General Description
•All ports used as F_Ports support Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, and Intermix Fibre Channel service. Refer to the Reference Information appendix for more information.
•All ports support the maximum Fibre Channel frame size (2148 bytes) for all classes of Fibre Channel service.
•All ports used as FL_Ports support Class 2, and Class 3 Fibre Channel service. Refer to the Reference Information appendix for more information.
•As an option, any or all ports can be Trunk Ports (T_Ports). T_Ports support all three classes of service and interconnect chassis in a fabric composed of multiple Switch chassis. T_Ports also “self discover” and are available in groups of four. Any time you use one port in the group as a T_Port, all ports in that group are T_Ports. The port groups are
•Ports are supported by GigaBit Interface Converters (GBICs). GBICs contain the transmitters and receivers that connect to the interconnection media. Each GBIC is “hot pluggable”.
•You may populate 2 to 16 ports with GBICs. The choice of ports and GBICs is yours.
The Switch has been validated with GBICs that support a variety of interconnection media. Refer to the Fibre Channel Ports paragraphs later in this section for more information.
Major Switch Management Features
The Switch supports management through:
•the Windows NT™ or Windows
•a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server, and
•a
•Optionally, the GigWorks MKII Switch
The Switch Utilities require an Ethernet connection to each managed chassis. The Web- based Switch management application can manage multiple fabrics and can manage
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