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

Table 48 ISL maximums (continued)
Number of ports allowed as ISLs
Total number of
available user portsSwitch
24 at 4 Gb/s24
MDS 95xx 24-port 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel
Switching Module
48 at 1 Gb/s48
MDS 9xxx 48-port 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
Switching Module
24 at 2 Gb/s24
MDS 9xxx 24-port 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
Switching Module
12 at 4 Gb/s12
MDS 9xxx 12-port 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
Switching Module
4 at 10 Gb/s4
MDS 9xxx 4-port 10 Gb/s Fibre Channel
Switching Module
18 at 2 Gb/s18MDS 9xxx 18/4 Multiservice Module
24 at 4 Gb/s24MDS 9124 Fabric
8 at 4 Gb/s8MDS 9124e Fabric
32 at 4 Gb/s
34MDS 9134 Fabric
2 at 10 Gb/s
Zoning limits and enforcement
Table 49 (page 138) lists the zoning limits for C-series Fibre Channel switches. See also “Zoning”
(page 387).
Table 49 Zoning limits for C-series Fibre Channel switches
Description
1
Rule number
Maximum number of zones for a fabric with VSANs is 8,000.1
Maximum number of zone members for a fabric with VSANs is 20,000.2
1
IVR is not supported on the MDS 9124, MDS 9124e, and MDS 9134.
Table 50 (page 138) describes zoning enforcement for C-series Fibre Channel switches.
Table 50 Zoning enforcement for C-series Fibre Channel switches
CommentsEnforcementConfigurationSwitch
Hard zoning
Access authorization at
frame level in hardware
Defines zones using Domain
ID and port number
MDS 8Gb Fabric switch for
HP BladeSystem c-Class
Defines zones using WWNs
only
SN6000C
HP SN8000C 6-Slot
Supervisor 2A Director
Switch
Defines zones using Domain
ID and port number with
WWNs
HP SN8000C 9-Slot
Supervisor 2A Director
Switch
HP SN8000C 13-Slot
Supervisor 2A Fabric 2
Director Switch
HP SN8000C 13-Slot
Supervisor 2A Fabric 3
Director Switch
HP SN8500C 8-Slot 16Gb
FC Director Switch
138 C-series switches and fabric rules