Appendix A

Appendix A

Specifications

This appendix contains the specifications for the SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel switch. Refer to Section 2 General Description for the location of all connections, switches, controls, and components.

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Fabric Specifications

Fibre Channel Protocols

FC-PH Rev. 4.3

 

FC-PH-2

 

FC-PH-3

 

FC-AL Rev 4.5

 

FC-AL-2 Rev 7.0

 

FC-FLA

 

FC-GS-3

 

FC-FG

 

FC-Tape

 

FC-VI

 

FC-SW-2

 

Fibre Channel Element MIB RFC 2837

 

Fibre Alliance MIB Version 4.0

Fibre Channel Classes of Service ..

Classes 2 and 3

Modes of Operation

Fibre Channel Classes 2 and 3,

 

connectionless

Port Types

F_Port

 

FL_Port

 

E_Port

 

G_Port

 

GL_Port

Port Characteristics

All ports are auto-discovering and

 

self-configuring.

Number of Fibre Channel Ports

16 ports per chassis

Scalability

Maximum 239 switches depending on

 

configuration

Maximum User Ports

> 475,000 ports depending on

 

configuration

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