Q-Logic 5000 manual Specifications Fabric Specifications

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Number of Fibre Channel Ports	Variable and can be upgraded in the
(5200 Series models do not	following configurations:
support 4-Gbps)	„ Eight 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports
	„ Twelve 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports
	„ Sixteen 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports
	„ Sixteen 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports plus
	four 10-Gbps FC ports
Scalability	Maximum 239 switches depending on
	configuration
Maximum User Ports	> 475,000 ports depending on
	configuration
Buffer Credits	16 buffer credits per port, ASIC embedded
	memory
Media Type
Ports 0-15	SFP optical transceiver
Ports 16-19	XPAK switch stacking cables
Fabric Port Speed
Ports 0-15 (5200 series)	1.0625 or 2.125
Ports 0-15 (5600 series)	1.0625, 2.125, or 4.250-Gbps
Ports 16-19	12.750 Gbps
Maximum Frame Size	2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
System Processor	200 MHz Motorola® 8245 PowerPc®
Fabric Latency (intra-switch)
1-Gbps to 1-Gbps	< 0.6 µsec
2-Gbps to 2-Gbps	< 0.4 µsec
4-Gbps to 4-Gbps	< 0.3 µsec (5600 series only)
10-Gbps to 10-Gbps	< 0.2 µsec

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