HP 1606 HP B-series Fabric OS 6.4.1b Release Notes (5697-0886, March 2011-incl - Page 18

Power supply requirements for Director blades, Fibre Channel Routing scalability, Important notes

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Power supply requirements for Director blades Table 4 (page 18) lists power supply requirements for Director blades to provide full redundancy (220 VAC power is assumed). IMPORTANT: Director blades must meet the minimum Fabric OS levels to operate in the Director chassis. For example, the FC8-32 is not supported in the 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS 6.0.x. Table 4 Power supplies required for blades in Director chassis Director blade FC4-16 FC4-32 FC4-48 FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-48 FC8-64 FC10-6 4/256 SAN Director Two power supplies Four power supplies DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04 SAN Director Two power supplies1 Two power supplies2 FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade) FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade) Four power supplies FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC Blade) FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade) FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade) Not supported Two power supplies. The FC4-16IP blades are not supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director.2 Two power supplies. For the DC SAN Backbone Director with three or more FS8-18 blades, (2+2) 220 VAC power supplies are required for redundancy. For one or two FS8-18 blades, only two power supplies are required for redundancy. For the DC04 SAN Director, only two 220 VAC power supplies are required for redundancy with any number of FS8-18 blades. For the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director, only two 220 VAC power supplies are required for redundancy with FX8-24 blades.2 1 The FC blades in this row are the only ones supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with 110 VAC power supplies. 2 110 VAC is not supported in either the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with these blades. Fibre Channel Routing scalability For the latest information about Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) scalability support, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, available at: http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide Important notes This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release. 18

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Power supply requirements for Director blades
Table 4 (page 18)
lists power supply requirements for Director blades to provide full redundancy
(220 VAC power is assumed).
IMPORTANT:
Director blades must meet the minimum Fabric OS levels to operate in the Director
chassis. For example, the FC8-32 is not supported in the 4/256 SAN Director with Fabric OS
6.0.x.
Table 4 Power supplies required for blades in Director chassis
DC SAN Backbone Director and DC04
SAN Director
4/256 SAN Director
Director blade
Two power supplies
1
Two power supplies
FC4-16
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8-16
FC8-32
Two power supplies
2
Four power supplies
FC8-48
FC8-64
FC10-6
Two power supplies. The FC4-16IP
blades are not supported in the DC
SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN
Director.
2
Four power supplies
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Two power supplies. For the DC SAN
Backbone Director with three or more
FS8-18 blades, (2+2) 220 VAC power
supplies are required for redundancy.
For one or two FS8-18 blades, only two
power supplies are required for
redundancy. For the DC04 SAN
Director, only two 220 VAC power
supplies are required for redundancy
with any number of FS8-18 blades.
For the DC SAN Backbone Director or
DC04 SAN Director, only two 220
VAC power supplies are required for
redundancy with FX8-24 blades.
2
Not supported
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC
Blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director
Multiprotocol Extension Blade)
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director
Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade)
1
The FC blades in this row are the only ones supported in the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with
110 VAC power supplies.
2
110 VAC is not supported in either the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director with these blades.
Fibre Channel Routing scalability
For the latest information about Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) scalability support, see the
HP
StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide
, available at:
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Important notes
This section contains information that you should consider before you use this Fabric OS release.
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