HP StorageWorks 1606 Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-100133 - Page 67
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Ports Ports 2 Because enterprise-class platforms contain interchangeable port blades, their procedures differ from those for fixed-port switches. For example, fixed-port models identify ports only by the port number, while enterprise-class platforms identify ports by slot/port notation. NOTE For detailed information about the Brocade 48000 director, and the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, see the Brocade 48000 Hardware Reference Manual, the Brocade DCX Data Center Backbone Hardware Reference Manual, and the Brocade DCX-4S Data Center Backbone Hardware Reference Manual, respectively. The different blades that can be inserted into a chassis are described as follows: • Control processor blades (CPs) contain communication ports for system management, and are used for low-level, platform-wide tasks. In the Brocade 48000, CPs are used for intra-platform switching. • Core blades in the Brocade DCX (CORE8) and DCX-4S (CR4S-8) are used for intra-chassis switching as well as interconnecting two Brocade DCX enterprise-class platforms. • Port blades are used for host, storage, and interswitch connections. • AP blades are used for Fibre Channel Application Services and Routing Services, iSCSI bridging, FCIP, Converged Enhanced Ethernet, storage virtualization, and encryption support. NOTE On each port blade, a particular port must be represented by both slot number and port number. The Brocade 48000 has 10 slots that contain control processor, port, and application (AP) blades: • Slot numbers 5 and 6 contain control processor blades. • Slot numbers 1 through 4 and 7 through 10 contain port and AP blades. The Brocade DCX has 12 slots that contain control processor, core, port, and AP blades: • Slot numbers 6 and 7 contain CPs. • Slot numbers 5 and 8 contain core blades. • Slot numbers 1 through 4 and 9 through 12 contain port and AP blades. The Brocade DCX-4S has 8 slots that contain control processor, core, port, and AP blades: • Slot numbers 4 and 5 contain CPs. • Slot numbers 3 and 6 contain core blades. • Slot numbers 1 and 2, and 7 and 8 contain port and AP blades. NOTE The Core blades for the Brocade DCX (CORE8) and the Brocade DCX-4S (CR4S-8) are not interchangeable between the two products. When you have port blades with different port counts in the same director (for example, 16-port blades and 32-port blades, or 16-port blades and 18-port blades with 16 FC ports and 2 GbE ports, or 16-port and 48-port blades), the area IDs no longer match the port numbers. Table 2 lists the port numbering schemes for the Brocade 48000, and the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 25 53-1001336-01