McDATA ULTRANET EDGE 3000, User Manual

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McDATA UltraNet Edge 3000 User Guide
UltraNet Edge 3000 Features
UltraNet Edge 3000 Features
This section describes the features for the Fibre Channel, 10/100
Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, OC-3 ATM interfaces and configuration
for the UltraNet Edge 3000.
Refer to Appendix C, Cables, Connectors, and Adapters for detailed
specifications on each interface card.
Fibre Channel
• Runs with either FCXL2 (1 Gigabit) Fibre Channel card or FCBB
(1 or 2-Gigabit) Fibre Channel card
• Mixed application mode supports an FCXL2 and FCBB Fibre
Channel card in the same chassis
• Auto-negotiation
• Fibre Channel originator and responder modes
• Full-duplex send and receive buffers
• Class 2, Class 3, and Class F connection
• FCSW (internal Fibre Channel switch) application
• FICON emulation support of XRC, VTS, and native tape (with
GigE only)
• FICON support of other FICON connections (CTC and other
non-storage devices, GigE only)
• Optional short wave (850nm) Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)
optical transceiver for distances of up to 500 meters over
multi-mode fiber
• Optional long wave (1310 nm) Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP)
optical transceiver for distances of up to 10 kilometers using
single-mode fiber
• Fibre Channel Frame Level CRC
• Fibre Channel End to End CRC for FC/SCSI Tape Pipelining
(Device Extension