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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 5-5
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
Basic Blade Management
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Table 5-1 SilkWorm Director Terminology and Abbreviations
Term Abbreviation Blade ID Definition
SilkWorm 12000 control
processor blade
CP1 1 The first generation CP blade provided with the SilkWorm
12000. This CP supports 1 and 2 Gbit/sec port speeds. It only
supports the dual domain configuration within the chassis.
SilkWorm 24000 control
processor blade
CP2 5 The second generation CP blade provided with the SilkWorm
24000. This CP supports 1 and 2 Gbit/sec port speeds. It
supports both the dual domain and a single domain
configuration within the chassis.
SilkWorm 48000 control
processor blade
CP4 16 The second generation CP blade provided with the SilkWorm
48000. This CP supports 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec port speeds, as
well as 16 and 32-port blades.
16-port 2-Gbit/sec port
blade
FC-16 2 The first generation SilkWorm director 16-port blade
supporting 2 Gbit/sec port speeds. This port blade is only
compatible with the SilkWorm 12000 or SilkWorm 24000
CP blades.
16-port 2-Gbit/sec port
blade
FC2-16 4 The second generation SilkWorm director 16 port blade
supporting 1 and 2 Gbit/sec port speeds. This port blade is
only compatible with the SilkWorm 24000 or SilkWorm
48000 CP blades.
16-port 4-Gbit/sec port
blade
FC4-16 17 The third generation SilkWorm director 16 port blade
supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec port speeds. This port blade is
only compatible with the SilkWorm 24000 or SilkWorm
48000 CP blades. FC4-16 blades do not support private
devices.
32-port 4-Gbit/sec port
blade
FC4-32 18 A 32 port SilkWorm director port blade supporting 1, 2, and
4 Gbit/sec port speeds.This port blade is only compatible
with the SilkWorm 48000 CP blades.
FC4-32 blades do not support private devices.
D1 Chassis n/a n/a The first generation chassis. These chassis have a
manufacture date prior to January 1, 2004. In Fabric OS
5.0.1, use the chassisShow command to view the backplane
revision number for this chassis, 0x1F.
D2 Chassis n/a n/a The second generation chassis. These chassis have a
manufacture date from to January 1, 2004 to May 1, 2005. In
Fabric OS 5.0, use the chassisShow command to view the
backplane revision number for this chassis, 0x1D.
D3 Chassis n/a n/a The third generation chassis. These chassis have a
manufacture date from to May 1, 2005 to the present. In
Fabric OS 5.0, use the chassisShow command to view the
backplane revision number for this chassis, 0x1B.