Dell PowerVault 50F (Fibre Channel Switch) - Manual (Page 27)

Technical Specifications 2-1
    

 




Table 2-1 shows the Dell PowerVault 51F switch general specifications.
 
 

 
 



 

ANSI Fibre Channel protocol Fibre Channel ANSI standard (FC-PH)
Fabric initialization complies with FC-SW 3.2
System architecture nonblocking shared-memory switch
System processor
superscalar 33-MHz Intel ® i960 ® RP
microprocessor
Number of Fibre Channel ports 8 ports
Fibre Channel port speed 1.0625-Gbps full duplex
Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class 2 service and Fibre Chan-
nel Class 3 connectionless service
Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 8 Gbps, full duplex
Frame buffers 16 buffers per port at 2112 bytes per frame
Fabric latency <2 microseconds with no contention
Data transmission range up to 500 m (1640 ft) for short-wavelength
optical link;
up to 10 km (32,808 ft) for long-wavelength
optical link
Chassis types back-to-front airflow (power supply out front)