A–Specifications

Performance Features

Table A-3. Performance Features

Per Port Buffering...........................

ISL Trunking ...................................

System Processor ..........................

I/O blade Processor........................

ASIC-embedded memory (non-shared).

Each port has a guaranteed 16-credit zero wait state buffer for full performance up to 13Km @ 2-Gbps and 2 Km @ 10-Gbps

Buffer credit donor support software to extend distances

Up to 128 ISLs in one or more trunks between multiple switches in any port speed combination and across multiple I/O blades

Switch-On-Exchange (SOE) mode for dynamic ISL trunk load balancing to maximize throughput

In-order delivery of frames in all multi-switch and multi-link configurations

Automatic configuration of ISL trunks including multi-hop paths between multiple switches including stack, cascade, cascaded loop, and mesh

Adaptive trunking and intelligent path selection on all 10-Gbps ports

Non-disruptive dynamic addition of ISLs to an existing trunk

High availability with automatic path failover

800 MHz PowerPC®

400 MHz PowerPC

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59229-05 A, 9100 specifications

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