B Intelligent blades
This appendix provides information for the following blades:
• “B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) overview” on page 223
B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) overview
NOTE:
The B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) is used in the DC SAN Director and the DC04 SAN Director.
The optional B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) integrates sixteen physical Fibre Channel SFP ports
supporting the Fibre Channel Routing Services, and two physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports
supporting the Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) feature. It operates with the Fabric Operating System
and can communicate with another FR4-18i or an HP 400 Multi-protocol (MP) Router for both Fibre
Channel Routing services and FCIP, or an HP Multi-protocol (MP) Router for Fibre Channel Routing
Services.
The FR4-18i blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP. Refer to
the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.x administrator guide for information on configuring these
features.
The FR4-18i blade provides the following features:
• Sixteen Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing Services with link speeds
up to 1-, 2-, or 4 Gb/s.
• 2 GbE ports supporting the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services with link speeds up to 1Gb/s:
• Each GbE port can support up to eight FCIP tunnels
• Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual Fibre Channel E_Port
• Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link
• Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are configured as VE_Ports, and do not
merge if they are configured as VEX_Ports. If VE_Ports are used in a Fibre Channel Routing
Services backbone fabric configuration, then the backbone fabric merges, but the EX_Port-at-
tached edge fabrics do not merge. For more information Refer to the HP StorageWorks Fabric
OS 6.x administrator guide.
Items included with the FR4-18i blade
The following items ship in the FR4-18i blade shipping carton:
• B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i)
• One accessory kit
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