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Table 2 lists the system architecture specifications for the SAN64B-6 switch.

Table 2   System architecture

Feature

Description

Product number

8960-F64 (Front/Port-Side Exhaust).
8960-N64 (Rear/Non-Port Side Exhaust).

Fibre Channel ports

Switch mode (default): Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64 ports 
configuration. Port numbers above minimum are enabled through 12-port 
SFP+ increments with Ports on Demand (PoD) licenses, and through one 
4-port QSFP PoD, providing 16-port increments through a Q-Flex license: 
E_Ports, F_Ports, D_Ports, and EX_Ports.

Access Gateway default port mapping: 40 SFP+ F_Ports, 8 SFP+ N_Ports.

Scalability

Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of 239 switches.

Certified maximum

6,000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in Fabric OS fabrics; larger fabrics 
certified as required.

Fibre Channel 
performance

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4.25 Gbps line speed, full duplex.

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8.5 Gbps line speed, full duplex.

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10.53 Gbps line speed, full duplex.

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14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex.

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28.05 Gbps, full duplex.

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Auto-sensing of 4, 8, 16, 32 Gbps port speeds and capable of supporting 
128 Gbps speeds.

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10 Gbps optionally programmable to fixed port speed.

ISL trunking

Frame-based trunking with up to eight 32 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 256 
Gbps per ISL trunk.
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Fabric OS.

Aggregate 
bandwidth

2 Tbps.

Maximum fabric 
latency

Latency for locally switched ports is 700 ns; encryption/compression is 1 µsec 
per node.

Maximum frame 
size

2,112-byte payload.

Frame buffers

15,360 dynamically allocated.

Classes of service

Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames).

Port types

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D_Port (ClearLink Diagnostic Port), E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, AE_Port 
optional port-type control.

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b-type Access Gateway mode: F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port.

Data traffic types

Fabric switches supporting unicast.

Hot-swap 
components

Power supplies, fan modules, SFPs.

Warranty

One-year; customer-replaceable unit (CRU); and onsite, next-business-day 
response; warranty service upgrades are available.

Содержание SAN64B-6

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Страница 3: ...scalability The SAN64B 6 switch is designed to meet the demands of hyper scale virtualization larger cloud infrastructures and growing flash based storage environments by delivering market leading Gen...

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