User`s manual

Preliminary
SANbox-8 Switch Specifications
SANbox-8 Fibre Channel Switch
A-2 Reference Information 59008-03 Rev. A Installer’s/User’s Manual
SANbox-8 Switch Specifications
Switch
Fibre Channel Protocols:....................FC-PH Rev. 4.3
FC-PH-2 (selected features)
FC-PH-3 (selected features)
FC-GS-2 (selected features)
FC-AL-2 Compliant)
FC-FLA (compliant)
FC-SW (in development)
FC-GS-2 (selected features)
Fibre Channel Classes of Service: .....Class 3, Class 2
System Architecture:..........................Connectionless Fibre Channel fabric
Modes of Operation: .........................Connectionless only:Class 2 and/or Class 3
Fabric Port Types:...............................F_Ports, FL_Ports, SL_Ports,
TL_Ports, T_Ports
All Switch ports can be any of the above
ports.
Number of Fibre Channel Ports:........8 Ports per chassis; Populated by 2 to
8 GBICs in one GBIC increments.
Buffer Credits.....................................Each port has eight buffer credits. This
allows a cable length up to 13 km at 1 Gbps
without performance degradation. Cable
length is also dependant on the type of GBIC
used.
Media Type:........................................Industry standard Gigabit Interface
Converter (GBIC).
Hot pluggable.
Media supported by the Standard:
Shortwave 100-M5-SN-I
Longwave 100-SM-LC-L
Copper Inter-Enclosure (HSSDC or DB-9)
Active 100-TW-EL-S
Active 100-TP-EL-S
Copper Intra-Enclosure (HSSDC or DB-9)
Passive 100-TW-EL-S
Passive 100-TP-EL-S
Any type in any fabric port.