SILKWORM 3200

SILKWORM 3200 SPECIFICATIONS AT A GLANCE

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

8 (all universal ports or any 2-switch configuration)

 

 

Scalability

2-switch fabric to a full-fabric architecture with

 

239 switches maximum

 

 

Certified maximum

32 switches, 7 hops with optional full-fabric license;

 

larger fabrics certified as required

 

 

Interoperability

Any SilkWorm 1000 series, 2000 series,

 

3000 series, or later switch

Mechanical Specifications

Enclosure

Back-to-front airflow, power and cable on the same

 

side, 1U, 19-in.–EIA compliant

 

 

Dimensions

Depth: 10.4 in (26.4 cm)

 

Height: 1.7 in (4.2 cm)

 

Width: 16.9 in (42.8 cm)

 

 

Weight

3.9 kg (8.5 lbs)

 

 

Performance

2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex

 

 

Aggregate bandwidth

32 Gbit/sec end-to-end

 

 

Fabric latency

<2 µ sec. with no contention, cut-through routing

 

 

Maximum frame size

2112-byte payload

 

 

Classes of service

Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)

 

 

Port types

FL_Port, F_Port, and E_Port; self-discovery based

 

on switch type (U_Port)

 

 

Data traffic types

Fabric switches support unicast, multicast

 

(256 groups), and broadcast

 

 

Media types

Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form-Factor

 

Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; Short-Wavelength

 

Laser (SWL); Long-Wavelength Laser (LWL);

 

Extended Long-Wavelength Laser (ELWL); distance

 

depends on fiber optic cable and port speed

Laser

 

 

 

Port speed

Cable

Short wavelength

Long wavelength

1 Gbit/sec

50u

500 m (1,640 ft)

N/A

1 Gbit/sec

62.5u

300 m (984 ft)

N/A

1 Gbit/sec

9u

N/A

10 km (6.2 miles)

2 Gbit/sec

50u

300 m (984 ft)

N/A

2 Gbit/sec

62.5u

150 m (492 ft)

N/A

2 Gbit/sec

9u

N/A

10 km (6.2 miles)

 

 

 

 

Fabric services

Simple Name Server, Registered State Change

 

Notification (RSCN), Alias Server (multicast),

 

Translative Mode, WEB TOOLS, Advanced Zoning

 

(optional), QuickLoop (optional), Fabric Watch

 

(optional), Extended Fabrics (optional), Advanced

 

Performance Monitoring (optional), ISL Trunking

 

(optional), and Remote Switch (optional)

 

 

Management

 

Supported software

Telnet, SNMP, Fabric Access API, WEB TOOLS,

 

 

Fabric Watch (optional), Fabric Manager (optional)

 

 

 

 

Management access

10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45), serial port

 

 

 

 

Diagnostics

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environment

Temperature

Operating: 10° C to 40° C (50° F to 104° F)

 

Nonoperating: -25° C to 70° C (-13° F to 158° F)

 

at 90% relative humidity

 

 

Humidity

20% to 85% noncondensing at 40° C (104° F)

 

 

Altitude

Up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft)

 

 

Vibration

Operating: 0.5 Gs, 5-500-5 Hz

 

Nonoperating: 2.0 Gs, 5-500-5 Hz

 

 

Shock

Operating: 150 Gs, 2.7 ms half-sine

 

Nonoperating: 60 Gs, 13 ms trapezoid

 

 

Power Specifications

Supported power

Nominal: 100 to 240 VAC contiguous

 

 

Range

Operational: 90 VAC to 264 VAC

 

 

Frequency

47 to 63 Hz

 

 

Power consumption

50 Watts (maximum)

 

 

Regulatory Compliance

 

Safety

EMC

Canada

CSA 60950

ICES-003 Class A

 

 

 

United States

UL 60950

FCC Part 15 Class A

 

 

 

Japan

IEC60950 A4

VCCI Class A

 

 

 

European Community

EN60950

EN55022 Level A

 

TUV, NEMKO

EN55024 (Immunity)

 

 

 

Australia/New Zealand

AS/NZS 3548

International

IEC 60950

CISPR 22

 

 

 

Fibre Channel Standards and Revisions

FC-AL-2 Rev 7.0, FC-FLA Rev 2.7, FC-GS-3 Rev 7.01, FC-FG Rev 3.5, FC-FS Rev 1.7, FC-PH Rev 4.3, FC-PH-2 Rev 7.4, FC-PH-3 Rev 9.4, FC-PLDA Rev 2.1, FC-SW-2 Rev 5.4, FC-VI Rev 1.6, IPFC RFC 2625

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Miami, FL USA

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3200 specifications

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