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HP B-series SAN Switches and Directors

For more information about B-series SAN Switches and Directors, including how to access the latest firmware,
Fabric OS release notes, product and software documentation, and supported SAN configurations, see the
following documents:

For information about HP-supported interoperability configurations, see the HP Fabric Interoperability:
Merging Fabrics Based on M-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes and the
HP Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on C-series and B-series Fibre Channel Switches
Application Notes.

For information about SAN design, see the HP SAN Design Reference Guide.

For information about FICON connectivity, see the HP Mainframe Connectivity Design Guide.
The documents listed above are available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesignguide
On the Storage Networking Blueprints and Solutions page, select SAN Design Guide.

For information about HP BladeSystem c-Class systems, see the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure user
documentation, including white papers and best practices documents, which are available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation.

For additional information on the OA and instructions for downloading the latest version, go to:
http://www.hp.com/go/oa.

Warranty Statement: To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product, see the warranty information website:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/warranty.html.
Table 1 (page 2) lists Brocade product names and the equivalent HP B-series product name.
NOTE: Table 1 (page 2) lists all HP-supported Brocade products. Other Brocade products are not
supported by HP.

*5697-3640*
Copyright 20092015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
HP Part Number: 5697-3640
Published: March 2015
Edition: 10

Table 1 Switch product names

Brocade name

HP equivalent

4-Gb switches and blades

Brocade 48000 SAN Director

HP 4/256 SAN Director

FC4-16 Blade

HP 16 Port 4Gb Blade

FC4-32 Blade

HP 32 Port 4Gb Blade

FR4-18i Blade

HP B-series Multi-Protocol Router Blade

FC4-48 Blade

HP 48 Port 4Gb Blade

FC4-16IP Blade

HP B-series iSCSI Director Blade

Brocade 7500

HP 400 Multi-Protocol Router

8-Gb switches and blades

Brocade DCX Backbone

HP DC SAN Backbone Director (DC Director)

Brocade DCX-4S

HP DC04 SAN Director Switch

1

Brocade FS8-18 Encryption Blade

HP Encryption FC Blade

HP 6 Port 10Gb FC Blade

FC8-16 Blade2

HP 16 Port 8Gb FC Blade

FC10-6 Blade

HP 32 Port 8Gb FC Blade

HP 48 Port 8Gb FC Blade

1, 3

HP 64 port 8Gb FC Blade

FC8-32 Blade

FC8-48 Blade
FC8-64 Blade
4

FCOE10-24

HP 10/24 FCoE Blade

FX8-24

HP Multiprotocol Extension Blade

FX824E1

HP Enhanced Multiprotocol Extension blade

Brocade Encryption SAN Switch

HP Encryption SAN Switch

Brocade 5410

HP EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module, 8Gb Brocade

Brocade 5480

Brocade 8 Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class

Brocade 300

HP 8/8 SAN Switch

HP 8/24 SAN Switch

Brocade 5100

HP 8/40 SAN Switch

Brocade 5300

HP 8/80 SAN Switch

Brocade 7800

HP 1606 Extension SAN Switch

Brocade 8000

HP 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch

FC8-32E5

HP 32 Port 8Gb Enhanced FC Blade

HP 48 Port 8Gb Enhanced FC Blade

FC8-48E

Table 1 Switch product names (continued)

Brocade name

HP equivalent

16-Gb switches and blades

Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Director Switch

Brocade DCX 8510-4

HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch

FC16-32

HP SN8000B 32 Port 16Gb FC Blade

FC16-48

HP SN8000B 48 Port 16Gb FC Blade

FC16-64

HP SN8000B 64 Port 16Gb FC Blade

Brocade 6520

HP StoreFabric SN6500B 16Gb 96port Fibre Channel Switch

Brocade 6510

HP SN6000B 48 Port 16Gb Fibre Channel Switch

Brocade 6505

HP SN3000B 24 Port 16Gb Fibre Channel Switch

Brocade 6548

Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class6

Brocade 7840

HP StoreFabric SN4000B SAN Extension Switch

This blade is also supported in the HP SN8000B 8-Slot and 4-Slot SAN Director Switches.

This blade is also supported in the HP 4/256 SAN Director.

This blade cannot be used in the same chassis with an HP 10/24 FCoE blade.

This blade is also supported in slot 1 of the HP SN8000B 8-Slot Director Switch with FOS v7.3.0x and higher. For full support
details, see the Fabric OS Administrators Guide.
These blades are supported only in the HP SN8000B 8-slot and 4-slot Directors.

5
6

Requires Onboard Administrator version 4.0 or later. For latest version of OA, visit the HP webite: http://www.hp.com/go/oa

NOTE:

The 8-Gb license is enabled on all HP 8-Gb switches by default.

Table 2 (page 3) lists features and the corresponding licenses that must be installed on the local switch
and all attached switches.
Table 2 License requirements
Feature

License

Where to install license

Administrative domains

No license required

N/A

Configuration
upload/download

No license required
configupload and configdownload
commands are included with the OS on the
switch

N/A

Diagnostic tools

No license required

N/A

Distributed Management Server No license required

N/A

Encryption performance upgrade Encryption Blade Performance Upgrade

Encryption SAN Switch Performance Upgrade

On encryption switch or director with encryption

blade

EX_Ports

Integrated Routing

Local switch

Extended fabrics

Extended Fabrics

Local switch and attached switches;

license is required on both ends of the
connection

FC FastWrite

FC-IP Services or

Local switch and attached switches

High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC

FCIP

FICON

FC-IP Services or
High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC

Local switch and attached switches;

license required on both ends of the tunnel

No license required

N/A

Table 2 License requirements (continued)

Feature

License

Where to install license

FICON CUP

FICON Management Server

Local switch

FICON CUP accelerator

FICON Management Server

Multi-protocol extension blade

FICON tape read and write

emulation over an FCIP tunnel

FICON Tape High-Performance

Extension over FCIP/FC

Local switch and attached switches

FICON XRC sequence emulation FICON XRC High-Performance

over an FCIP tunnel
Extension over FCIP/FC

Local switch and attached switches

FIPS

No license required

N/A

Firmware download

No license required
The firmwaredownload command is
included with the OS on the switch.

N/A

Full fabric

Full Fabric

Local switch; can be required on

attached switches

Ingress rate limiting

Adaptive Networking

Local switch

Integrated routing

Integrated Routing

Local switch

Inter-chassis link (ICL)

ICL

Local director and attached directors

Interoperability

No license required

N/A

IPsec for FCIP tunnels

FC-IP Services or
High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC

Local switch and attached switches;

license is required on both sides of the tunnel

LDAP

No license required

N/A

Logical fabric

No license required

N/A

Logical switch

No license required

N/A

NPIV

No license required

N/A

OpenSSH public key

No license required

N/A

Performance monitoring

No license required for basic features

Advance Performance Monitoring

Local switch

license required for advanced features

10GbE performance
upgrade

10GbE performance upgrade

Multi-protocol extension blade

Port fencing

Fabric Watch

Local switch

Ports

Ports on Demand
This license applies to a select set of switches.

Local switch

QoS

Adaptive Networking

Local switch and attached switches

QoS on an HBA

Server Application Optimization and

Adaptive Networking

Local switch

RADIUS

No license required

N/A

RBAC

No license required

N/A

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Table 2 License requirements (continued)

Feature

License

Where to install license

Routing traffic

No license required

N/A

Security
No license required
Includes the DCC, SCC, FCS, IP
Filter, and

N/A

Includes port-based or
exchanged-based routing, static
routes, frame-order deliver, and
dynamic routes

authentication policies
SNMP

No license required

N/A

Increases the maximum available 10 Gb WAN rate upgrade

aggregate WAN bandwidth for
all tunnels to 10 Gb/s

Local switch and attached switches

Increases the maximum available 40 Gb WAN rate upgrade

aggregate WAN bandwidth for
all tunnels to 40 Gb/s

Local switch and attached switches

MAPS (Monitoring and Alerting Fabric Vision

Policy), Flow Vision, and

Local switch

D_Port to non-Brocade devices