The
following
table
contains
the
specifications
of
the
switch
module.
Table
1.
Fibre
Channel
switch-module
specifications
Fibre
Channel
switch-module
standards
and
protocols:
v
Fibre
Channel
standards:
–
FC-AL
ANSI
X3.272
–
FC-AL-2
NCIT
S
33
–
FC-FLA
NCIT
S
TR-20
–
FC-GS-3
NCITS
348-2000
Rev
7.01
–
FC-FG
ANSI
X3.289
–
FC-FS
Rev
1.7
–
FC-PH
ANSI
X3.230
–
FC-PH-2
ANSI
X3.297
–
FC-PH-3
ANSI
X3.303
–
FC-PLDA
NCIT
S
TR-19
–
FC-SW-2
Rev
5.3
–
FC-VI
Rev
1.61
–
IPFC
RFC
2625
–
SANmark
compliance
SCD-3001
v2a1
–
FC-MI,
Rev
1.92
–
FC-SB-3
ANSI/INCITS
374:2003
–
FC-BB-2
Rev
5.3
Fibre
Channel
switch-module
standards
and
protocols
(continued):
v
Fibre
Channel
protocols:
–
Fibre
Channel
service
classes:
Class
2
and
class
3
–
Operation
modes
:
Fibre
Channel
class
2
and
class
3,
connectionless
–
External
port
type:
-
F_port
-
FL_port
-
E_port
-
Self-discovery
based
on
switch
type
U_port,
an
optional
port
type
–
Internal
port
type:
2
Gbps
or
4
Gbps
–
Port
characteristics:
External
ports
automatically
detected
and
self-configuring
–
Number
of
Fibre
Channel
ports:
6
external
ports
and
14
internal
ports
–
Scalability:
239
switches
maximum,
depending
on
your
configuration
Fibre
Channel
switch-module
standards
and
protocols
(continued):
v
Fibre
Channel
protocols
(continued):
–
Buffer
credits:
16
buffer
credits
per
port
–
Media
type:
SFP
module
–
Fabric
port
speed:
1.0625,
2.125,
or
4.2506
Gbps
–
Maximum
frame
size
:
2148
bytes
(2112-byte
payload)
–
System
processor:
PPC405GP
–
Fabric
latency:
Less
than
2
µsec
from
any
port
to
any
port
with
no
contention
–
Fabric
point-to-point
bandwidth:
8
Gb
maximum
full
duplex
per
port
–
Fabric
aggregate
bandwidth:
160
Gb
–
Nonblocking
architecture
shared-memory
switch
to
prevent
latency
4
Brocade
4
Gb
SAN
Switch
Module:
Installation
Guide
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