FlashSystem 900 Product Guide
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet support
FlashSystem 900 supports 16 ports of 10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet. FCoE uses the same
interface cards as Fibre Channel.
Fibre Channel and FCoE Interface Cards
Each FlashSystem 900 canister supports two Fibre Channel interface cards for a total of four Fibre
Channel interface cards, 8 Gbps Fibre Channel cards support four ports, 16 Gbps cards support two
ports.
Table 2 shows the supported interface cards.
Table 2.
Fibre Channel/FCoE supported interface cards
Item
Feature code
Ports
FC/FCoE Host Interface Card
AF15
Corequisites:
AF18, AF19, or AF1A
-Up to 16 ports of 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel (with AF18)
-Up to eight ports of 16 Gbps Fibre
Channel (with AF19)
-Up to 16 ports of 10 Gbps Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (with AF1A)
8 Gb FC 8 Port Host Optics
AF18
Up to 16 ports of 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel
16 Gb FC 4 Port Host Optics
AF19
Up to eight ports of 16 Gbps Fibre
Channel
10 Gb FCoE 8 Port Host Optics
AF1A
Up to 16 ports of 10 Gbps Fibre
Channel over Ethernet
iSCSI interface card
FlashSystem 900 supports 16 ports of 10 Gbps iSCSI for clients looking for alternatives to SANs. The
iSCSI interface card looks similar to the FC/FCoE cards with fiber optical connections as shown in Figure
5 on page 5.
Table 3 shows the supported iSCSI interface card and port optics.
Table 3. iSCSI supported interface cards
Item
Feature code
Ports
iSCSI Host Interface Card
AF17 (Corequisite : AF1D)
Up to 16 ports of 10 Gbps iSCSI
10 Gb iSCSI 8 Port Host Optics
AF1D
Up to 16 ports of 10 Gbps iSCSI
