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

Table 44 Using C-series Fibre Channel switches as core switches (continued)
225–512 total ports49–224 total ports1–48 total portsModel
SN8500C 8-slot 16Gb FC
Director Switch
Not recommended
Excellent
MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for
HP BladeSystem c-Class
(8 port maximum)
Table 45 (page 135) describes the use of C-series Fibre Channel switches as edge switches.
Table 45 Using C-series Fibre Channel switches as edge switches
225–512 total ports49–224 total ports1–48 total portsModel
Excellent
SN6000C Fabric
MDS 9124 Fabric
MDS 9134 Fabric
MDS 9124e Fabric
Very goodExcellent
MDS 9222i Multiservice
Fabric
Excellent (select modules to optimize performance or user port count)
HP SN8000C 6-Slot
Supervisor 2A Director
Switch
MDS 9506 Multilayer
Director
HP SN8000C 9-Slot
Supervisor 2A Director
Switch
MDS 9509 Multilayer
Director
HP SN8000C 13-Slot
Supervisor 2A Fabric 3
Director Switch
HP SN8000C 13-Slot
Supervisor 2A Fabric 2
Director Switch
MDS 9513 Multilayer
Director
SN8500C 8-slot 16Gb FC
Director Switch
Excellent
MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for
HP BladeSystem c-Class
Fibre Channel switch fabric rules
This section describes the fabric rules for C-series Fibre Channel switches and other factors you
should consider when building C-series fabrics.
Operating systems and storage products
The fabric rules for C-series switches apply to SANs that include the operating systems and storage
products listed in Table 46 (page 136).
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