IBM SAN768B-2, User Manual

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SAN768B-2 blades
Table 2 summarizes the port, application, control processor, and core switch blades
that are available for the SAN768B-2.
Table 2. Blades available for the SAN768B-2
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-2,
SAN384B-2,
SAN768B, and
SAN384B.
Core switch blade N/A CR16-8 The CR16-8 blade
contains the ASICs
for switching
between port blades.
Every port blade
connects to every
core switch blade.
There can be up to
512 16-Gbps or
8-Gbps 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
SAN768B-2, and
requires specific type
of QSFP transceivers.
Chapter 1. Introduction
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