Table 20 B-series legacy Fibre Channel switches and routers (part I)
Legacy HP StorageWorks switch name
HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-protocol Router
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch
full/power pack
HP StorageWorks 4/32B SAN Switch base
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32
base/full
HP StorageWorks 4/32 SAN Switch power
pack
HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch
base/power pack
HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch full
HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch base/full
HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch
full/power pack
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class
BladeSystem
HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8 EL, 2/8
power pack
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16, 2/16
EL, 2/16 power pack
1
FM = Fabric Manager
2
DCFM = Data Center Fabric Manager
3
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.
4
You cannot manage these switches with DCFM.
98
B-series switches and fabric rules
Firmware ver-
sions
FM
6.3.1
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
6.2.1
5.5
6.2.2a
6.2.0d
6.2.2
6.2.0b
6.2.1b
6.1.2b
6.2.1
6.1.2a
6.2.0g
6.1.2
6.2.0e
4
3.2.1c
Fabric Management
1
2
DCFM
10.3.3
10.3.1
10.3.0
10.1.4
10.1.3
10.1.2
3
N/A
Number of ports
16 at 1, 2, or 4 Gb/s Fibre
Channel
2 at 1 GbE
32
16 to 32
16/32
32
32/48/64
64
8
16
1 to 16 internal
1 to 8 external
8 internal
4 external
8
8
16
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