HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.x administrator guide (5697-0244, November 2009)

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CP blades
CP blades determine the Director type:
• If CP2 blades are installed, the Director is a SAN Director 2/128.
• If CP4 blades are installed, the Director is a 4/256 SAN Director.
Mixed CP blades are not supported on a single chassis, except during specific upgrade procedures
detailed in the
SAN Director installation guide . HP recommends that each Director have only one type of
CP blade installed and that each CP (primary and secondary partition) maintains the same firmware
version.
Port blade compatibility
Table 55 identifies which blades are supported for each Director.
Setting chassis configuration options
The chassisConfig command allows you to set the chassis configuration for the SAN Director 2/128,
which supports both single domain and dual domain operation.
The 4/256 SAN Director allows you to use chassis configuration options 1 and 5. Configuration option 1
is compatible with FC4-16 blades; configuration option 5 is compatible with FC4-16IP, FC4-32, FR4-18i,
and FC4-48 blades.
48-port 4-Gbit/sec
port blades
FC4-48 36 A 48 port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4
Gbit/sec port speeds in chassis mode 5 with port and
exchange-based routing. This port blade is only compatible
with the 4/256 SAN Director CP blades.
16 -por t 4 - G bit/ s e c
port blade with 2-port,
1 GbE (FCIP)
capabilities
FR4-18i 24 A16-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also
has 2 GbE ports and is compatible only with the 4/256
SAN Director (using chassis configuration option 5).
8-port 1GbE iSCSI
ports and 8-port 4
Gbit/sec FC ports
FC4-16IP 31 The FC4-16IP blade enables bridging of iSCSI hosts to Fibre
Channel fabrics. It has 8 Fibre Channel optical SFP ports
and 8 GbE copper RJ-45 ports. This blade is compatible
only with the Brocade 48000 CP blades (using chassis
configuration option 5).
Term Abbreviation Blade ID
(slotshow)
Definition
Table 55 Blades Supported by Each Director
Director Port blades
FC-16 FC2-16 FC4-16 FC4-16IP FC4-32 FC4-48 FR4-18i
SAN
Director
2/128
(CP2)
Supported Supported Supported NA NA NA
4/256
SAN
Director
(CP4)
NA Supported
1
1. Can coexist only with FC4-16 blades.
Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported