.Part 2 Fabric Infrastructure Rules HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785352-001

Table 38 C-series Fibre Channel switches for NX-OS 5. x , 6. x
Maximum number of Fibre Channel portsSwitch
384HP StoreFabric SN8500C 8-Slot 16Gb FC Director
528
HP SN8000C 13-Slot Supervisor 2A Fabric 3 Director
Switch
48SN6000C Fabric Switch (MDS 9148)
192
HP SN8000C 6-Slot Supervisor 2A Director Switch
MDS 9506 Multilayer Director
336
HP SN8000C 9-Slot Supervisor 2A Director Switch
MDS 9509 Multilayer Director
528
HP SN8000C 13-Slot Supervisor 2A Fabric 2 Director
Switch
MDS 9513 Multilayer Director
8 internal, 4 external
MDS 8Gb 12-Port Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class
16 internal, 8 external
MDS 8Gb 24-Port Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem
c-Class
NOTE: NX-OS requires Supervisor-2 or Supervisor-2A Modules for the MDS 950x Director
switches.
Table 39 C-series Fibre Channel legacy switches
Maximum number of Fibre Channel portsSwitch
8 internal, 4 external
MDS 9124e 12-Port Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
16 internal, 8 external
MDS 9124e 24-Port Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem
32 at 4 Gb/s
MDS 9134 Fabric Switch
2 at 10 Gb/s
24MDS 9124 Fabric Switch
66MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric
128 C-series switches and fabric rules