Installation guide

A – Specifications
Fabric Specifications
59096-06 A A-3
A
Number of Fibre Channel Ports..... Variable and can be upgraded in the
following configurations:
 8, 12, or 16 SFP Fibre Channel ports
or
 16 SFP Fibre Channel ports plus
4 XPAK 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
Ports 0-15......................................
Ports 16-19....................................
SFP optical transceiver
XPAK switch stacking cables
Fabric Port Speed
Ports 0-15......................................
Ports 16-19....................................
1.0625, 2.125, or 4.250-Gbps
12.750 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..........................
2-Gbps to 2-Gbps..........................
4-Gbps to 4-Gbps..........................
10-Gbps to 10-Gbps......................
< 0.6 µsec
< 0.4 µsec
< 0.3 µsec
< 0.2 µsec
Bandwidth
Point-to-Point ................................
Aggregate (single switch)..............
212 MB, Full Duplex @ 1-Gbps
224 MB, Full Duplex @ 2-Gbps
850 MB, Full Duplex @ 4-Gbps
1
2550 MB, Full Duplex @ 10-Gbps
Up to 23.80 GB Full Duplex
Table A-1. Fabric Specifications (Continued)