HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide 201
Blade terminology and compatibility
Before configuring a chassis, familiarize yourself with the Director CP blade and port blade nomenclature,
as well as the port blade compatibilities. Often in procedures, only the abbreviated names for CP and port
blades are used (for example, the FC4-16 blade). Table 53 includes CP and port blade abbreviations and
descriptions.
CP blades
The 4/256 Director supports the CP4 blade. The DC Director supports the CP8 blade.
Mixed CP blades are not supported on a single chassis, except during specific upgrade procedures
detailed in the HP StorageWorks SAN Director hardware reference manual. CP4 and CP8 blades cannot
be mixed in the same chassis under any circumstances. HP recommends that each Director have only one
Table 53 Director terminology and abbreviations
Term Abbreviation Blade ID
(slotshow)
Definition
4/256 Director control
processor blade
CP4 16 The third generation CP blade provided with the 4/256 Director. This CP
supports 1, 2, 4, and 10 Gbps port speeds, as well as 16, 32, and 48-port
blades.
DC Director control
processor blade
CP8 50 The CP blade provided with the DC Director. This CP supports 1, 2, 4, 8, and
10 Gbps port speeds, as well as 16, 32, and 48-port blades.
DC Director core blade CR8 52 A 16-port blade that provides 8 Gbps connectivity between port blades in the
DC Director chassis.
16-port 2-Gbps port
blade
FC2-16 4 The second generation Director 16-port blade supporting 1 and 2 Gbps port
speeds. This port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades.
16-port 4-Gbps port
blade
FC4-16 17 The third generation Director 16-port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbps port
speeds. This port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades.
32-port 4-Gbps port
blade
FC4-32 18 A 32-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbps port speeds. This
port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades.
48-port 4-Gbps port
blade
FC4-48 36 A 48-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbps port speeds in
chassis mode 5 with port and exchange-based routing. This port blade is
compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP blades. FC4-48 blades do not
support FL_Ports.
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blade
FC8-16 21 A 16-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
32-port 8-Gbps port
blade
FC8-32 55 A 32-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. This
port blade is compatible only with the DC Director CP blades.
48-port 8-Gbps port
blade
FC8-48 51 A 48-port Director port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
FC8-48 blades support only F_Ports and E_Ports; FL_Ports are not supported.
This port blade is compatible only with the DC Director CP blades. FC8-48
blades do not support FL_Ports.
6-port 10-Gbps port
blade
FC10-6 39 A 6-port Director port blade supporting 10 Gbps port speed. Blade provides
10-Gbps ISLs. This port blade is compatible only with the 4/256 Director CP
blades (using chassis configuration option 5) and the DC Director CP blades.
Fibre Channel Router
blade
FR4-18i 24 A 16-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also has 2 GbE ports and
is compatible only with the 4/256 Director (using chassis configuration option
5) and the DC Director CP blades.
iSCSI Bridge blade FC4-16IP 31 An iSCSI bridge blade that enables bridging of iSCSI hosts to Fibre Channel
fabrics. It has 8 Fibre Channel optical SFP ports and 8 GbE copper RJ-45
ports. This blade is currently compatible with the 4/256 Director CP blades
(using chassis configuration option 5).