HP StorageWorks SAN Director Installation Guide (A7393-90009, May 2007)

Port blade and CP card support notes214
Adding 4/16IP SAN Director (FC4-16IP) port blades to a 4/256 SAN
Director
Prior to installation verify the following requirements:
• Four Power Supplies are required.
• Chassis Config mode 5 is required.
• Up to four FC4-16IP blades can be installed to a single chassis.
NOTE: A maximum of four Intelligent blades can be used in a single 4/256 SAN Director chassis:
combination of up to two FR4-18i and up to four FC4-16IP blades.
Chassis configuration setting
When migrating a Director with two domains (two logical switches) to a 4/256 SAN Director, the
result will be a Director with only one domain. Depending on your configuration, this may change
the topology of the fabric and should be taken into consideration when planning your installation.
The 4/256 SAN Director supports chassis configuration options 1 or 5 only.
Use the chassisConfig command to change the chassis configuration. The valid options are:
• Option 1—One (up to) 128-port logical switch
This chassis mode supports CP4 control processor blades managing FC2-16 and FC4-16 port
blades.
• Option 5—One (up to) 384-port logical switch
This chassis mode supports CP4 control processor blades managing FC4-16, FC4-32, and
FC4-48 port blades, and the FR4-18i and FC4-16IP intelligent blades.
Power requirements
Although the 4/256 SAN Director can support four power supplies, only two power supplies are
required to function in redundant power mode. The power supplies must be in an odd and an even
slot (slot 1 and 2, or slot 1 and 4, or slot 2 and 3, or slot 3 and 4).
A 4/256 SAN Director populated with either the B-Series MP Router (FR4-18i) or the FC4-16IP
blades (FC4-16IP) must operate with four functional power supplies.
A fully populated 4/256 SAN Director with no Intelligent blades can function with the power
supplied with two power supplies, so there is no need to add or replace any power supplies in the
chassis.