Brocade Communications Systems 5300 - Manual (Page 3)

Figure 1.
Simplified SAN deployments support
greater consolidation.
Storage
Storage
Servers
Servers
Total Switches: 12
Ports for Devices: 100
Ports for ISLs: 56
Licensed Ports Free: 4
Unlicensed Ports: 32
Total Switches: 2
Ports for Devices: 100
Ports for ISLs: 0
Licensed Ports Free: 28
Unlicensed Ports:
32
16-port switches
fully licensed
16-port switches
fully licensed
16-port switches
8 ports licensed
80-port Brocade 5300 Switches
64 ports licensed
14 Links
2 Links
systems Architecture
Fibre Channel ports 80 ports, universal (E, F, M, EX, and FL)
Scalability Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum
Certified maximum Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops
Single Brocade M-EOS fabric: 31 domains, 3 hops
Larger fabrics certified as required; consult
Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for
configuration details
Performance 1.063 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;
2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;
4.25 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;
8.5 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex;
auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec port speeds;
optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed
matching between 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec ports
ISL Trunking Frame-based trunking with up to eight 8 Gbit/sec ports
per ISL trunk with optional license; up to 64 Gbit/sec
per ISL trunk (8 ports × 8 Gbit/sec [data rate])
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with
DPS included in Fabric OS
Aggregate bandwidth 640 Gbit/sec: 80 ports × 8 Gbit/sec (data rate)
Fabric latency Locally switched ports 700 ns, latency between port
groups less than 2.1 µsec with no contention,
cut-through routing at 8 Gbit/sec between locally
switched groups
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload
Frame buffers 1460 dynamically allocated, 268 maximum per port
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port types FL_Port, F_Port, M_Port (Mirror Port), E_Port,
EX_Port (Fibre Channel Integrated Routing); self-
discovery based on switch type (U_Port); optional
port type control
Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast
(255 groups) and broadcast
USB 1 USB port for firmware download, support save,
and configuration upload/download
Media types 4 Gbit/sec: Requires Brocade hot-pluggable,
Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector;
4 Gbit/sec Short-wavelength Laser (SwL);
4 Gbit/sec Long-wavelength Laser (LwL);
4 Gbit/sec Extended Long-wavelength Laser (ELwL);
distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed
8 Gbit/sec: Requires Brocade hot-pluggable SFP+,
LC connector; 8 Gbit/sec Short-wavelength Laser
(SwL); 8 Gbit/sec Long-wavelength Laser (LwL);
distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port
speed
BROCADE 5300 sPECiFiCAtiONs