Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Blade terminology and compatibility
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CP blades
The control processor (CP) blade provides redundancy and acts as the main controller on the
enterprise-class platforms. The Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, and the Brocade DCX 8510 family support
the CP8 blades.
The CP blades in the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, and the Brocade DCX 8510 family are hot-swappable.
The CP8 blades are fully interchangeable among Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX
8510-8 platforms. You can correct this issue by upgrading the firmware on the CP blade in a
Brocade DCX or DCX-4S chassis.
Brocade recommends that each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same
firmware version.
For more information on maintaining firmware in your enterprise-class platform, refer to Chapter 9,
“Installing and Maintaining Firmware”.
6-port 10-Gbps port blade FC10-6 39 A 6-port Brocade platform port blade supporting 10 Gbps
port speed. Blade provides 10 Gbps ISLs. This port blade
is compatible only with the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S and
can be used to form ISLs only between other FC10-6
ports.
32-port 16-Gbps port blade FC16-32 97 A 32-port Brocade platform port blade supporting 2, 4, 8,
10, and 16 Gbps port speeds.
NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the
10G license.
48-port 16-Gbps port blade FC16-48 96 A 48-port Brocade platform port blade supporting 2, 4, 8,
10, and 16 Gbps port speeds.
NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the
10G license.
Fibre Channel Router blade FR4-18i 24 A 16-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also
has 2 GbE ports and is compatible only with the Brocade
DCX and DCX-4S CP blades.
Brocade Encryption blade FS8-18 68 An application blade that provides high performance
32-port auto-sensing 8 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
with data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data
compression capabilities.
Converged Enhanced
Ethernet blade
FCOE10-24 74 An application blade that provides Converged Enhanced
Ethernet to bridge a Fibre Channel and Ethernet SAN.
This blade is supported only on the Brocade DCX and
DCX-4S.
DCX Extension blade FX8-24 75 A 24-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also
has 10 1-GbE and two 10-GbE ports and is compatible
with the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, and DCX 8510 family CP
blades.
TABLE 6 Brocade enterprise-class platform blade terminology (Continued)
Term Abbreviation Blade ID
(slotshow)
Definition