HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
The HP DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade is a rebranded version of the Brocade FCOE10-24
blade (Figure 3).
Figure 3 HP DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
.
Features
• 24 10-GbE ports
• 32 8-Gb/s FC ports on the backplane (DC and DC04 SAN Directors only)
• Hot pluggable
• Blade power and status LEDs
• Link status LEDs for each port
• FCoE switching
• CEE switching
• L2 Ethernet protocols STP/MSTP/RSTP, VLAN tagging, and link aggregation
• Standard Ethernet encapsulation
Considerations
• The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade has 24 FCoE ports and can be installed in either
a DC or DC04 SAN director.
• The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade enables server edge connectivity by connecting
CNAs directly to any of its 24 Ethernet ports.
• Storage can be connected to:
• Any other Fibre Channel blade in the same director
• Any Fibre Channel switch that is in the same fabric as the DC or DC04 SAN Director that
contains the DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade
• The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade supports optical cabling and SFP+ transceivers
only.
• There are no licensing requirements for this blade.
HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Application Note 7