HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)

B Intelligent blades
This appendix provides information for the following blades:
• B-series MP Router blade (FR4-18i)
• HP DC Switch Encryption FC blade (FS8-18)
• DC Director Switch MP Extension blade (FX8-24)
• DC SAN Director 10/24 FCoE blade (FCOE10-24)
B-series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) overview
NOTE: The B-series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) is used in the DC SAN Director .
The optional B-series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) integrates 16 physical FC SFP ports supporting
the FC Routing Services, and two physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports supporting the FC
Over IP (FCIP) feature. It operates with the Fabric Operating System and can communicate with
another FR4-18i or an HP 400 Multi-protocol (MP) Router for both FC Routing services and FCIP,
or an HP Multi-protocol (MP) Router for FC Routing Services.
The FR4-18i blade is intended as a platform for FC Routing Services and FCIP. For information on
configuring these features, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.
The FR4-18i blade provides the following features:
• 16 FC SFP ports supporting the FC Routing Services with link speeds up to 1, 2, or 4 Gb/s.
• Two GbE ports supporting the FCIP and FC Routing Services with link speeds up to 1 Gb/s:
Each GbE port can support up to eight FCIP tunnels.◦
◦ Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual FC E_Port.
◦ FC Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link.
◦ Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are configured as VE_Ports, and do
not merge if they are configured as VEX_Ports. If VE_Ports are used in a FC Routing
Services backbone fabric configuration, then the backbone fabric merges, but the
EX_Port-attached edge fabrics do not merge. For more information, see the Fabric OS
Administrator's Guide.
Items included with the FR4-18i blade
The following items ship in the FR4-18i blade shipping carton:
• B-series MP Router blade (FR4-18i)
• One accessory kit
Optional items
Purchase the following items separately:
• 16 SFP transceivers
• Two SFP transceivers for the GbE ports
Installing and configuring the FR4-18i blade
To configure the FR4-18i blade, complete the tasks in this section.
Installing the FR4-18i blade in the Director
To install the FR4-18i blade:
1. Select an empty slot in the Director.
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