SILKWORM 3800

FIBRE CHANNEL STANDARDS AND REVISIONS

FC-FG Rev 3.5

FC-AL Rev. 4.5

FC-FLA Rev 2.7

FC-PLDA Rev 2.1

FC-VI Rev 1.5

 

 

 

 

 

FC-PH-2 Rev 7.4

FC-GS-2 Rev 5.3

FC-PH-3 Rev 9.4

FC-SW Rev 3.3

IPFC RFC 2625

 

 

 

 

 

FC-AL-2 Rev. 7.0

FC-PH Rev 4.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports

16 universal ports

 

 

Scalability

Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum

 

 

Certified maximum

32 switches, 7 hops; larger fabrics certified

 

as required

 

 

Interoperability

SilkWorm II, SilkWorm Express, or any

 

SilkWorm 2000 family switch

 

 

Performance

2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex

 

 

Aggregate bandwidth

64 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)

Management

Supported software

Telnet, SNMP, WEB TOOLS,

 

Fabric Manager (optional)

 

 

Management access

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

 

 

Diagnostics

POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics

 

 

Mechanical Specifications

Enclosure

Back-to-front airflow, power from rear

 

1U, 19-in.–EIA compliant

 

 

Size

Depth: 62.23 cm (24.50 in)

 

Height: 4.34 cm (1.71 in.)

 

Width: 42.86 cm (16.87 in.)

 

 

Weight

Single power supply weight: 11.59 kg (25.6 lbs)

 

Double power supply weight: 12.94 kg (28.5 lbs)

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

Short-wave up to 500 m (1,640 ft); long-wave up

 

to 10 km (6.2 mi)

 

 

Fabric services

Simple Name Server, Registered State Change

 

Notification (RSCN), Alias Server (multicast);

 

and Brocade Advanced Zoning

 

Optional fabric services include: QuickLoop,

 

Fabric Watch, Extended Fabrics, Advanced

 

Performance Monitoring, ISL Trunking,

 

and Remote Switch

 

 

Options

Redundant power supply

 

 

Environment

Temperature

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

 

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

 

 

Humidity

Operating: 20% to 85% noncondensing at

 

40° C (104° F)

 

 

Altitude

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

 

 

Shock

Operating: 80 g's, 2.5 ms duration, half-sine

 

 

Vibration

Operating: 0.5 g sine, 0.4 grms random, 5-500 Hz

 

Non-operating: 2.0 g‘s sine, 1.1 grms random,

 

5-500 Hz

 

 

Power

AC Input

Nominal: 100 to 240 VAC, 2.5 A

 

 

Frequency

47 to 63 Hz

 

 

Corporate Headquarters

Asia Pacific Headquarters

San Jose, CA USA

Tokyo, Japan

T: (408) 487-8000

T: +81-3-5402-5300

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Latin America Headquarters

Geneva, Switzerland

Miami, FL USA

T: +41 22 799 56 40

T: (305) 716-4165

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3800 specifications

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