HP A7540-96010 manual Specifications, Fabric specifications

Specifications

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This appendix contains the specifications for the 2/8q FC Switch. See “Introduction” on page 13 for the location of all connections, switches, controls, and components.

Fabric specifications

Table 4: Fabric specifications
Item	Description
Fibre Channel protocols	FC-PH Rev. 4.3
	FC-PH-2
	FC-PH-3
	FC-AL Rev 4.6
	FC-AL-2 Rev 7.0
	FC-FLA
	FC-GS
	FC-GS-2
	FC-GS-3
	FC-FG
	FC-Tape
	FC-VI
	FC-SW-2
	Fibre Channel Element MIB RFC 2837
	Fibre Alliance MIB Version 4.0
Fibre Channel classes of service	Classes 2 and 3
Modes of operation	Fibre Channel Classes 2 and 3, connectionless
Port types	G_Port, GL_Port
	F_Port, FL_Port
Port characteristics	All ports are auto-discovering and self-configuring
Number of Fibre Channel ports	(8) 2 Gbps FC ports
Buffer credits	16 buffer credits per port, ASIC embedded memory
Media type	SFP optical transceiver, hot-pluggable
Fabric port speed	2.125 Gbps
Maximum frame size	2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)

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