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

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6 Installing the optional B-Series iSCSI Director Blade
This chapter provides the following information:
• Overview, page 143
• FC4-16IP supported features, page 144
• 4/256 SAN Director prerequisites for the FC4-16IP, page 144
• Items included with the FC4-16IP Blade, page 145
• Installing the FC4-16IP Blade, page 145
• Configuring the FC4-16IP Blade, page 148
Overview
The B-Series iSCSI Director Blade (FC4-16IP) enables bridging of iSCSI hosts to FC Fabrics. The port
blade integrates eight FC (optical SFP) ports, and eight Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) (copper RJ 45) ports.
NOTE: The number of initiators per port, blade, or chassis depend on the version of Fabric OS
and are subject to change from release to release. See the HP StoragWorks SAN design guide
available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide
The FC4-16IP blade can only be installed in a 4/256 SAN Director configured in chassisConfig
mode 5, with Fabric OS 5.2.1b or higher. The FC4-16IP blade requires that the 4/256 SAN
Director operate with four power supplies.
The FC4-16IP blade provides the following features:
• Condor ASIC
• Non-disruptive blade hot-insertion/removal
• Compatible with FC4-16, FC4-32, FC4-48, and FR4-18i in the same 4/256 SAN Director
chassis
• Five internal temperature sensors, three standalone and two in the voltage monitor chip
• Eight Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting link speeds of 1-, 2-, or 4-Gbit/sec
• Eight GbE ports for bridging iSCSI hosts:
• Support distances up to 100 m (328 ft) over Category 5e and Category 6 copper cabling
• The cable must contain four twisted copper wire pairs
• Support 1-Gbit/sec operation
• A blade power LED and a blade status LED
• For Fibre Channel ports, one green/amber status LED
• For GbE ports, one green LED for port status and one for link activity