HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)

DC SAN Director blades
Table 1 (page 11) describes the Director, CP, and core switch blades that are available for the
DC SAN Director.
Table 1 Blades available for the DC SAN Director
FunctionNameDescription
The CP8 blade provides for management of all other blades in the
DC SAN Director. There are two CP8 blades for redundancy. This
CP blade is also compatible with the DC04 SAN Director.
CP8DC SAN Director CP blade
The CR8 blade contains the ASICs for switching between Director
blades. Every Director blade connects to every core switch blade.
CR8DC SAN Director core switch blade
There are 512 total ports for Director blades. Each core switch
blade connects to 128 backplane ports. Core switch blades have
additional front port connectivity to connect multiple chassis and
backplane connections for the storage server blade. This core
switch blade is compatible with the DC SAN Director only.
A 16-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port
speeds. This Director blade is compatible with the 4/256 SAN
Director or DC SAN Director CP blades only.
FC8-1616-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 32-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port
speeds.
FC8-3232-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 48-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port
speeds.
FC8-4848-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 64-port Director blade supporting 2, 4 and 8-Gb/s port speeds.
NOTE: This blade cannot be in the same chassis with an
FCOE10-24 blade.
FC8-6464-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 6-port Director blade supporting 10-Gb/s port speed. The blade
provides 10-Gb/s ISLs. This Director blade is compatible with the
4/256 SAN Director or DC SAN Director CP blades only.
FC10-66-port 10-Gb/s Director blade
The FR4-18i blade integrates 16 physical FC SFP ports supporting
FCR Services and 2 physical GbE SFP ports supporting FCIP. Each
of the 2 physical GbE ports can support up to 8 virtual E_Ports.
FR4-18iB-series MP Router blade (FC router blade)
The FS8-18 blade enables data cryptographic
(encryption/decryption) and data-compression capabilities. It has
FS8-18HP DC Switch Encryption FC blade
16 FC optical SFP ports. This application blade is compatible with
the DC SAN Director and DC04 SAN Director.
The FX8-24 blade enables FCIP functionality over existing IP
infrastructure. It has 12 FC ports, 10 1-GbE ports, and 2 10-GbE
FX8-24HP DC Director Switch Multiprotocol
Extension blade
ports. This application blade is compatible with the DC SAN
Director and DC04 SAN Director.
The FCOE10-24 blade enables FCoE functionality over existing
Ethernet infrastructure utilizing CEE protocols. It has 24 10-GbE
FCOE10-24HP DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE blade
ports. This application blade is compatible with the DC SAN
Director and DC04 SAN Director.
NOTE: This blade cannot be used in the same chassis with an
FC8-64 blade.
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