HP StorageWorks SAN Director Installation Guide (A7393-90009, May 2007)

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5 Installing the optional B-Series MP Router blade
This chapter provides the following information:
• Installation requirements, page 135
• Items included with the B-Series MP Router blade, page 136
• Installing and configuring the B-Series MP Router blade, page 136
• Recommendations for cable management, page 141
Installation requirements
The B-Series MP Router blade can only be installed in a 4/256 SAN Director model. Up to two
B-Series MP Router blades can be installed in a single chassis in any of the slots 1 through 4 or 7
through 10.
To install and operate the B-Series MP Router blade successfully, verify the following:
• The 4/256 SAN Director has an available slot in which to install the B Series MP Router blade.
• The 4/256 SAN Director is configured in chassisConfig mode 5. Enter the
chassisConfig command to view the current mode. Note that a change to the
chassisConfig mode requires a reboot and is disruptive to switch operation.
• The 4/256 SAN Director operates with Fabric OS 5.1.x or higher installed.
• The 4/256 SAN Director must have four (4) power supplies installed prior to installing the
B-Series MP Router blade.
• To ensure adequate cooling when installing two B-Series MP Router blades, HP recommends that
you have one blade in slots 1 through 4 and another blade in slots 7 through 10.
• The B-Series MP Router blade behavior is to power up in an offline (disabled) state until the ports
are configured, then use the portcfgpersistentenable command to enable the ports.
• Verify that the ambient air temperature does not exceed 40
° C (104° F) and that the ambient
humidity remains between 20% and 85% while the switch is operating.
For MP Router blade supported configurations, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design reference
guide:
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide