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

Table 42 C-series Fibre Channel switching module support matrix for NX-OS 5. x , 6.x (continued)
MDS 9710
HP SN8500C
8-Slot 16Gb FC
Director Switch
MDS 9513with
Fabric-2
Modules
HP SN8000C
13-Slot SUP2A
FAB2 Dir Switch
HP SN8000C
13-Slot SUP2A
FAB3 Director
Switch
MDS
9513withFabric-1
Modules
MDS
9509withSUP2 or
SUP2A Modules
HP SN8000C
9-Slot SUP2A
Director Switch
MDS
9506withSUP2
or SUP2A
Modules
HP SN8000C
6-Slot SUP2A
Director Switch
MDS 9222i
Switching
module
Module (2 Gb,
4 Gb, 8 Gb)
NoYesNoYesYesNo
24-port 8Gb
Fibre Channel
Switching
Module (2 Gb,
4 Gb, 8 Gb)
NoYesNoYesYesNo
HP SN8000C
8Gb 32-Port
Advanced Fibre
Channel Module
(2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8
Gb)
NoYesNoYesYesNo
HP SN8000C
8Gb 48-Port
Advanced Fibre
Channel Module
(2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8
Gb
YesNoNoNoNoNo
HP SN8500C
48-port16Gb FC
Module
YesNoNoNoNoNo
HP SN8500C
Fabric-1 Module
NOTE: The MDS 9124, 9134, 9124e, 8Gb fabric switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class, and
SN6000C switches have fixed configurations and do not support additional switching modules.
The MDS 9513 requires Fabric-2 Modules to support the 48-port 8 Gb/s Performance Fibre
Channel Switching Module and the 24-port 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel Switching Module. Fabric
modules are also known as crossbar modules.
Features
Features of the C-series Fibre Channel switches include:
• Nonblocking architecture using VOQ
• VSAN deployment over the physical infrastructure
VSANs are separate instances of all fabric services, including address space.
• Advanced diagnostics and troubleshooting (FC Ping, FC Traceroute, SPAN, RSPAN, and Call
Home)
• Comprehensive security (SSH, SFTP, RADIUS, SNMPv3, and RBAC)
• Comprehensive fabric management (CLI, SNMP, and Java-based GUI)
• Traffic management (FCC and QoS)
132 C-series switches and fabric rules