HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide
Table 18 C-series Fibre Channel switching module support matrix for NX-OS 5.
x
, 6.
x
(continued)
Switch type
Switching module
MDS 9710
HP SN8500C
8-Slot 16Gb FC
Director Switch
MDS 9513 HP
SN8500C
13-Slot SUP2A
FAB3 Director
MDS 9513
nl
with Fabric-2
Modules
nl
HP SN8000C
13-Slot SUP2A
FAB2 Director
Switch
MDS 9513
nl
with Fabric-1
Modules
MDS 9509
nl
with
nl
SUP2 or SUP-2A
Modules
nl
HP SN8000C
9-Slot SUP2A
Director Switch
MDS 9506
nl
with
nl
SUP2 or
SUP-2A
Modules
nl
HP SN8000C
6-Slot SUP2A
Director SwitchMDS 9222i
(2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8 Gb)
NoYesNoYesYesNoHP SN8000C 8Gb
48-Port
nl
Advanced Fibre Channel
Module
nl
(2 Gb, 4 Gb, 8 Gb
YesNoNoNoNoNoHP SN8500C
48-port16Gb FC
Module
YesNoNoNoNoNoHP SN8500C Fabric-1
Module
NOTE: The MDS 9134 switch has a fixed configuration and does not support additional switching
modules.
The MDS 9513 requires Fabric-2 or Fabric 3 Modules to support the 48-port 8 Gb/s Performance
Fibre Channel Switching Module and the 24-port 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel Switching Module. Fabric
modules are also known as crossbar modules.
Features
Features of the C-series FICON directors are as follows:
• Nonblocking architecture using VOQ
• VSAN deployment over the physical infrastructure
VSANs are separate instances of all fabric services, including address space.
• Advanced diagnostics and troubleshooting (FC Ping, FC Traceroute, SPAN, RSPAN, and Call
Home)
• Comprehensive security (SecureShell, SFTP, RADIUS, SNMPv3, and RBAC)
• Comprehensive fabric management (CLI, SNMP, and Java-based GUI)
• Traffic management (FCC and QoS)
• High-availability, fault-tolerant software
• Integrated multi-protocol capability (MDS 95nn and 92nn) for SAN extension (FCIP and iSCSI)
• PortChannels, which is an ISL aggregation feature that allows you to create a logical ISL
between directors from as many as 16 physical ISLs, providing a load-balancing mechanism
across the physical ISLs
• Traffic encryption—IPsec is supported over FCIP. You can encrypt FICON and Fibre Channel
traffic that is carried over FCIP. Encryption is also supported on individual ISLs on 8 Gb/s line
cards only. PortChannels are not supported.
56 C-series FICON directors and fabric rules