.Part 1 Architecture HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785351-001

Figure 41 FC and FCoE storage with Cisco Fabic Extender for HP BladeSystem configuration
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P6300 EVA P6500 EVA
C-series FCoE switches
FC switches
FCoE/iSCSI/FC EVA/SAS storage
Blade servers with CNAs and
Cisco Fabric Extender* for HP BladeSystem
(*with C-series FCoE switches only)
10-GbE FCoE/iSCSI connection
10-GbE connection
Fibre Channel
3PAR
Converged network adapters
Servers with CNAs require fewer adapters per server and, therefore, 75% fewer cable connections
for network and FC attachments.
HP offers the HP CN1000E CNA, the HP CN1100E CNA, the HP StoreFabric CN1100R 2P CNA,
and the HP CN1000Q CNA. For information about servers that support CNAs, see “Server support”
(page 82). For information about embedded CNAs, see “HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10
Gb/24-Port Module for c-Class BladeSystem” (page 167).
Table 10 (page 70) lists the supported HP CNAs.
Table 10 HP CNA part numbers
DescriptionHP model numberHP part number
Dual port converged network adapter (no cable or transceiver is
included)
CN1100EBK835A
CN1000EAW520A
CN1100RQW990A
CN1000QBS668A
HP CN1000E and CN1100E
Features
The HP CN1000E and CN1100E CNAs have the following features:
• Ships with half-height and full-height brackets
• Dual ports for redundancy
• Full 10-Gb/s bandwidth on both ports
• Each port can operate as a NIC and/or FCoE port
• 2 SFP+ connectors
• Supports optical or copper cables
70 Fibre Channel over Ethernet