HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide

Table 25 McDATA switching module support matrix (continued)
Director
Switching module Mi10KM6140M6064
YesNoNo
32-port LIM card
(1 Gb, 2 Gb, 10 Gb)
3
YesNoNo
32-port LMQ card
(1 Gb, 2 Gb, 4 Gb)
1
The QPM card can support four ports running at 4 Gb/s bursts, and can support two ports running at 4 Gb/s sustained.
If configured for ISLs at four Gb/s, the QPM card can support two ports.
2
The 10 Gb/s port on the XPM card has a sustained data rate of approximately 6.5 Gb/s.
3
Each 10 Gb/s port on the LIM card replaces eight 2 Gb/s ports. You can configure up to two 10 Gb/s ports on each
LIM card.
The M4700 has a fixed hardware configuration of 32 ports. Flexport licensing provides 16 ports,
but you can add ports in 8-port increments (16, 24, or 32 ports). All ports run at 1 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s,
or 4 Gb/s, with autonegotiation.
Features
Features of the McDATA FICON directors are as follows:
• HotCAT for nondisruptive code activation
• Consistent latency across all ports
• Nondisruptive port expansion
• Redundant, hot-swappable power and cooling systems
• Redundant, hot-swappable switching modules and processor logic cards
• Redundant power cords for separate connections
• Hot-swappable short- and long-wave optical transceivers
• Web server for managing devices and small fabrics
• Low power consumption and heat generation
• Nondisruptive failover of redundant components
• Automatic health checks of redundant FRUs
McDATA FICON directors do not require additional licensing for FICON in a single-switch fabric;
however, some FICON features do require additional licenses. This section describes the standard
and optional McDATA FICON-specific features.
McDATA FICON features included with the base software license are as follows:
• Zoning, SAN LPARs, and Open VSANs—Provide secure access control over fabric resources,
using the director hardware to enforce the separation of FICON ports from FCP ports. SAN
LPARs are included with the Mi10K only.
• Insistent domain ID—Required for cascaded FICON directors and 2-byte destination link
addressing.
• McDATA mode—Required for McDATA FICON directors. Open mode is not supported with
FICON.
• Intermix—Allows FICON and FCP ports to coexist in the same director and fabric. This is
supported at the port level for Open VSANs and zoning, and at the interface-board level for
SAN LPARs. Use zoning, SAN LPARs, or Open VSANs to separate FICON ports from FCP
ports.
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