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• High availability (see Table 56 )
Table 56 provides a comparison of the high-availability features for C-series Nexus 5000 Converged
Network Switches.
Table 56 C-series Nexus 5000 Series switch high-availability feature comparison
Protocol
nl
support
Expansion
module support
Nondisruptive
code activation
Redundant
control
nl
processor
Redundant/
hot-swappable
cooling
Redundant/
hot-swappable
power Switch
FC
nl
IEEE DCB
nl
10 GbE FCoE
Yes No No Yes/Yes Yes/Yes Nexus 5020
Yes No No Yes/Yes Yes/Yes Nexus 5010
Usage
The Nexus 5000 Series switches are intended for use as edge switches, providing a bridge between
10 GbE and Fibre Channel protocols. (See “
FCoE fabric topologies ” on page 52.)
FCoE Converged Network switch fabric rules
This section describes the fabric rules for C-series FCoE CN switches and other factors you should
consider when building C-series FCoE CN fabrics. For general C-series Fibre Channel switch fabric
rules, see “
Fibre Channel switch fabric rules ” on page 146.
Operating systems and storage products
The fabric rules for C-series FCoE CN switches apply to SANs that include the operating systems and
storage products listed in
Table 57 .
Table 57 C-series FCoE CN switch operating system and storage system support
Storage products Operating systems
• EVA8400/6400
• EVA4400
• EVA8100/8000/6100/6000/4100/4000/
• MSA2000fc G2 (MSA2300fc)/MSA2000fc
• P2000 G3 FC
• XP24000/20000
• XP12000/10000
• Microsoft Windows
• Linux
• VMware ESX
For operating system and storage product version support, see the HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel
over Ethernet application note , available at http://www.hp.com/go/SDGmanuals .
Fabric rules for C-series Nexus 5000 Converged Network
Switches
This section describes the fabric rules for the C-series FCoE Converged Network switches and other
factors you should consider when building FCoE switch fabrics.
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