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

Introducing the B-Series MP Router blade12
Initial start-up summary
The B-Series MP Router blade behavior is to power up in an offline (disabled) state until the ports are
configured and enabled.
After the POST is complete, the firmware version on the B-Series MP Router blade autolevels with the
firmware version on the active CP. You must run Fabric OS 5.1.x or higher or the B-Series MP Router
blade will be faulted.
Once the B-Series MP Router blade is installed and fully configured in a 4/256 SAN Director, the
switchShow command displays 32 Fibre Channel ports (port numbers 0 through 31) and 2 GbE
ports. The first 16 Fibre Channel ports are physical ports on the B-Series MP Router blade, Ports
16-23 are virtual ports associated with the GE0 physical GbE link and ports 24-31 are virtual ports
associated with GE1 physical GbE link. The GbE ports are displayed as ge0 and ge1 and are not
assigned port numbers or area numbers.
The B-Series MP Router blade configuration is saved by the slot location in the CP. If the B-Series MP
Router blade is moved to another slot, the configuration is not moved to the new slot location, but is
preserved in the previous slot location until another non B-Series MP Router blade is installed. If
another B-Series MP Router blade is installed into this empty slot, the preserved configuration will be
used.
The B-Series MP Router blade will also inherit any previously configured port parameters, from the
blade previously installed in the slot, including Fibre Channel port blades.