HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide

DC SAN Director blades
Table 1 (page 11) describes the Director, CP, and core switch blades that are available for the
DC SAN Director.
Table 1 Blades available for the DC SAN Director
FunctionNameDescription
The CP8 blade provides for management of all other blades in the
DC SAN Director. There are two CP8 blades for redundancy. This
CP8DC SAN Director CP blade
CP blade is compatible with the SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone
Director, SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director, DC SAN Backbone
Director, and DC04 SAN Director.
The CR8 blade contains the ASICs for switching between Director
blades. Every Director blade connects to every core switch blade.
CR8DC SAN Director core switch blade
There are 512 total ports for Director blades. Each core switch
blade connects to 128 backplane ports. Core switch blades have
additional front port connectivity to connect multiple chassis and
backplane connections for the storage server blade. This core
switch blade is compatible with the DC SAN Director only.
This core blade allows you to upgrade your HP DC SAN Backbone
Director Switch chassis to a 16 Gb capable DCX8510 platform
(HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director).
CR16-8HP StoreFabric DC SAN Backbone
Director 16 Gb Core Processor Blade
A 16-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port
speeds. This Director blade is compatible with the DC04 SAN
Director, 4/256 SAN Director or DC SAN Director.
FC8-1616-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 32-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port
speeds. This Director blade is compatible with the 4/256 SAN
FC8-3232-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
Director, the DC SAN Backbone Director, and the DC04 SAN
Director.
A 48-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port
speeds. This Director blade is compatible with the 4/256 SAN
FC8-4848-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
Director, the DC SAN Backbone Director, and the DC04 SAN
Director.
A 64-port Director blade supporting 2, 4 and 8-Gb/s port speeds.
This Director blade is compatible with the DC04 SAN Director,
FC8-6464-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
DC SAN Backbone Director, SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director, and
SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director.
NOTE: This blade cannot be in the same chassis with an
FCOE10-24 blade.
A 6–post Director blade supporting 10 Gb/s port speed. The blade
provides 10 Gb/s ISLs. This Director blade is compatible with the
FC10-66-port 10-Gb/s Director blade
4/256 SAN Director, DC SAN Backbone Director, and the DC04
SAN Director.
The FR4-18i blade integrates 16 physical FC SFP ports supporting
FCR Services and 2 physical GbE SFP ports supporting FCIP. Each
FR4-18iB-series MP Router blade (FC router blade)
of the 2 physical GbE ports can support up to 8 virtual E_Ports.
This Director blade is compatible with the 4/256 SAN Director,
the DC SAN Backbone Director, and the DC04 SAN Director.
The FS8-18 blade enables data cryptographic
(encryption/decryption) and data-compression capabilities. It has
FS8-18HP DC Switch Encryption FC blade
16 FC optical SFP ports. This application blade is compatible with
the DC04 SAN Director, DC SAN Backbone Director, SN8000B
4-Slot SAN Director, and SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone Director.
The FX8-24 blade enables FCIP functionality over existing IP
infrastructure. It has 12 FC ports, 10 1-GbE ports, and 2 10-GbE
FX8-24HP DC SAN Director Multiprotocol
Extension blade
ports. This Director blade is compatible with the DC04 SAN
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