HP B-series Fabric OS 7.0.2d Release Notes (5697-2822, August 2013--includes all 7.0.x versions)

The SN8000B 8 Gbps 32-port and 48-port Enhanced FC Blades and the SN3000B 16 Gbps FC
Switch must run Fabric OS 7.0.1 at a minimum.
Table 3 Blade Support Matrix for HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch and HP
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later with any mix, with
up to a maximum of eight blades on the HP SN8000B 8-Slot
FC16-32 (32-port 16 Gbps FC blade)
FC16-48 (48-port 16 Gbps FC blade)
director and up to a maximum of four blades on the HP
SN8000B 4-Slot director.
Supported with Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later with any mix, with
up to a maximum of eight blades of this type on the HP
FC8-64 (64-port 8 Gbps FC blade)
SN8000B 8-Slot director and up to a maximum of four blades
of this type on the HP SN8000B 4-Slot director.
NOTE: FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48 blades are not supported
on HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch and the
HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch running Fabric OS
7.0.0a or later.
Supported with Fabric OS 7.0.1 or later with any mix, with a
maximum of eight blades on the HP SN8000B 8-Slot Director
FC8-32E (32-port 8 Gbps FC blade)
FC8-48E (48-port 8 Gbps FC blade)
and a maximum of four blades on the HP SN8000B 4-Slot
Director.
NOTE: 16 Gbps SFP+ is not supported in the FC8-32E and
FC8-48E blades.
Not supportedFC10-6 (6-port 10 Gbps FC ISL blade)
Not supportedFR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this typeFS8-18 (Encryption Blade)
Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this typeFX8-24 (Next Generation Distance Extension Blade)
Not supportedFCOE10-24 (FCoE/L2 CEE blade)
Power supply requirements for Director blades
Table 4 (page 16), Table 5 (page 17), and Table 6 (page 18), list power supply requirements for
Director blades to provide full redundancy (220 VAC power is assumed).
Table 4 Power supplies required for blades in DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director chassis
DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN DirectorDirector blade
Two power supplies
1
FC8-16
FC8-32
Two power supplies
2
FC8-48
FC8-64
FC10-6
Two power supplies. The FC4-16IP blades are not supported
in the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director.
2
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Two power supplies. For the DC SAN Backbone Director with
three or more FS8-18 blades, (2+2) 220 VAC power supplies
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC Blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade)
are required for redundancy. For one or two FS8-18 blades,
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
only two power supplies are required for redundancy. For
the DC04 SAN Director, only two 220 VAC power supplies
are required for redundancy with any number of FS8-18
blades.
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