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A – 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 | Eight |
| Twelve |
| Sixteen |
| Sixteen |
| four |
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 |
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Ports | SFP optical transceiver |
Ports | XPAK switch stacking cables |
Fabric Port Speed |
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Ports | 1.0625 or 2.125 |
Ports | 1.0625, 2.125, or |
Ports | 12.750 Gbps |
Maximum Frame Size | 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload) |
System Processor | 200 MHz Motorola® 8245 PowerPc® |
Fabric Latency |
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< 0.6 µsec | |
< 0.4 µsec | |
< 0.3 µsec (5600 series only) | |
< 0.2 µsec |