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356 Administering Extended Fabrics
SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN director 2/128,
and 4/256 SAN Director (FC2-16 port blades)
Table 79 lists the number of ports that can be configured per port group at various distances.
SAN Switch 4/32
Table 80 lists the number of ports that can be configured at various distances is summarized in .
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for p-Class BladeSystem
Table 81 lists the number of ports that can be configured at various distances. Note that for the Brocade
4Gb SAN Switch for p-Class BladeSystem, exact distances (rather than set, incremental distances) are
used.
Table 79 SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN director 2/128, and 4/256
SAN Director
(FC2-16 port blades)
Speed
(Gbps)
Number of ports allowed at distance (km)
10 km 25 km 50 km 100 km 250 km 500 km
1 4 ports 4 ports L1 mode: 4 ports
LD mode: 3 ports up to 2 ports n/a n/a
2 4 ports 3 ports up to 2 ports 1port n/a n/a
4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Table 80 SAN Switch 4/32
Speed
(Gbps)
Number of ports allowed at distance (km)
10 km 25 km 50 km 100 km 250 km 500 km
1 32 ports 32 ports 32 ports up to 15 ports up to 6 ports up to 3 ports
2 32 ports 32 ports up to 15 ports up to 7 ports up to 3 ports n/a
4 32 ports up to 15 ports up to 7 ports up to 3 ports n/a n/a
Table 81 Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for p-Class BladeSystem
Speed
(Gbps)
Number of ports allowed at distance (km)
1 port Up to 2
ports
Up to 3
ports
Up to 4
ports
1 318 km 170 km 120.6 km 96.km
2 159 km 85 km 60.3 km 48 km
4 79.5 km 42.5 km 30.15 km 24 km