HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 .HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide, Pa - Page 154

Table 58 lists the rules for creating a SAN with C-series FCoE CN switches. Table 58 C-series FCoE Converged Network switch fabric rules Rule number 1 Description A C-series FCoE CN switch can be a standalone switch or an edge switch in a Fibre Channel fabric. To attach the switch to an existing Fibre Channel fabric as an edge switch, at least one Fibre Channel port on the FCoE CN switch must be connected to a Fibre Channel switch in the fabric (E_Port). There cannot be any other FCoE or 10 GbE IEEE DCB switches in the path to the Fibre Channel switch. For FCoE E_Port connectivity, the Fibre Channel switch minimum firmware version is NX-OS 4.1(3)N1(1). All C-series 4 Gb/s or 8 Gb/s switch models are supported when using the minimum firmware version. MDS switches running SAN-OS 3.x can be in the Fibre Channel SAN but cannot be connected directly to an FCoE switch. 2 Server CNAs must be connected directly to FCoE CN switch IEEE DCB ports (pre-FIP support only). Fibre Channel storage can be connected directly to the FCoE CN switch (F_Port) or to 3 a Fibre Channel switch (F_Port) in the same fabric as the FCoE CN switch. SAN boot is not supported when storage systems are connected directly to FCoE Fibre Channel ports. 4 Supports a maximum of three switch hops (four switches) between a CNA and storage. Supports the following IEEE DCB media types: • HP C-series hot pluggable, 10 GbE SFP+ Short Reach (SR) optical transceivers 5 • HP C-series SFP+ 3m or 5m Copper Twinax passive cables • Emulex SFP+ Copper Twinax passive cables1 6 Supports up to 50 switches in a single physical fabric or VSAN 7 Supports up to 40 domains per VSAN 8 Supports a maximum of 250 VLANs per switch 9 Supports a maximum of 32 VSANs per switch 10 Supports a maximum of 32 zones per virtual or physical F_port (includes all VSANs) 11 Supports a maximum of 500 zone sets per switch (includes all VSANs) 12 Supports a maximum of 8,000 zone members per physical fabric (includes all VSANs) 13 Supports a maximum of 8,000 zones per switch (includes all VSANs) 14 Supports up to 52 virtual Fibre Channel interfaces per switch 1Only supported when used with Emulex LP2100x CNAs. 154 C-series switches and fabric rules