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Fibre Channel switches
The C-series IP Storage Services Modules (IPS-4, IPS-8), 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module, and
18/4 Multiservice Module support the HP C-series switches listed in
“
C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules ” on page 135.
Table 191 describes the C-series switches that support iSCSI.
Table 191 C-series switches that support iSCSI
Supported IP modules
Maximum number of Fibre Channel
ports Switch
IPS-4, IPS-8, and 14/2 48 MDS 9216
IPS-4, IPS-8, 14/2, and 18/4 64 MDS 9216A
Embedded 2 ports and IPS-4, IPS-8,
14/2, and 18/4 62 MDS 9216i
IPS-8, 18/4 66 MDS 9222i Multiservice
Fabric
IPS-4, IPS-8, 14/2, and 18/4 192 MDS 9506
IPS-4, IPS-8, 14/2, and 18/4 336 MDS 9509
IPS-4, IPS-8, 14/2, and 18/4 528 MDS 9513
Software support
This section describes the operating systems and related software compatible with the C-series IP
Storage Services Modules (IPS-4, IPS-8), 14/2 Multiprotocol Service Module, 18/4 Multiservice
Module, MDS 9216i switch, and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch.
Operating systems and network interface controllers
The following operating systems are supported with C-series modules and iSCSI. Each operating
system's HP-supported NICs are also supported with iSCSI.
• Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server
• Windows 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition
• Windows 2003 64-bit
• Windows 2003 x64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• IBM AIX
• Novell NetWare
• Sun Solaris
• VMware ESX
HP Network Teaming
Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 support HP Network Teaming.
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