Table
PowerEdge | Emulex LP982 | QLogic QLA2340 | Emulex |
System | or LP9802 | (PCIe Express [PCIe]) | |
| HBA |
| HBA |
|
|
|
|
1550 | X | X |
|
1650 | X | X |
|
1750 | X | X |
|
1800 | X | X | X |
1850 | X* | X* | X** |
2500 | X | X |
|
2550 |
| X |
|
2600/2650 | X | X |
|
2800 | X | X | X |
2850 | X* | X* | X** |
4400 | X | X |
|
4600 | X | X |
|
6400/6450 | X | X |
|
6600/6650 | X | X |
|
8450 | X | X |
|
*The PowerEdge system must have a
**The PowerEdge system must have a PCIe riser installed in order to use this HBA.
Fibre Channel Switches
•Dual (redundant) fabric configurations are required.
•A maximum of 16 switches may be used in a SAN.
•A minimum of two and a maximum of eight
two directly communicating switches. A single ISL is permitted only when connecting to a remote switch in an EMC® MirrorView™ configuration.
•A maximum of three hops (the number of ISLs each data frame must traverse) may exist between a host and a storage system.
Rules and Guidelines
When configuring your cluster, all cluster nodes must contain identical versions of the following:
Platform Guide
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