HP DC04 SAN Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide

• Universal ports self-configure as E_Ports, F_Ports, FL_Ports, Ex_Ports, and M_Ports.
10-Gb/s (FC10-6) are E_Ports only.◦
◦ Ex_Ports are supported on the FR4-18i router blade, FX8-24 and FX8-24E extension
blades, and on the FC8-xx blades with Integrated Routing license installed.
◦ 10-Gb/s CEE ports are supported on the FCOE10-24 blade.
• Ships FICON and FICON Cascading ready. FICON CUP is available, but requires an optional
license.
Hardware components
The DC04 SAN Director features a modular and scalable mechanical construction that allows a
wide range of flexibility in installation, fabric design, and maintenance. The chassis may be
mounted with the cables facing the front of the equipment rack or to the rear.
NOTE: The chassis should be mounted with the air intake (non-port side) mounted towards the
cool air aisle, not towards the aisle where heated exhaust air is coming from other components.
The DC04 SAN Director chassis consists of the following:
• Up to four hot-swappable port blade assemblies that can be configured in a single chassis,
delivering up to 256 FC ports.
• Two slots for CP blades (CP8):
A single active CP8 blade can control all 256 ports in the chassis.◦
◦ The standby CP8 blade assumes control of the DC04 SAN Director if the active CP fails.
• Two slots for core switch blades (CR4S-8):
The CR4S-8 blade interconnects all Director blades.◦
◦ Two ICL connectors per blade to connect to another DC04 SAN Director chassis or to a
DC SAN Director.
◦ Both CR4S-8 blades are active.
• Modular hot-swappable Director blades:
16-port, 8-Gb/s blades (FC8-16)◦
◦ 32-port, 8-Gb/s blades (FC8-32)
◦ 48-port, 8-Gb/s blades (FC8-48)
◦ 64-port, 8-Gb/s blades (FC8-64)
◦ 6-port, 10-Gb/s blades (FC10-6)
• Modular hot-swappable application blades:
FR4-18i: 18-port (16 FC and 2 GbE), up to four blades per chassis, supporting FCR
Services and FCIP
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◦ FX8-24 and FX8-24E: 24-port (12 FC, 10 1-GbE, 2 10-GbE ports) FCIP Extension blade,
enabling long-distance communication over existing IP infrastructure. Up to two blades
supported per chassis with Fabric OS 6.3.x (except for FX8–24E, which is supported
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