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SN0058021-00 Rev A  3/04

SANbox 3050 Fibre Channel Switch

SANbox

3050

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• Physical & Signaling Interface Rev. 4.3 (FC-PH)
• Physical & Signaling Interface-2 (FC-PH-2)
• Physical & Signaling Interface-3 (FC-PH-3)
• Fabric Generic Requirements (FC-FG)
• Generic Services (FC-GS)
• Generic Services-2 (FC-GS-2)
• Generic Services-3 (FC-GS-3)
• Switch Fabric (FC-SW-2)
• Arbitrated Loop Rev. 4.6 (FC-AL)
• Arbitrated Loop-2 Rev. 7(FC-AL-2)
• Fibre Loop Attachment (FC-FLA)
• Tape Technical Report (FC-Tape)
• Virtual Interface Architecture Mapping (FC-VI)
• Fibre Channel Element MIB RFC 2837
• Fibre Alliance MIB Version 4.0

Fibre Channel Classes of Service
• Classes 2, 3 connectionless

Modes of Operation
• Fabric
• Public loop

Performance Features

Fabric Port Speed
• 2 Gb/s, Full-Duplex, auto-negotiating for 

compatibility with existing 1Gb devices

Fabric Latency
• Less than 0.4 µs (best case, no contention)
• Cut-through routing

Fabric Point-to-Point Bandwidth
• 206 MB/s Full-Duplex on 2 Gb ports

Fabric Aggregate Bandwidth
• Up to 1648 MB/s (full-duplex) end-to-end
• Non-blocking architecture

Maximum Frame Sizes
• 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)

Per-port Buffering
• ASIC-embedded memory (non-shared)
• Each port has a guaranteed 16-credit zero wait state 

buffer for full performance up to 10km @ 2Gb

Scalability

Ports Per Chassis
• Eight (8) 2Gb / 1Gb ports 

Multi-switch Fabrics
• Supports all topologies, including: stack, cascade, 

cascaded loop, mesh and Multi-stage™  with E_Port

• Supports multiple links between switches
• In-order delivery of frames in all Multi-switch and 

multi-link configurations

SANbox 3050 Fibre Channel Switches

Fabric Port Types
• All ports can assume the following states:

- F_port: Fabric
- FL_port: Fabric loop (public loop)
- E_port: Switch-to-switch

• Ports are auto-discovering, self-configuring

Media Type
• Hot-pluggable, industry-standard SFPs 

(Small Form Pluggable)

Supported SFP Types
• Shortwave (optical)
• Longwave  (optical)   

Media Transmission Ranges (2Gb Ports)
• Optical
- Shortwave: 500 m (1,640 ft.)
- Longwave: 10 km (6.2 mi.)

Cable Types (2Gb Ports)
• 50/62.5 micron multi-mode fiber optic
• 9 micron single-mode fiber optic

Interoperability

• Compatible with FC-SW-2 compliant switches
• Management interoperability with leading SAN 

management applications

Fabric Management

Management Processor
• 

Pentium class Processor

Management Methods
• 

SANbox Manager management tools 
(standard and private brand versions)

• 

SNMP, Telnet, GS-3

Access Methods
• 

In-band

• 

Ethernet 10/100 BaseT with RJ45

• 

RS-232 serial port with DB9

Diagnostics
• 

Power-up self-test of all functionality except media 
modules

• 

Field-selectable full self-test including media modules 

Fabric Services
• 

Simple Name Server

• 

Fabric Zoning 

- Hardware-based
- Access Control List (port)
- Name Server (WWN)
- Orphan Zoning
- All zoning assigned on per-node basis, even 

across Multi-stage fabrics

• 

Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)

• 

I/O StreamGuard

• 

Multi-chassis in-order delivery

• 

Automatic path selection in Multi-stage configurations

User Interface
• 

LED indicators, command-line console, and web-based
utilities

Mechanical

Enclosure Types and Options
• Mounting ears and rubber feet included
• Optional rail mounting kit 

Dimensions

- Width: 432 mm (17") 19" rack  mountable 
- Height: 43.2 mm (1.70" )(1U)
- Depth: 305 mm (12")

Weight

- 4.08 kg (9 lbs)

Power Supply/Cooling
• Integral Power Supply with industry-standard IEC 

connector

• Front-to-back air pattern

Environmental

Operating
• Temperature: 

+5C to +40°C (41 to 104°F)

• Humidity: 

5% to 90% non-condensing

• Altitude: 

0 to +10,000 feet

• Vibration:  

IEC 68-2
5-500 Hz, random, 0.21 G rms, 
10 minutes

• Shock: 

IEC 68-2
4g, 11ms, 20 repetitions

Non-Operating
• Temperature: 

-40°C to +70°C (-40 to 158°F)

• Humidity: 

5% to 93% non-condensing

• Altitude: 

0 to +50,000 feet

• Vibration: 

IEC 68-2
5 to 500 Hz, random, 2.09 G rms, 
10 minutes

• Shock: 

IEC 68-2
30g, 292 ips, 3 repetitions, 3 axis

Electrical

Operating Voltage
• 100 to 240 VAC; 50 to 60Hz

Power Source Loading (Maximum)
• 0.5A at 120 VAC; 0.25A at 200-240 VAC

Heat Output
• 30W maximum (with full-optics configuration)

Regulatory

Safety Standards:
• UL 60950 (USA)
• CSA 22.2 No.60950 

(Canada)

• EN60950 (EC)
• CB Scheme-IEC 60950

Emissions Standards
• FCC Part 15B Class A 

(USA)

• VCCI Class A ITE (Japan)
• ICES-03 Issue 3 (Canada)
• EN55022 Level A (EC)
• CISPR 22, Class A

Voltage Fluctuations
• EN 61000-3-3

TM

Harmonics
• EN 61000-3-2

Immunity
• EN 55024:1998

Marking
• FCC Part 15
• UL (United States)
• TUV (United States)
• cUL (Canada)
• cTUV (Canada)
• TUV Europe (Germany)
• VCCI
• CE

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