric OS, and is not supported with Fabric OS 6.3.x.
96 B-series switches and fabric rules
Fabric Management
Firmware versions
6.3.1
6.2.1b
6.3.0c
6.2.1
6.3.0b
6.2.0g
6.3.0a
6.2.0e
6.3.0
6.2.0d
6.2.2a
6.2.0b
6.2.2
6.3.1 6.2.1
6.3.0c 6.2.0g
6.3.0b 6.2.0e
6.3.0a 6.2.0d
6.3.0 6.2.0b
6.2.2a 6.1.2b
6.2.2 6.1.2a
6.2.1b 6.1.2
6.3.1
6.2.1b
6.3.0c
6.2.1
6.3.0b
6.2.0g
6.3.0a
6.2.0e
6.3.0
6.2.0d
6.2.2a
6.2.0b
6.2.2
1 2
FM DCFM
10.3.3
10.3.1
3
10.3.0
N/A
10.1.4
10.1.3
10.1.2
10.3.3
10.3.1
10.3.0
4
5.5
10.1.4
10.1.3
10.1.2
10.3.3
10.3.1
10.3.0
N/A
10.1.4
10.1.3
10.1.2
Number of ports
32
16
1 to 16 internal
1 to 8 external
16 to 384
16 to 384
8 to 24
16 to 24
24 to 40
48 to 80
16 to 192