HP StorageWorks B-Series Multi-protocol Router Blade Installation Guide (A7990-90002, June 2006)

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1 Introducing the B-Series MP Router blade
This chapter provides the following information:
• Overview, page 11
• Managing the B-Series MP Router blade, page 14
• Supported Features, page 15
Overview
The B-Series MP Router blade integrates 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre
Channel Routing Services, and 2 physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports supporting the Fibre
Channel Over IP (FCIP) feature. It operates with Fabric OS 5.1.x and can communicate with another
B-Series MP Router blade or an HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router for both Fibre Channel Routing
services and FCIP, or an HP StorageWorks MP Router for Fibre Channel Routing Services.
The B-Series MP Router blade can only be installed in a 4/256 SAN Director configured using
chassisConfig mode 5, with Fabric OS 5.1.x or higher. The B-Series MP Router blade requires
that the 4/256 SAN Director have four power supplies. A maximum of two B-Series MP Router
blades can be installed in a 4/256 SAN Director.
The B-Series MP Router blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP.
Refer to the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.x administrator guide for information on configuring
these features.
B-Series MP Router blade features include:
• 3 internal temperature sensors
• 16 Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing Services with link speeds up to
1-, 2-, or 4-Gbit/sec
• 2 GbE ports supporting the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services with link speeds up to
1-Gbit/sec:
• Each GbE port can support up to 8 FCIP tunnels
• Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual Fibre Channel E_Port
• Fibre Channel 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 Fibre Channel Routing
Services backbone fabric configuration, then the backbone fabric merges but the EX_Port
attached to edge fabrics do not merge. For more information see the HP StorageWorks
Fabric OS 5.1.x administrator guide.