SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications

SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications

Switch

Fibre Channel Protocols:

FC-PH Rev. 4.3

 

FC-PH-2 (selected features)

 

FC-PH-3 (selected features)

 

FC-GS-2 (selected features)

 

FC-AL-2 (compliant)

 

FC-FLA (compliant)

 

FC-SW (in development)

 

FC-GS-2 (selected features)

Fibre Channel Classes of Service:

Class 3, Class 2

Modes of Operation:

Connectionless only: Class 2 and/or Class 3

 

Mixed Mode:

Fabric Port Types:

F_Ports, FL_Ports, SL_Ports, TL_Ports,

 

T_Ports.

 

100% of all Switch ports can be any of the

 

above ports.

Number of Fibre Channel Ports:

16 Ports per chassis; Populated by 2 to 16

 

GBICs in one GBIC increments.

Scalability:

Up to 192 fabric ports in a multi-chassis

 

topology. Multi-chassis topology may use

 

cross-connecting for the fewest chassis hops.

Chassis Hops:

Mesh topology - 1 or 2 chassis latencies

 

Cascade topology - 1 to 4 chassis latencies

 

depending on the number of chassis

 

cascaded.

 

Multistage topology - 1 or 3 chassis laten-

 

cies.

Maximum User Ports:

A 16-port chassis can support up to ~1000

 

N_Ports and NL_Ports.

 

A 192-port multi-chassis system can support

 

up to ~12,000 N_Ports and NL_Ports.

Buffer Credits

Each port has eight buffer credits. This

 

allows a cable length up to 13 km at 1 Gbps

 

without performance degradation. Cable

 

length is also dependant on the type of GBIC

 

used.

A-2Reference Information

 

SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch

59005-03 Rev. A

Installer’s/User’s Manual

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