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Fabric Specifications
A-2 59096-04 A
S
Number of Fibre Channel Ports ......
(5200 Series models do not
support 4-Gbps)
Variable and can be upgraded in the
following configurations:
Eight 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports
Twelve 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports
Sixteen 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports
Sixteen 1/2/4-Gbps FC ports plus
four 10-Gbps FC ports
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
Ports 0-15 .......................................
Ports 16-19 .....................................
SFP optical transceiver
XPAK switch stacking cables
Fabric Port Speed
Ports 0-15 (5200 series) .................
Ports 0-15 (5600 series) .................
Ports 16-19 .....................................
1.0625 or 2.125
1.0625, 2.125, or 4.250-Gbps
12.750 Gbps
Maximum Frame Size..................... 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
System Processor........................... 200 MHz Motorola® 8245 PowerPc®
Fabric Latency (intra-switch)
1-Gbps to 1-Gbps ...........................
2-Gbps to 2-Gbps ...........................
4-Gbps to 4-Gbps ...........................
10-Gbps to 10-Gbps .......................
< 0.6 µsec
< 0.4 µsec
< 0.3 µsec (5600 series only)
< 0.2 µsec