Q-Logic 16HA Switch User Manual


 
Preliminary
SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications
SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch
Installer’s/User’s Manual 59005-03 Rev. A Reference Information A-3
Media Type:........................................Industry standard Gigabit Interface
Converter (GBIC).
Hot pluggable.
Media supported by the Standard:
Shortwave 100-M5-SN-I
Shortwave with OFC 100-M5-SL-I
Longwave 100-SM-LL-L
Copper 100-TW-EL-S
Any type in any fabric port.
Media Transmission Ranges: .............See GBIC specifications on pages A-6
through A-8.
Fabric Port Speed: .............................1.0625 Gb/second
Fabric Latency (best case):.................Class 2 or Class 3 frame: <0.6 µsec.
Fabric Point-to-Point Bandwidth:.......Class 2 or Class 3: 101.8 MB/s
Fabric Aggregate Bandwidth: ............(Single-Stage)
Class 2 or Class 3 - Up to 16 Gb/s
Total available backplane bandwidth:
Up to 32 Gb/s
Maximum Frame Size: ......................2148 bytes (2112- byte payload) for all
classes of service supported by the Switch.
System Processor:..............................Superscalar 40-MHz Intel i960HA
NOTE:
Throughput, max is 16 Gb/s, though backplanes supply up to 32 Gb/s.