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Application and Encryption Blades, In this appendix, FA4-18 blade

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Application and Encryption Blades Appendix B In this appendix •FA4-18 blade 101 •FR4-18i blade 101 •FS8-18 blade 102 •FX8-24 blade 102 •FCOE10-24 blade 104 FA4-18 blade The FA4-18 blade has 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Application Services, and two physical Gigabit 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet copper ports supporting blade management. The FA4-18 blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel Application Services and blade management. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for information on configuring these features. FR4-18i blade The FR4-18i blade has 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing Services, and two physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) feature. It operates with the Brocade Fabric Operating System and can communicate with another FR4-18i or a PowerConnect B-7500 for both Fibre Channel Routing services and FCIP, or a PowerConnect B-AP7420 for Fibre Channel Routing Services. The FR4-18i blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for information on configuring these features. The FR4-18i blade provides the following features: • 16 Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing Services with link speeds up to 1, 2, or 4 Gbps. • 2 GbE ports supporting the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services with fixed link speed at 1 Gbps: • Each GbE port can support up to eight FCIP tunnels. • Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual Fibre Channel E_Port. • Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link. PowerConnect B-DCX4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual 101 53-1001808-01

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PowerConnect B-DCX4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual
101
53-1001808-01
Appendix
B
Application and Encryption Blades
In this appendix
FA4-18 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
FR4-18i blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
FS8-18 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
FCOE10-24 blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
FA4-18 blade
The FA4-18 blade has 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel
Application Services, and two physical Gigabit 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet copper ports
supporting blade management.
The FA4-18 blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel Application Services and blade
management. Refer to the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
for information on configuring these
features.
FR4-18i blade
The FR4-18i blade has 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing
Services, and two physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Over IP
(FCIP) feature. It operates with the Brocade Fabric Operating System and can communicate with
another FR4-18i or a PowerConnect B-7500 for both Fibre Channel Routing services and FCIP, or a
PowerConnect B-AP7420 for Fibre Channel Routing Services.
The FR4-18i blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP. Refer to
the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
for information on configuring these features.
The FR4-18i blade provides the following features:
16 Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing Services with link speeds up
to 1, 2, or 4 Gbps.
2 GbE ports supporting the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services with fixed link speed at
1 Gbps:
Each GbE port can support up to eight FCIP tunnels.
Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual Fibre Channel E_Port.
Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link.