Introduction
Introduction
• Reliable – Highly integrated, reliable, multifunction (ASIC)
devices are used throughout the switch.
• High performance – Low-latency, high-performance design
resulting in a worst-case data-transfer latency of less than two
microseconds from any port at peak Fibre Channel performance
of 100 MB/sec. The latency may differ when the destination or
device is a loop.
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Automated congestion management – Virtual channels lets the
switch use sophisticated congestion management techniques that
are performed automatically by the switch.
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Cascading – You can cascade switches for large Fabric support.
Up to 32 switches can be interconnected for a large Fabric with
hundreds of Fabric connections.
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Universal – DS-16B switch ports are designed to support F, FL and
E-port modes of operation with the software selecting the
optimum mode of operation.
Performance
A minimum aggregate routing capacity of 4,000,000 frames/sec is
specified for Class 2, Class 3, and Class F frames. Non-blocking
throughput of up to 8 x 100MBytes/sec (0.8 GBytes/sec) is provided.
A maximum switch latency of less than two microseconds is specified
for Class 2, Class 3, and Class F frames when the output port is free.
Manageability
The unit may be managed in band or out of band via Telnet, via
SNMP, via SES or via the Web by connecting to the 10/100BaseT
Ethernet port.
