Ethernet Switch Ports

HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch - New!

o Ports 1-16: 10 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Port 17: Dual Purpose 10 Gb Uplink port (CX4 or SFP+), SFP+ takes precedence if it contains module.
o Ports 18-22: 10 Gb Uplink ports ( SFP+)
o Ports 23-24 Dual Purpose 10 Gb Uplink port (SFP+) or ISL port on midplane, SFP+ takes precedence if it
contains module.
HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch - New!
o Ports D1- D16: 1 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Port C1: 10 Gb Uplink port (CX4)
o Ports X1-X2: 10 Gb Uplink ports ( XFP)
o Ports S1-S2: 1 Gb Uplink Port ( SFP)
o Port 1-4: 10/100/1000 Mb Uplink Port (10/100/1000BASE-T)
o ISL: Inter-switch link (ISL) , internal port that acts as a cross connect. Controlled by OA. To enable, the
ProCurve switch port and the corresponding OA port must be enabled.
HP GbE2c (including Layer 2/3) Ethernet Blade Switch
o Ports 1-16: Internal 1 Gb ports connected via midplane to blades
o Ports 17 - 18: 1 Gb Cross Connects
o Port 19: Connect to OA
o Ports 20-24: 10/100/1000 Mb Uplinks (21-24 are dual purpose for Layer 2/3 SFP/RJ-45)
HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch
o Ports 1-16: 1 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Port 17: Crosso connect
o Port 18: Connect to OA
o Ports 19-21: 10 Gb Uplinks
o Ports 22-25: 10/100/1000 Mb Uplinks
HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch (double wide so no crosslink needed)
o Ports 1-16: 10 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Port 17: Connect to OA
o Ports 18-21: 10 Gb uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP c-Class BladeSystem
o Ports 1 16: 1 Gb Internal downlink ports.
o Ports 17 - 20 and Ports 17x - 20x: 1 Gb Dual-purpose SFP/RJ-45 Ethernet uplink ports. SFP modules have
precedence. Can specifically configure each port for either copper Ethernet or SFP modules to not use
autodetection. Copper Ethernet ports support autonegotiation.
o Ports 21x - 22x: 10/100/1000 Mb External copper Ethernet uplink ports that support autonegotiation.
o Ports 23x - 24x: Dual-purpose external/internal 10/100/1000 Mb copper Ethernet uplink ports. Can configure
for internal 1 Gb cross connection. Ports 23x and 24x in external support autonegotiation. The default is
external operation mode.
o FA0: Connect to OA
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP c-Class BladeSystem
o Ports 1 16: 1 Gb Internal downlink ports.
o Ports 17 18: Cross connect ports. Configure using the Cisco IOS CLI. If the blade switches are stacked,
these ports are disabled.
o Ports 19 22: 10-Gigabit Ethernet module slots for use with the Cisco TwinGig Converter Modules (for
3120g) and Cisco X2 transceiver modules (for 3120x).
o Ports 23- 26: 10/100/100 Mb External Ethernet uplink ports that support autonegotiation.
o FA0: Connect to the OA
Fibre Channel Switch Ports
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
o Ports 1-16: 4 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Ports 17-23,0: 1/2/4 Gb autosensing External Ports
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
o Ports 1-16: 8 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Ports 17-23,0: 2/4/8 Gb autosensing External Ports
Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
o Ports 1-16: 4 Gb Internal ports connected via midplane to blades
o Ports EXT1-EXT8: 1/2/4 Gb autosensing External Ports
Cisco MDS 8 Gb Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
o Ports 1-16: 8/4/2 Gbps auto-sensing connected via midplane to blades
o Ports EXT1-EXT8: 8/4/2 Gbps FC SFP ports autosensing External Ports