.Part 4 SAN Extension and Bridging HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785354-001

Storage systems
The following storage system is supported with the B-series iSCSI Director Blade. Contact an HP
storage representative for specific support information.
• XP10000/12000
NOTE: HP supports direct connection of storage systems to the Fibre Channel ports on the B-series
iSCSI Director Blade, not to the IP ports.
Fibre Channel switches
The B-series iSCSI Director Blade is supported on the B-series SAN Director 4/256, with a maximum
of four blades per chassis. For more information, see “B-series switches and fabric rules” (page 91).
Software support
This section describes the operating systems and software supported with the B-series iSCSI Director
Blade.
Operating systems and network interface controllers
The following operating systems are supported with the B-series iSCSI Director Blade and iSCSI.
Each operating system's HP-supported NICs are also supported.
• Windows 2003 SP1/R2 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition
• Windows 2003 64-bit
• Red Hat Linux 4 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit and 64-bit)
NOTE: The QLogic iSCSI HBA (QLA 4052c) is supported on Windows 2003, Red Hat, and
SUSE.
Network Teaming
The B-series iSCSI Director Blade supports Network Teaming for Linux.
B-series management applications
The B-series iSCSI Director Blade management applications are as follows:
• B-series Fabric Manager
• CLI
iSCSI initiators
The B-series iSCSI Director Blade supports the following iSCSI initiators:
• Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator
• Bundled Red Hat iSCSI Initiator
• Bundled SUSE iSCSI Initiator
Contact an HP storage representative for specific support information.
Scalability rules
Table 187 (page 355) provides the B-series iSCSI Director Blade scalability rules.
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