HP B-series Fabric OS 6.3.2e Release Notes (5697-1816, March 2012) - includes all 6.3.2x versions

Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with any mix, with up to eight blades of each type.
No intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director must run
FC4-16
FC4-32
Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-16 port blade,
FC4-48
and Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later to support the FC8-32 and
FC8-48 port blades.
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
Up to four blades of this typeFC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Up to two blades of this type. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can
be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP
without routing.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.3.2e is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 3 (page
15).
Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with
up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone
FC8-16
FC8-32
Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN
FC8-48
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up
to four blades.
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. Up
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only
for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing on the DC SAN
Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric
OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades.
Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director or
DC04 SAN Director
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of two
blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade)
Blade can be installed in the same chassis only with FC8-xx
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
and/or FC10-6 blades. It is not supported in the chassis with
any other blades.
Power supply requirements for Director blades
Table 4 (page 16) lists power supply requirements for Director blades to provide full redundancy
(220 VAC power is assumed).
IMPORTANT: Director blades must meet the minimum Fabric OS levels to operate in the Director
chassis. For example, the FC8-32 is not supported in the 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS
6.0.x.
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