McDATA manual UltraNet Edge 3000 Features, Fibre Channel

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UltraNet Edge 3000 Features

UltraNet Edge 3000 Features

This section describes the features for the Fibre Channel, 10/100 Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, OC-3 ATM interfaces and configuration for the UltraNet Edge 3000.

Refer to Appendix C, Cables, Connectors, and Adapters for detailed specifications on each interface card.

Fibre Channel

•Runs with either FCXL2 (1 Gigabit) Fibre Channel card or FCBB (1 or 2-Gigabit) Fibre Channel card

•Mixed application mode supports an FCXL2 and FCBB Fibre Channel card in the same chassis

•Auto-negotiation

•Fibre Channel originator and responder modes

•Full-duplex send and receive buffers

•Class 2, Class 3, and Class F connection

•FCSW (internal Fibre Channel switch) application

•FICON emulation support of XRC, VTS, and native tape (with GigE only)

•FICON support of other FICON connections (CTC and other non-storage devices, GigE only)

•Optional short wave (850nm) Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver for distances of up to 500 meters over multi-mode fiber

•Optional long wave (1310 nm) Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver for distances of up to 10 kilometers using single-mode fiber

•Fibre Channel Frame Level CRC

•Fibre Channel End to End CRC for FC/SCSI Tape Pipelining (Device Extension

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