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Rule nl number 9 Description EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module, 8 Gb Brocade-Supports connectivity to: • Servers • Storage Note: The EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module, 8 Gb Brocade supports the same connectivity to HP storage systems as the 8/8, 8/24, and 8/80 switches. • Other B-series switches, including the EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module, 8 Gb Brocade • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option (see "EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option" on page 367) • HP IP Distance Gateway, B-series 400 MP Router, C-series IPS-8, 18/4, MDS 9222i, MDS 9216i (see "HP multi-protocol long-distance products" on page 298) 10 Access Gateway (AG) requirements are as follows: • AG mode for Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class and HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 8/8 or 8/24 (with 24 ports enabled) requires firmware 6.1x (or later). • AG mode for the SAN Switch 8/40 requires firmware 6.2x (or later). • AG mode for Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class and p-Class BladeSystems requires firmware 5.2.1b (or later). • AG mode for HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/8 or 4/16 requires firmware 5.3.0 (or later). • All switches that communicate with Access Gateway switches require firmware 5.1.x (or later). (See "BladeSystem with Brocade Access Gateway mode" on page 189.) 11 In a fabric that contains a Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class or p-Class BladeSystem, StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/8, 4/16, 4/32B, 4/32, 4/64, 2/32, Core Switch 2/64, SAN Director 2/128, or SAN Director 4/256, Core switch addressing mode is required on all other switches in that fabric. (See "Core switch addressing mode" on page 127.) Within a fabric, all B-series Fibre Channel switches and routers must use the HP default setting of iodSet for IOD. Note: Brocade branded Fibre Channel switches and routers use the Brocade default setting of 12 iodReset for IOD. All HP B-series Fibre Channel switches and routers must use iodSet. All B-series Fibre Channel switches and routers must use the HP default setting of dlsSet for non-Continuous Access configurations, and dlsReset for Continuous Access EVA configurations. For XP Continuous Access, see Table 176 on page 349. 13 Within a fabric, assign a unique domain number (domain ID) and a unique WWN to each switch. All switch configuration parameters for the same switch models must be the same. Do not configure any switches with a domain ID of 8, which is reserved for HP-UX. Insistent Domain ID mode is required on all B-series switches in fabrics that include HP-UX 11i v3 (or earlier) or IBM AIX servers, when configuring switches for FICON or when implementing port-based fabric zoning. Routing policy-HP recommends the same routing policy be used in all switches within a fabric. 14 Switch data routing policies-Different switch models support different routing policies. For most configurations, the default routing policy provides the best performance. See "Routing Traffic" in the appropriate Fabric OS administrator guide. 15 StorageWorks SAN Switch Integrated 32 or 64 and HP SureStore FC Switch 6164 support a maximum of four chassis per fabric. Each chassis adds six switches to the fabric switch count. The maximum fabric configuration is four chassis with ten additional SAN switches. SAN Design Reference Guide 109