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integration with the HP StorageWorks family. The 400 MP Router offers the standard Fabric OS features and new and improved LSAN routing and FC-IP capabilities. Both the B-Series MP Router blade and the 400 MP Router share the same hardware and have exactly the same feature set, that is, 18 physical ports: • Sixteen FC ports, which can be configured as routing ports or have layer-2, 4-Gbit/sec FC capabilities. • Two GbE ports, which are labeled "GE0" and "GE1," can have up to eight virtual tunnels each with VE_Port or VEX_Port capabilities. Since they are IP ports and have different capabilities, there are noticeable differences, summarized next. CAUTION: When the first generation HP StorageWorks MP Router is present in the metaSAN, you must deactivate the Platform Database on all other switches in the SAN using msPLMgmtDeactivate. Port types The B-Series MP Router blade and the 400 MP Router support the following port types: • FC ports-F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, and EX_Port • GbE ports-VE_Port and VEX_Port (virtual E_Port and EX_Port) F_Ports, FL_Ports, E_Ports There are sixteen regular 4-Gbit/sec F_Ports, FL_Ports, and E_Ports, with the same level of support as in previous releases: • Frame-level trunking (not supported for EX_Ports in Fabric OS 5.1.0, DPS will be automatically used for load balancing) • Speed settings (1 Gbit/sec, 2 Gbit/sec, 4 Gbit/sec, and Auto) • Long distance (VC_RDY) • L_Port lockdown • G_Port lockdown • ISL R_RDY mode EX_Ports EX_Ports connect a Router to an edge fabric. If you consider a switch in an edge fabric, an EX_Port is virtually indistinguishable from an E_Port and follows FC standards as do all other HP E_Ports. However, the Router terminates EX_Ports rather than allowing different fabrics to merge as would happen on a switch with regular E_Ports. Each EX_Port presents a set of translation phantom domains representing remote fabrics, each phantom domain with "attached" proxy devices representing devices on those fabrics. Fabric OS 5.1.1b 11

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integration with the HP StorageWorks family. The 400 MP Router offers the standard
Fabric OS features and new and improved LSAN routing and FC-IP capabilities.
Both the B-Series MP Router blade and the 400 MP Router share the same hardware and
have exactly the same feature set, that is, 18 physical ports:
•
Sixteen FC ports, which can be configured as routing ports or have layer-2,
4-Gbit/sec FC capabilities.
•
Two GbE ports, which are labeled “GE0” and “GE1,” can have up to eight virtual
tunnels each with VE_Port or VEX_Port capabilities. Since they are IP ports and
have different capabilities, there are noticeable differences, summarized next.
CAUTION:
When the first generation HP StorageWorks MP Router is present in the metaSAN,
you must deactivate the Platform Database on all other switches in the SAN using
msPLMgmtDeactivate
.
Port types
The B-Series MP Router blade and the 400 MP Router support the following port types:
•
FC ports—F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, and EX_Port
•
GbE ports—VE_Port and VEX_Port (virtual E_Port and EX_Port)
F_Ports, FL_Ports, E_Ports
There are sixteen regular 4-Gbit/sec F_Ports, FL_Ports, and E_Ports, with the same level
of support as in previous releases:
•
Frame-level trunking (not supported for EX_Ports in Fabric OS 5.1.0, DPS will be
automatically used for load balancing)
•
Speed settings (1 Gbit/sec, 2 Gbit/sec, 4 Gbit/sec, and Auto)
•
Long distance (VC_RDY)
•
L_Port lockdown
•
G_Port lockdown
•
ISL R_RDY mode
EX_Ports
EX_Ports connect a Router to an edge fabric. If you consider a switch in an edge fabric,
an EX_Port is virtually indistinguishable from an E_Port and follows FC standards as do
all other HP E_Ports. However, the Router terminates EX_Ports rather than allowing
different fabrics to merge as would happen on a switch with regular E_Ports. Each
EX_Port presents a set of translation phantom domains representing remote fabrics, each
phantom domain with “attached” proxy devices representing devices on those fabrics.
Fabric OS 5.1.1b
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