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The switch is manufactured with 16 universal ports (U_Ports). U_ports provide the greatest amount of flexibility when building a fabric because the ports automatically and dynamically configure themselves to operate in E_Port, F_Port, or FL_Port mode during port installation. The ports negotiate from the FL_Port to the higher-performing F_Port if the attached device supports both modes.

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The embedded port, which is a logical N_Port, is based on a microcontroller and is responsible for:

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Fibre Channel link control

Switch management

Routing table management

Address assignment and management functions

‡Management of Class F services and the related protocols as defined in the Fibre Channel Standard

The embedded port also functions as a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent, a Fibre Channel name server, and an alias server to manage multicast and broadcast functions.

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Included with the switch is firmware that can be customized and tuned for each instal- lation. Dell has provided a standard set of commands and interfaces described in “PowerVault 56F Commands” of the Dell PowerVault 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for switch monitoring, control, and management.

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The short-wave laser (SWL) fiber-optic GBIC module is based on short wavelength

850nanometer (nm) lasers supporting 1.0625 gigabytes-per-second (Gbps) links

speeds.This GBIC module supports 50-micrometer and 62.5-micrometer multimode fiber and is supported only in non-Open Fibre Connection (OFC) mode. 50/125- micrometer cables up to 500 meters (m) in length and 62.5/125-micrometer cables up to 175 m in length are supported.

NOTE: The SWL GBIC module uses a Class 1 CD laser, which complies with the 21 CFR, subpart (J) as of the date of manufacture.

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