DC SAN Director blades
Table 2 describes the Director, CP, and core switch blades that are available for the DC SAN Director.
Table 2 Blades available for the DC SAN Director
FunctionNameDescription
The CP8 blade provides for manage-
ment of all other blades in the DC
SAN Director. There are two CP8
blades for redundancy. This CP
blade is also compatible with the
DC04 SAN Director.
CP8DC SAN Director CP blade
The CR8 blade contains the ASICs
for switching between Director
blades. Every Director blade con-
nects to every core switch blade.
There are 384 total ports for Director
blades. Each core switch blade con-
nects to 192 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 only
with the DC SAN Director.
CR8DC SAN Director core switch blade
A 16-port Director blade supporting
1, 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s port speeds.
This Director blade is compatible
only with the 4/256 SAN Director
or DC SAN Director CP blades.
FC8-1616-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 32-port Director blade supporting
1, 2, 4, and 8Gb/s port speeds.
FC8-3232-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 48-port Director blade supporting
1, 2, 4, and 8Gb/s port speeds.
FC8-4848-port 8-Gb/s Director blade
A 6-port Director blade supporting
10-Gb/s port speed. Blade provides
10-Gb/s ISLs. This Director blade is
compatible only with the 4/256
SAN Director or DC SAN Director
CP blades.
FC10-66-port 10-Gb/s Director blade
The FR4-18i blade integrates sixteen
physical FC SFP ports supporting FCR
Services and two physical Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports supporting
Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP). The
two physical GbE ports can support
up to sixteen virtual E_ports.
FR4-18iB-Series MP Router Blade (Fibre
Channel router blade)
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