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

Table 41 (page 130) and Table 42 (page 131) describe NX-OS C-series switching module support.
Table 41 C-series Fibre Channel switching module support matrix for NX-OS 4. x
Switch type
Switching module
MDS
9513with
MDS 9513with
Fabric-1
Modules
MDS
9509withSUP2 or
SUP2A Modules
MDS
9506withSUP2
or SUP2A
Modules
MDS 9222iMDS 9216i
Fabric-2
Modules
HP SN8000C 9-Slot
SUP2A Director
Switch
HP SN8000C
6-Slot SUP2A
Director Switch
HP SN8000C
13-Slot
SUP2A FAB2
Dir Switch
YesYesYesYesNoYes
14/2 Multiprotocol
Services Module (1 Gb,
2 Gb, GbE)
YesYesYesYesYesYes
18/4 Multiservice
Module (1 Gb, 2 Gb, 4
Gb, GbE)
YesYesYesYesYesYes
32-port Storage Services
Module (1 Gb, 2 Gb)
YesYesYesYesYesYes
12-port Fibre Channel
Switching Module (1 Gb,
2 Gb, 4 Gb)
YesYesYesYesYesYes
24-port Fibre Channel
Switching Module (1 Gb,
2 Gb, 4 Gb)
YesYesYesYesYesYes
48-port Fibre Channel
Switching Module (1 Gb,
2 Gb, 4 Gb)
YesYesYesYesYesYes
4-port Fibre Channel
Switching Module (10
Gb)
NoNoNoNoNoNo
4-port and 8-port IP
Storage Services Module
(GbE)
YesYesYesYesYesNo
48-port 8Gb
Host-Optimized Fibre
Channel Switching
Module (2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8
Gb)
YesNoYesYesNoNo
48-port 8Gb Performance
Fibre Channel Switching
Module (2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8
Gb)
YesNoYesYesNoNo
24-port 8Gb Fibre
Channel Switching
Module (2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8
Gb)
130 C-series switches and fabric rules