Installation guide

A – Specifications
Fabric Specifications
A-2 59055-00 B
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Number of Fibre Channel Ports ...... Variable and upgradable in the following
configurations::
 8 1Gbps/2Gbps FC ports
 12 1Gbps/2Gbps FC ports
 16 1Gbps/2Gbps FC ports
 16 1Gbps/2Gbps FC ports plus 4 10
Gbps FC ports
Scalability........................................ Maximum 239 switches depending on
configuration
Maximum User Ports ...................... > 475,000 ports depending on
configuration
Buffer Credits.................................. 16 buffer credits per port, ASIC embedded
memory
Media Type
1Gbps/2Gbps..................................
10 Gbps ..........................................
SFP optical transceiver, hot-pluggable
XPAK optical transceivers and XPAK
switch stacking cables
Fabric Port Speed
Ports 0-15 .......................................
Ports 16-19 .....................................
1.0625 or 2.125 Gpbs
10.625 Gbps
Maximum Frame Size..................... 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
System Processor........................... 200 MHz Motorola® 8245 PowerPc®
Fabric Latency (intra-switch)
1 Gbps to 1 Gbps............................
1 Gbps to 10 Gbps..........................
2 Gbps to 2 Gbps............................
2 Gbps to 10 Gbps..........................
10 Gbps to 1 Gbps..........................
10 Gbps to 2 Gbps..........................
10 Gbps to 10 Gbps........................
< 0.6 µsec
< 18 µsec
< 0.4 µsec
< 8 µsec
< 0.6 µsec
< 0.4 µsec
< 0.2 µsec
Bandwidth
Point-to-Point .................................
Aggregate (single switch) ...............
2.125 Gbps, Full Duplex
10.625 Gbps, Full Duplex
Up to 76 Gbps Full Duplex