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

◦ 4-Gb and 8-Gb SFP optical transceivers (4-Gb SFPs operate at 1 Gb, 2 Gb, or 4 Gb.
8-Gb SFPs operate at 2 Gb, 4 Gb, or 8 Gb.)
◦ XFP optical transceivers (10-Gb/s)
◦ 10-Gb SFP optical transceivers
• All blades are serviced from the port side of the DC SAN Director. Blowers, power supplies,
and power cables are serviced from the non-port side.
• Improved cable management using a re-designed cable management comb and chassis door.
• Constant intake and FRU temperature monitoring.
• Redundant AC primary power connections to ensure high availability. Each power supply has
its own connector. Therefore, the number of primary power connections varies from two to
four.
Port side of the DC SAN Director
NOTE: Airflow in the DC SAN Director is from the non-port (non-cable) side to the port (cable)
side and out the exhaust vent.
Figure 1 (page 9) shows a sample configuration of the port side of the DC SAN Director.
Figure 1 Port side of the DC SAN Director (sample configuration)
4. FC8-48 Director blade1. Exhaust vent
5. Cable management comb2. Core switch blade (CR8)
3. CP blade (CP8)
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