Network Cables User Manual

Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide 1
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Chapter
1
Host Management Overview
In this chapter
•Host bus adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
•HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
•HCM features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
•Tree node pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Host bus adapters
Brocade offers five models of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). These models provide
reliable, high-performance host connectivity for mission-critical SAN environments. The Brocade
HBAs are listed in Table 1.
Using Brocade HBAs, you can connect your server (host system) to devices on the Fibre Channel
SAN. The combined high performance and proven reliability of a single-ASIC design makes these
HBAs ideal for connecting hosts to SAN fabrics based on Brocade Fabric or M-Enterprise operating
systems.
NOTE
Brocade 804 mezzanine cards connect to the embedded switch modules or embedded interconnect
modules on the Blade System chassis by way of an internal backplane and therefore, no optical
modules (SFPs) are involved. With the exception of no SFPs, the Brocade 804 mezzanine FC HBA
card functions the same as the other Brocade HBAs.
TABLE 1 Brocade Fibre Channel HBA models
Model Number Port Speed Number of Ports
415 4 Gbps maximum
2
1
425 4 Gbps maximum
2
2
804 8 Gbps maximum 2
815 8 Gbps maximum
1
1
825 8 Gbps maximum
1
2
1
A 4 Gbps SFP installed in Brocade 815 or 825 HBAs allows 4, 2, or 1 Gbps speed only.
2
An 8 Gbps SFP installed in Brocade 425 or 415 HBAs allows 2 or 4 Gbps speed only.