Fibre Channel Standards
And Revisions
Physical Interface (FC-PI-3, FC-PI-4)
Line Services (FC-LS)
Framing & Signaling (FC-FS-3)
Generic Services (FC-GS-6)
Switch Fabric (FC-SW-5), except for enhanced zoning
Arbitrated Loop-2 Rev. 7.0 (FC-AL-2)
Fibre Channel Device Attach (FC-DA)
Fibre Channel Methodologies for Interconnects (FC-MI-2)
Tape Technical Report (FC-Tape)
Virtual Interface Architecture Mapping (FC-VI)
Fabric Element MIB Specification (RFC 2837)
Fibre Alliance MIB Specification (Version 4.0)
Security Protocols (FC-SP)
Fibre Channel ports
20 universal device ports
Scalability
Full fabric architecture:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANDesignGuide
Certified maximum
Refer to SAN Design Guide:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANDesignGuide
Interoperability
H-series fabric
HP 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch
HP SN6000 Stackable 8Gb Fibre Channel Switch
HP B-series fabric
1
using Transparent Router feature
HP C-series fabric
1
using Transparent Router feature
1
Refer to the SPOCK data base for supported B-series and C-series switches:
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock
Performance
8 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex
Switch core
Non-blocking
Form Factor
1U
Fabric latency
<0.2µ sec., cut-through routing
Maximum frame size
2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
Classes of service
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) connectionless Fibre Channel protocol support
Port types
FL_Port, F_Port, and E_Port; G_Port, GL_port (auto-configuring)
Data traffic types
Fabric switches support unicast and broadcast
Media types
8 Gbps Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) optical transceivers
Laser
Distance using short-wave 8 Gbps optical transceivers at 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps connection speed:
8 Gbps:
OM4 fiber: 190m
OM3 fiber: 150 m
OM2 fiber: 50 m
4 Gbps:
OM4 fiber: 400m
OM3 fiber: 270 m
OM2 fiber: 150 m
QuickSpecs
HP 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch
Technical Specifications
DA - 12909 North America — Version 21 — May 9, 2014
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