SilkWorm 2100 Reference
A-1
Appendix
A
Specifications
General
Table A-1 lists SilkWorm 2100 switch specifications:
Table A-1
Switch Specifications
Specification
Description
Fabric initialization
Complies with FC-SW 3.2
IP over Fibre Channel (FC-IP)
Complies with 2.3 of the FCA profile
System architecture
Nonblocking shared-memory switch
System processor
Superscalar 33-Mhz Intel i960RP
Number of Fibre Channel ports
8 ports
Fibre Channel port speed
1.0625 Gbps full duplex
Modes of operation
Fibre Channel Class-2 service and Fibre Channel
Class-3 connectionless service
Aggregate switch I/O
bandwidth
8 Gbps, full duplex
Frame buffers
16 buffers per port at 2112 bytes per frame
Port to port latency
Less than 2 microseconds with no contention
Data transmission range
Up to 13 m (42.65 ft) for copper
Up to 500 m (1,625 ft.) for short-wavelength optical
link
Up to 10 kilometers (32,820 ft.) for long-wavelength
optical link
Chassis type
Back-to-front airflow (power supply out front)
