HP SN8000B Installation Instructions Manual

HP Director Blade Installation
Instructions

Overview

Use these installation instructions if you have purchased
one of the optional director blades listed in

Table 1 (page 1). Install the blades in compatible

director models only.

NOTE: This document refers to blades by their

short names.

Table 1 Director blades

Short name

Compatible HP director

models

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

8Gb 32-port
Enhanced Fibre
Channel Blade

8Gb 48-port
Enhanced Fibre
Channel Blade

16Gb 32-port
Fibre Channel
Blade

(imprinted

on blade)Model

FC16-32HP SN8000B

Part

number

QW940AFC8-32EHP SN8000B

QW941AFC8-48EHP SN8000B

QK713A
QK713B

© Copyright 2011–2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Printed in the US

Published: June 2012
Edition: 6

*5697-2056*

16Gb 48-port
Fibre Channel
Blade

Director Switch
10/24 FCoE
blade

nl

option

Director Switch

nl

Multi-protocol

nl

Extension blade
option

nl

Director

nl

Encryption
blade

Director

nl

16-port 4Gb FC
blade

FC16-48HP SN8000B

QK714A
QK714B

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

FCOE10-24HP DC SAN

AP866A
AP866B

FX8-24HP DC SAN

AP865A
AP865B

DC SAN Backbone

nl

Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director

DC SAN Backbone

nl

Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director,

nl

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

FS8-18HP DC SAN

AR945A
AR945B

DC SAN Backbone
Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director,

nl

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

FC4-16HP SAN

A7990A
A7990B

2/128 SAN Director,
4/256 SAN Director

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Director

nl

48-port 4Gb FC
blade

Director

nl

32-port 4Gb FC
blade

FC4-48HP SAN

4/256 SAN DirectorAG561A

AG561B

Identifying blade components

This section identifies the blade components.

FC4-32HP SAN

A7991B

4/256 SAN DirectorA7991A

NOTE: Ports are numbered from bottom to

top.

FC8-16HP SAN

Director

nl

16-port 8Gb FC
blade DC04 SAN Director

FC8-32HP SAN

Director

nl

32-port 8Gb FC
blade

FC8-48HP SAN

Director

nl

48-port 8Gb FC
blade

FC8-64HP DC SAN

Director

nl

64-port 8Gb

AK858A
AK858B
AK858C

AK859A
AK859B
AK859C

AK860A
AK860B
AK860C

BK798A
BK798B

Fibre Channel
Blade

4/256 SAN Director,
DC SAN Backbone
Director,

nl

DC SAN Backbone
Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director

DC SAN Backbone
Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director

DC SAN Backbone

nl

Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director,

nl

SN8000B 8-Slot SAN
Backbone Director,
SN8000B 4-Slot SAN
Director

AK861A
AK861B

Director

nl

6-port 10Gb FC

FC10-6HP SAN

blade DC04 SAN Director

4/256 SAN Director,
DC SAN Backbone
Director,

nl

FC8-32E components

Figure 1 FC8-32E

iSCSI

nl

Director blade

nl

Multi-protocol
(MP) Router
blade

FC4-16IPHP B-series

4/256 SAN DirectorAG671A

AG671B

FR4-18iHP B-series

AG461A
AG461B

4/256 SAN Director,

nl

DC04 SAN Director

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port and trunking group map3. FC ports 24–31

6. FC ports 0–75. FC ports 16–23

7. FC ports 8–15

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FC8-48E components

FC16-32 components

Figure 2 FC8-48E

Figure 3 FC16-32

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. FC ports 0–233. FC ports 24–47

2. FC ports 8–151. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC ports 0–7

6. Port and trunking group map5. FC ports 24–31

7. FC ports 16–23

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FC16-48 components

FCOE10-24 components

Figure 4 FC16-48

Figure 5 FCOE10-24

2. 10-GbE FCoE ports 0–111. Power LED

4. 10-GbE FCoE ports 12–233. Status LED

2. FC ports 0–231. Power LED

4. FC ports 24–473. Status LED

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FX8-24 components

FS8-18 components

Figure 6 FX8-24

Figure 7 FS8-18

7. FC ports 6–11

2. 1 GbE ports 0–31. Power LED

4. FC ports 0–53. 10-GbE ports 0–1

6. 1 GbE ports 4–95. Status LED

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC port

5. FC ports 0–15

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FC4-16 components

FC4-32 components

Figure 8 FC4-16

Figure 9 FC4-32

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port speed LED3. FC Port

6. FC ports 0–155. Port status LED

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port speed LED (left port)3. FC Port

6. Port speed LED (right port)5. Port status LED (left port)

8. FC ports 16–317. Port status LED (right port)

9. FC ports 0–15

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FC4-48 components

FC8-16 components

Figure 10 FC4-48

Figure 11 FC8-16

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

6. FC ports 0–235. FC ports 24–47

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

5. FC ports 0–15

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FC8-32 components

FC8-48 components

Figure 12 FC8-32

Figure 13 FC8-48

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

6. FC ports 0–155. FC ports 16–31

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

6. FC ports 0–235. FC ports 24–47

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FC8-64 components

FC10-6 components

Figure 14 FC8-64

Figure 15 FC10-6

2. Power LED1. Status LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

6. FC Port5. FC Port

8. FC ports 0–317. FC ports 32–63

NOTE: FC8-64 supports mini-SFPs (mSFPs)

only.

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC port

5. FC ports 0–5

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FC4-16IP components

FR4-18i components

Figure 16 FC4-16IP

Figure 17 FR4-18i blade

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

6. FC ports 0–155. GbE ports 0–1

2. Status LED1. Power LED

4. Port status LED3. FC Port

6. GbE ports 0–75. FC ports 0–7

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Verifying installation requirements

The installation takes less than 10 minutes. You will
need the following items:

• Replacement director blade

• Filler panel for each empty slot (ships with the

director blade)

• Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap

• Workstation computer

• Phillips screwdriver

• Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers, as

needed (must be ordered separately)

• Quad SFP (QSFP) transceivers, as needed (must

be ordered separately)

• Extended form-factor pluggable (XFP) transceivers,

as needed, for the FC10-6 only

• Optical cables, as needed

Transceiver support

1. Push in the yellow tab on each ejector.

2. Open both ejectors and remove the filler panel.
To remove a filler panel with pull tabs:

1. Unscrew the top and bottom captive screws on
the filler panel.

2. Grasp the top and bottom pull tabs and remove
the filler panel.

Figure 18 Removing filler panels

• The FC8-64 supports mSFPs only, and is shipped

with them installed.

• Except for the FC8-64, all 8 Gb and 16 Gb

blades use B-series SFPs.

• CR16-8 and CR16-4 use QSFP transceivers for

ICL connections.

For more information about supported transceivers,
see the HP SPOCK website at http://www.hp.com/

storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport

to gain access.
For information on SAN compatibility, see http://

www.hpsancompat.com/.

Removing the filler panel

Remove the filler panel, if installed. There are three
filler panel types (Figure 18 (page 11)).

CAUTION: Remove a filler panel only when

installing or replacing a Director blade. All slots
that are not occupied by a Director blade
require a filler panel to ensure cooling of the
chassis and protection from dust.

2. Captive screws (2)1. Filler panel with handle

4. Filler panel with ejectors3. Handle

6. Captive screws (2)5. Ejectors (2)

8. Filler panel with pull tabs7. Pull tabs (2)

Determining the ejector type

Installation procedures vary depending on the ejector
mechanism on the blade. This section identifies the
blades that use ejectors and sliders, and the blades
that use ejectors only.

To remove a filler panel with a handle:

1. Unscrew the two captive screws on the filler
panel.

2. Grasp the handle and remove the filler panel.

To remove a filler panel with ejectors:

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Blades with ejectors and slider switches

The following blades use both ejectors and slider
switches:

FC4-16IPFC4-16

FR4-18iFC4-32

FC10-6

Blades with ejectors

The following blades use ejectors only:

FC8-48EFC8-32E

FC8-48FC16-32

FC8-64FC16-48

FC4-48FCOE10-24

FS8-18FC8-16

FX8-24FC8-32

4. Proceed to Step 5 if the blade you are installing
uses ejectors only. (See “Determining the ejector

type” (page 11).)

For blades with both ejectors and slider switches:
a. Open the ejectors approximately 45 degrees,

align the flat side of the blade inside the
upper and lower rail guides in the slot, and
then, while applying slight pressure to the
left, slide the blade into the slot
(Figure 19 (page 12)).

Figure 19 Removing and replacing a Director
blade with ejectors and slider switches
(FC4-16 shown)

Installing the blade

CAUTION: Wear an ESD grounding strap

when handling the blade. On the director
chassis, the grounding connection is located
above the power connectors.

To install the blade:

1. Identify the ejector type for your blade, as
described in “Determining the ejector type” (page

11).

2. Locate an appropriate slot. Slots are numbered
from left to right when facing the port side of the
chassis.

For the HP 4/256 SAN Director: Install the blades
in slots 1 through 4 and 7 through 10.

For the HP DC SAN Backbone Director: Install the
blades in slots 1 through 4 and 9 through 12.

For the HP DC04 SAN Director: Install the blades
in slots 1 and 2 and slots 7 and 8.

For the HP SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone
Director: Install the blades in slots 1 through 4

and 9 through 12.
For the HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director: Install

the blades in slots 1 and 2 and slots 7 and 8.

3. Orient the blade so that the ports face outward
(away from the slot) and the flat (noncomponent)
side is on the left.

2. FC4-161. 4/256 SAN Director

chassis

4. Ejectors (2)3. On/Off slider switch

b. Close the ejectors by pushing the handles

toward the center of the blade until the
ejectors lock.

The levering action of the handles seats the
blade in the slot.

c. Tighten the thumb screw inside each handle

using the Phillips screwdriver.

d. Turn the blade on by sliding up the slider

switch in the top ejector, covering the thumb
screw.

e. Proceed to Step 6.

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5. For blades with ejectors:
a. Open the ejectors.
b. Align the flat side of the blade inside the

upper and lower rail guides in the slot.

c. Slide the blade into the slot until it is firmly

seated (Figure 20 (page 13)).

d. Close the ejectors.

Figure 20 Removing and replacing a blade with
ejectors only (FC4-48 shown)

procedures (including those for mixed-blade
configurations), see the following:

• HP B-series SN8000B 8-Slot SAN Backbone

Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide

• HP HP B-series SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director

Switch Hardware Reference Guide

• HP StorageWorks DC and DC04 SAN Director

Switch Hardware Reference Guide

• iSCSI Gateway Service Administrator Guide

• Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide

Supporting Fabric OS 7.0.x

For the latest documentation and firmware releases,
see:

http://www.hp.com/go/san

2. FC4-481. SAN Backbone Director

chassis

3. Ejectors

6. Verify that the blade power LED is displaying a
steady green light and that the blade is firmly
seated.

7. Install the transceivers and cables.

For more information

This document provides initial setup and configuration
procedures only. For comprehensive configuration

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