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The Dell PowerVault 56F is a 16-port Fibre Channel switch that consists of a remov- able system board with gigabit interface converter (GBIC) modules, front panel controls with a liquid crystal display (LCD) for configuration, redundant power sup- plies, hot-swappable fan pack, and firmware for building and managing a fabric. A fabric is an active, intelligent, and nonshared interconnect scheme for Fibre Channel server and storage nodes. One or more switches interconnected create a Fibre Chan- nel fabric. Figure 1-1 shows the switch view of a PowerVault 56F.

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DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Preliminary 4/11/00

support.dell.com Dell PowerVault 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch User’s Guide 1-1