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Table 2 DC Director blade support matrix (continued)
Number of bladesDirector blade
FC8-64
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up
to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a or later.
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. Up
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only
for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing on the DC SAN
Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric
OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades.
NOTE: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS
7.0.0x. FR4-18i does not support EX_Ports, FC fastwrite and
WAN optimization features in Fabric OS 7.0.0x. FR4-18i
supports VEX ports on Fabric OS 7.0.0x.
Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director or
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade)
DC04 SAN Director. Up to two FX8-24 blades are supported
beginning with Fabric OS 6.3.0x. Up to four are supported
beginning with Fabric OS 6.4.0x.
NOTE: FR4-18i cannot coexist with FX8-24 in Fabric OS
7.0.0x.
Supported starting with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of
two blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
FCoE Blade can be installed in the same chassis only with
FC8-xx (except FC8–64) and/or FC10-6 blades. It is not
supported in the chassis with any other blades.
SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot Director blade support
Fabric OS 7.0.0c software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the HP SN8000B 8-Slot
SAN Backbone Director Switch and the HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch noted in
Table 3 (page 22). The 16 Gb hardware must run Fabric OS 7.0.0a at a minimum.
Table 3 Blade Support Matrix for HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch and HP
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later with any mix, with
up to a maximum of eight blades on the HP SN8000B 8-Slot
FC16-32 (32-port 16Gb FC blade)
FC16-48 (48-port 16Gb FC blade)
director and up to a maximum of four blades on the HP
SN8000B 4-Slot director.
Supported with Fabric OS 7.0.0a or later with any mix, with
up to a maximum of eight blades of this type on the HP
FC8-64 (64-port 8Gb FC blade)
SN8000B 8-Slot director and up to a maximum of four blades
of this type on the HP SN8000B 4-Slot director.
NOTE: FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48 blades are not supported
on HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director Switch and the
HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch running Fabric OS
7.0.0a or later.
Not supportedFC10-6 (6-port 10Gb FC ISL blade)
Not supportedFR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this typeFS8-18 (Encryption Blade)
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