Users Guide

Technical Specifications 2-1

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Table 2-1 shows the Dell PowerVault 51F switch general specifications.

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ANSI Fibre Channel protocol Fibre Channel ANSI standard (FC-PH)

Fabric initialization complies with FC-SW 3.2

System architecture nonblocking shared-memory switch

System processor

superscalar 33-MHz Intel

i960

microprocessor

Number of Fibre Channel ports 8 ports

Fibre Channel port speed 1.0625-Gbps full duplex

Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class 2 service and Fibre Chan-

nel Class 3 connectionless service

Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 8 Gbps, full duplex

Frame buffers 16 buffers per port at 2112 bytes per frame

Fabric latency <2 microseconds with no contention

Data transmission range up to 500 m (1640 ft) for short-wavelength

optical link;

up to 10 km (32,808 ft) for long-wavelength

optical link

Chassis types back-to-front airflow (power supply out front)