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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 Description DC SAN Director CP blade Name CP8 DC SAN Director core switch blade CR8 16-port 8-Gb/s Director blade 32-port 8-Gb/s Director blade 48-port 8-Gb/s Director blade 6-port 10-Gb/s Director blade B-Series MP Router Blade (Fibre Channel router blade) FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-48 FC10-6 FR4-18i Function The CP8 blade provides for management 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. The CR8 blade contains the ASICs for switching between Director blades. Every Director blade connects to every core switch blade. There are 384 total ports for Director blades. Each core switch blade connects 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. 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. A 32-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8Gb/s port speeds. A 48-port Director blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8Gb/s port speeds. 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. 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. HP StorageWorks DC and DC04 SAN Backbone Director Switches 23