IBM SAN384B, Installation, Service And User Manual

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SAN384B blades
Table 2 summarizes the port, application, control processor, and core switch blades
that are available for the SAN384B.
Table 2. Blades available for the SAN384B
Description Feature Code Name Function
Control processor
blade N/A CP8 The CP8 blade
contains the control
plane for the chassis.
There are two CP8
blades for
redundancy. This
control processor
blade is compatible
with the SAN768B
and SAN384B.
Core switch blade N/A CR4S-8 The CR4S-8 blade
contains the ASICs
for switching
between port blades.
Every port blade
connects to each core
switch blade. There
can be up to 256 total
ports for port blades.
Each core switch
blade connects to 128
backplane ports. Core
switch blades have
additional front port
connectivity to
connect multiple
chassis and
backplane
connections for the
storage server blade.
This core switch
blade is compatible
only with the
SAN384B.
16-port 8-Gbps port
blade FC3816 FC8-16 A 16-port blade
supporting 1–, 2–, 4–,
and 8–Gbps port
speeds.
32-port 8-Gbps port
blade FC3832 FC8-32 A 32-port blade
supporting 1-, 2-, 4-,
and 8-Gbps port
speeds.
48-port 8-Gbps port
blade FC3848 FC8-48 A 48-port blade
supporting 1-, 2-, 4-,
and 8-Gbps port
speeds.
Chapter 1. Introduction
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