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allowed for each of those physical chassis.
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Physical chassis
40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
384-port Backbone Chassis
192-port Backbone Chassis
For the 40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch and the 80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch, any port can be assigned to
any logical switch. However, depending on the partition type, the backbone chassis have the port
requirements shown in
TABLE 34
Logical switch type
Default logical switch
Logical switch
Base switch
NOTE
In the 384-port Backbone Chassis, ports 48–63 of the FC 8 GB 64-port Blade are not supported in
the base switch, and ports 56–63 are not supported as E_Ports on the default logical switch. The
192-port Backbone Chassis does not have these limitations.

Configuring Virtual Fabrics

The Management application allows you to discover, enable, create, and manage Virtual
Fabric-capable physical chassis from the same interface.
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lists the Virtual Fabric-capable physical chassis and the number of logical switches
Maximum number of logical switches per chassis
Number of logical switches allowed
3
4
8
8
Table 34.
Blade and port types supported on logical switches
Ports
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•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
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•
•
•
Extension Blade—E_, F_, GE_, and VE_Ports
FC 10-6 ISL Blade—E_ and F_Ports
FC 8 GB Port Blade—E_ and F_Ports
10 Gig FCoE port Blade—E_ and F_Ports
8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports Extension Blade
•
FC ports: E_, F_, and VE_Ports
•
GE ports: VE_Ports
384-port and 192-port Backbone Chassis— ICL ports
Extension Blade—GE_ and VE_Ports
FC 8 GB Port Blade—E_ and F_Ports
8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports Extension Blade
•
FC ports: E_, F_, and VE_Ports
•
GE ports: VE_Ports
384-port and 192-port Backbone Chassis— ICL ports
Extension Blade—GE_ and VEX_Ports
FC 8 GB Port Blade—E_ and EX_Ports
8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports Extension Blade
•
FC ports: E_, EX_, VE_, and VEX_Ports
•
GE ports: VE_Ports
384-port and 192-port Backbone Chassis— ICL Ports
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