Dell PowerEdge M1000e Fabric OS Release Notes - Page 17
Blade Support
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Blade Support Fabric OS v6.4 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the 48000 platform noted in the following table: 48000 Blade Support Matrix Port blade 16, 32 and 48-port 4Gbit blades (FC4-16, FC4-32, FC4-48), 16, 32 and 48-port 8Gbit blade (FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48), and the 6-port 10G FC blade (FC10-6) Supported with any mix and up to 8 of each. No restrictions around intermix. The 48000 must run Fabric OS v6.0 or later to support the FC8-16 port blade and Fabric OS v6.1 or later to support the FC8-32 and FC8-48 port blades. Note: FC8-64 is not supported on 48000. Intelligent blade Up to a total of 4 Intelligent blades (includes iSCSI, FCIP/FCR and Application blade), FC4-16IP, FR4-18i, and FA4-18 respectively. See below for intermix limitations, exceptions, and a max of each blade. iSCSI blade (FC4-16IP) Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type. FC-IP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Up to a maximum of 2 blades of this type. This can be extended under special circumstances but must be approved by Brocade's Product Team. Up to 8 FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing. Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Up to a maximum of 2 blades of this type. Encryption Blade (FS8-18), Extension Blade (FX8-24), FCoE/CEE Blade (FCOE10-24) Not supported. Fabric OS v6.4 software is fully qualified and supports the blades for the DCX/DCX-4S noted in the following table: DCX/DCX-4S Blade Support Matrix 16-, 32, 48 and 64-port 8Gbit port blades (FC816, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64) and the 6-port 10G FC blade (FC10-6) 16, 32 and 48 port blades are supported with FOS v6.0 and above, 64 port blade is supported starting with FOS v6.4.0, with any mix and up to 8/4 of each. No restrictions around intermix. Intelligent blade Up to a total of 8/4 intelligent blades. See below for maximum supported limits of each blade. FC-IP/FC Router blade (FR4-18i) Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type. This can be extended under special circumstances, but must be approved by Brocade's Product Team. Up to 8 FR4-18i blades can be installed in a DCX if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing. Virtualization/Application Blade (FA4-18) Up to a maximum of 4 blades of this type. Fabric OS v6.4.1 Release Notes v1.0 Page 17 of 62
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