Thanks for the quick reply Bill

So, i could add 2 x-blade 65's .and obtain optical 10Gig-E ports

NS480 supports the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optical ports. Each X-blade in a NS480 can have either of these configuration for Network ports -

1) Four 10/100/1000 BaseT Ports (Copper GigE)

2) Two Optical GigE ports and two 10/100/1000 BaseT Ports (Copper GigE)

3) Two 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optical Ports and two 10/100/1000 BaseT Ports (Copper GigE)

You may refer to the NS-480 sepcification sheet per the following link (the link Bill mentioned is for NS80 not NS480)

http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/specification-sheet/h5807-celerra-ns-480-ss.pdf

And the data sheet at - http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/data-sheet/c1118-celerra-unified-storage-ds.pdf

Hope this helps,

Thanks,
Sandip

actually I think he was asking about 10Gbit options for the NS80

jimkunysz wrote: Thanks for the quick reply Bill So, i could add 2 x-blade 65's .and obtain optical 10Gig-E ports

you need to check with your local EMC team

from what I remember all blades in the NS80 need to be the same type so you would have to replace the existing ones as well

might be possible to get an expection via RPQ if you can make sure that standby is only configured between the same blade types

You are so right Rainer - thanks for the correction. Jim and Bill - sorry for injecting the confusion - my bad - Rainer and Bill had given you the needed suggestions and details.

Sandip