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IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and Pass-thru

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Summary of Contents for 69Y1930

Page 1: ...itch modules are licensed to operate in either full fabric mode or intelligent pass thru mode These modules allow IBM Flex System integration with any open standards based SAN whether the module has e...

Page 2: ...ric The pass thru module expands the fabric but unlike a full fabric switch it does not count against the fabric domain The part number includes the following items One IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN...

Page 3: ...s and specifications Internal ports 14 internal full duplex 8 Gb FC ports Internal ports operate as F_ports fabric ports on the FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch Internal ports operate as TH_Ports transparent hos...

Page 4: ...urable Fabric Address Notification FAN Supports up to 239 switches depending on configuration 8 Gb switch fabric aggregate bandwidth 320 Gbps at full duplex Maximum frame size 2148 bytes 2112 byte pay...

Page 5: ...Channel standards The switch supports the following Fibre Channel standards C PH version 4 3 FC PH 2 FC PH 3 FC AL version 4 5 FC AL 2 Rev 7 0 FC FLA FC GS 3 FC FG FC PLDA FC Tape FC VI FC SW 2 Fibre...

Page 6: ...bays 1 2 3 and 4 of the Enterprise chassis Supported adapter card must be installed in a corresponding slot of the compute node slot A1 when switches are installed in bays 1 and 2 or slot A2 when swi...

Page 7: ...l wide compute nodes only Port 2 Module bay 4 The following table lists the storage I O adapters supported by the FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and SAN Pass thru and those that are not supported Table 5 Stora...

Page 8: ...nt panel contains the following components LEDs that display the status of the switch module and the fabric OK LED indicates that the switch module has passed the power on self test POST with no criti...

Page 9: ...5 up to 300 m at 4 Gbps speed LC duplex connector 100BASE TX external 100 Mb Fast Ethernet management port UTP Category 5 100 meters maximum EIA TIA 568B 100 ohm STP 100 meters maximum RS 232 serial...

Page 10: ...g 5 to 80 noncondensing Regulatory compliance The switch conforms to the following standards FCC Title 47 CFR Part 15 Subpart B Class A USA VCCI Class A ITE April 2003 Japan ICES 003 issue 3 Canada A4...

Page 11: ...C3171 8Gb SAN Switches with FC3172 8Gb FC adapters installed in compute nodes Table 6 Components used when connecting the 8 Gb FC adapters to the 8 Gb FC switches Part number machine type Description...

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