
Specifications
C–3
GBICs
The SAN Integrated Switch is compatible with the following types of GBICs:
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Shortwave
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Longwave
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Shortwave serial ID
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Longwave serial ID
The SAN Integrated Switch product includes short wavelength GBICs for all ports, both
ISL and user ports.
Switch Element Specifications
The specifications for the switch element (Fibre Channel SAN Switch 16-EL) are listed in
Table C–4.
Table C–4: Switch Element Specifications
Specification
Description
Fabric initialization
Complies with FC-SW 3.2
IP over Fibre Channel (FC-IP)
Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of the FCA profile
System architecture
Nonblocking shared-memory switch
System processor
Superscalar 33-MHz Intel i960RP
Number of Fibre Channel ports
16 GBIC ports
Fibre Channel port speed
1.0625 GB/s, full duplex
Modes of operation
Fibre Channel Class-2 service and Fibre Channel Class-3
connectionless service
Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth
16 Gigabytes per second, 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 500 m (1,640 ft) for short wavelength optical link
Up to 10 km (84,480 ft) for long wavelength optical link
Chassis type
Back-to-front airflow (AC power connection out front)