Specifications

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Long-distance
enhancements
200 km at 1 Gbit/sec or 100 km at 2 Gbit/sec (SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16V,
and SAN Director 2/128)
500km at 1Gbit/sec, 250km at 2Gbit/sec, or 100km at
4Gbit/sec (SAN Switch 4/32)
Trunking over Extended Fabrics (HP StorageWorks 2 GB switches,
Core Switch 2/64, and SAN Director 2/128 with version 4.4.0b) is
supported only at 2 Gbit/sec as follows:
• Four links at 10 km at 2 Gbit/sec per trunk group
• Three links at 25 km at 2 Gbit/sec per trunk group
• Two links at 50 km at 2 Gbit/sec per trunk group
Buffer limited ports
Enhanced trunking support is summarized below:
Distance
Number of 2-Gbit/sec ports
LE 10 km 4 (one 4-port trunk)
L0.5 25 km 3 (one 3-port trunk)
L1 50 km 1 (one 2-port trunk)
L2 100 km 0
LD 200 km 0
LD 250 km 0
LD 500 km 0
Enhanced trunking support with the ASIC is summarized below:
Distance
Number of 2-Gbit/sec Number of 4-Gbit/sec
ports or trunks ports
LE 10 km 32 (four 8-port trunks) 32 (four 8-port trunks)
L0.5 25 km 32 (four 8-port trunks) 15 (one 8-port trunk)
L1 50 km 15 (one 8-port trunk) 7 (one 7-port trunk)
L2 100 km 7 (one 7-port trunk) 3 (one 3-port trunk)
LD 200 km 3 (one 3-port trunk) 0
LD 250 km 3 (one 3-port trunk) 0
LD 500 km 0 0
Table 2 New features in Fabric OS 4.4.x (continued)
Category Feature