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EMC Connectrix B Series v6.2 ED-DCX-4S-B Hardware Reference Manual
Hardware Overview
ED-DCX-4S-B blades
Table 1 summarizes the port, application, control processor, and core
switch blades that are available for the ED-DCX-4S-B.
Table 1 Blades available for the ED-DCX-4S-B (page 1 of 2)
Description Name Function
ED-DCX-4S-B control
processor blade
CP8 The CP8 blade contains the control plane for the chassis. There are two
CP8 blades for redundancy. This control processor blade is compatible
with the ED-DCX-B and the ED-DCX-4S-B.
ED-DCX-4S-B core
switch blade
CR4S-8 The CR4S-8 blade contains the ASICs for switching between port
blades. Core switch blades have additional front port connectivity to
connect multiple chassis and backplane connections for the storage
server blade. This core switch blade is compatible only with the
ED-DCX-4S-B.
16-port 8-Gbps port
blade
PB-DCX-16P
(FC8-16)
A 16-port EMC port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
This port blade is compatible with the ED-48000B Director, the
ED-DCX-B and the ED-DCX-4S-B.
32-port 8-Gbps port
blade
PB-DCX-32P
(FC8-32)
A 32-port EMC port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
This port blade is compatible with the ED-48000B Director, the
ED-DCX-B and the ED-DCX-4S-B.
48-port 8-Gbps port
blade
PB-DCX-48P
(FC8-48)
A 48-port EMC port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
This port blade is compatible with the ED-DCX-B and the ED-DCX-4S-B.
6-port 10-Gbps port
blade
PB-48K-10G-6
(FC10-6)
A 6-port EMC port blade supporting 10 Gbps port speed. Blade provides
10-Gbps ISLs. This port blade is compatible with the ED-48000B
Director, the ED-DCX-B and the ED-DCX-4S-B.