HPE Synergy Fabric compatibility and coexistence across generations

Master/Satellite architecture compatibility

  10 Gb interconnect link module 20 Gb interconnect link module 25/50 Gb interconnect link module
VC SE 40 Gb F8 Module Yes Yes No
VC SE 100 Gb F32 Module No No Yes

Compute module – adapter support compatibility

  2820C/3820C 4820C 6810C 6820C 6410C 4610C
Compute GenX Gen9/Gen10 Gen10 Gen9/Gen10 Gen10 Gen9/Gen10 Gen10
VC SE 40Gb F8 Module Yes (10/20Gb) Yes (10/20Gb) No (25/50Gb) No (25/50Gb) No (25/50Gb) No (10/25Gb)
VC SE 100Gb F32 Module No (10/20Gb) Yes (25Gb) No (25/50Gb) Yes (25/50Gb) No (25/50Gb) No (10/25Gb)1
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Potential support in a future release.

HPE Synergy Fabric coexistence

HPE Virtual Connect SE 40Gb F8 Modules and HPE Virtual Connect SE 100Gb F32 Modules:
  • Cannot coexist in the same HPE Synergy Logical Enclosure.

  • Cannot be connected to the same set of compute modules.

Example:
  • VC SE 40 Gb F8 Module in interconnect bays 3 and 6 connecting to compute module mezzanine 3.

  • VC SE 100 Gb F32 Module in interconnect bays 2 and 5 connecting to compute module mezzanine 2.

The VC SE 100 Gb F32 Module is not supported with any Gen9 compute modules.