HP B-series Fabric OS 7.1.0c Release Notes (5697-2892, October 2013 - includes all 7.1.0x versions)

DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 7.1.0c is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 2 (page
21).
Table 2 DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support matrix
Number of bladesDirector blade
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with
up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone
FC8-16
FC8-32
Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN
FC8-48
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up
to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a or later.
FC8-64
Not supported on the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director with Fabric OS 7.1 or later.
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director.
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Not supported on the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director with Fabric OS 7.1 or later.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
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/FX8-24E 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/FX8-24E in Fabric
OS 7.0.0a or later.
FX8-24E (HP StoreFabric Enhanced Multiprotocol
Extension Blade)
Supported starting with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of
four blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
FCoE Blade is not supported in the same chassis with other
intelligent blades, or the FC8–64 blade.
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director.
FC16-32 (HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port Fibre Channel
Blade)
FC16-48 (HP SN8000B 16Gb 48-port Fibre Channel
Blade)
SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot Director blade support
Fabric OS 7.1.0c 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 21).
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 on Fabric OS 7.x.FC16-32 (HP SN8000B 16Gb 32-port Fibre Channel
Blade)
Support started with Fabric OS 7.0.
FC16-48 (HP SN8000B 16Gb 48-port Fibre Channel
Blade)
With any mix and up to 8/4 of each. No restrictions around
intermix.
FC8-64 (64-port 8 Gb/s port blade)
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.
Supported on Fabric OS 7.xFC8-32E
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