Dell PowerEdge M710HD Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide - Page 87
TABLE 6, Intelligent blade, Fabric OS v6.2.0, DCX-4S, Port blades, Brocade 48000 CP4
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Blade terminology and compatibility 3 TABLE 5 Port blades supported by each platform (Continued) Port blades Brocade 48000 (CP4) Brocade DCX and DCX-4S FS8-18 Unsupported Supported FX8-24 Unsupported Supported 1. During power up when an FCOE10-24 is detected first before any other AP blade in a chassis with Fabric OS v6.3.0 and later, all other AP and FC8-64 blades will be faulted. If a non-FCOE10-24 blade is detected first, then any subsequently-detected FCOE10-24 blades will be faulted. Blades are powered up starting with slot 1. The maximum number of application blades supported on a Brocade DCX is eight with any combination. For example, 4 FA4-18, 8 FR4-18i. There is no restriction on port blades (FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC10-6 and FC8-64). The FC8-64 is supported, but only with Fabric OS v6.4.0. The maximum number of application blades supported on a Brocade DCX-4S is four with any combination. There is no restriction on port blades (FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC10-6, and FC8-64). The FC8-64 is supported, but only with Fabric OS v6.4.0. Table 6 lists the maximum number of application blades you can insert in a Brocade DCX and DCX-4S backbone chassis for a specific Fabric OS release. Software functionality is not supported across application blades. TABLE 6 Blade compatibility within a Brocade DCX and DCX-4S backbone Intelligent blade Fabric OS v6.2.0 Fabric OS v6.3.0 Fabric OS v6.4.0 DCX DCX-4S DCX DCX-4S DCX DCX-4S FR4-18i1 FA4-182 8 4 8 4 8 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 FS8-18 4 4 4 4 4 4 FCOE10-243 n/a n/a 2 2 2 2 FX8-244 n/a n/a 2 4 4 4 1. On the Brocade 48000, the blade can co-exist with an FC4-16IP, but the iSCSI devices are not exported and imported for FC routing services. The iSCSI functionality over FCIP is not supported, but the FCIP link is the same as other FC E_Ports. This is not restricted by software. 2. The hardware limit is enforced by software. The FA4-18 blade can co-exist with the FR4-18i (and interoperable at the Layer 2 level), but there is no multi-protocol-level interoperability support provided. Coexistence implies that both types of blades are able to reside in the same chassis. Additionally, FA4-18 blade Layer 2 functions should be compatible with FCR, FCIP, and iSCSI (iSCSI on the Brocade 48000 only). Specifically for FCR coexistence, physical devices directly connected to the FA4-18 blade can be exported to edge fabrics and physical devices directly connected to the FA4-18 blade can communicate with devices imported into the backbone fabric. Similar coexistence of physical devices connected to the FA4-18 blade applies to FCIP and iSCSI. 3. Not compatible with other application blades or with the FC8-64 in the same chassis. Refer to Table 5 on page 46 for more information. 4. The hardware limit is enforced by software. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 47 53-1001763-02