
IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and Pass-thru
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Registered State Change Notification (RSCN):
The switch supports RSCN as described in FC-FLA. RSCN enables an agent to register for change
events in the fabric and attached devices.
Support for standards-based FC-SW2 interoperability
Error detection:
Cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
8-byte and 10-byte conversion
Parity
Long frame and short frame
D_ID mismatch
S_ID mismatch
Frame bundling:
No frame bundling (frames are intermixed from different source ports)
Soft lockdown (the I/O module waits for the sequence to be completed or a gap in the frame
traffic to occur before it services requests from a different port)
Configurable 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 payload)
Nonblocking architecture to prevent latency
Fabric Latency: Less than 4 ms
Support for Call Home function
Support for Domain Name Service (DNS)
Support for Internet protocol (IP) Version 4 and Version 6
Support for Internet protocol security (IPsec)
Support for separate trap community strings for each trap address
Support for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3
Support for vital product data (VPD)
Easier SAN maintenance, isolation and troubleshooting with SANdoctor that is a part of base
firmware
Optional small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) modules
The following software features come with the switch module:
QuickTools Web interface
Fabric Security