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General specifications (Continued) TABLE 9
Specification Description
Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3
Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6
FC-IP (IP-over-Fibre Channel) Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of FCA profile
Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 384 Gbps
FC Port-to-port latency 800 nanoseconds with no contention (destination port is free)
Switching capacity An aggregate switching capacity of 210 million frames per second (for Class 2,
Class 3, and Class F frames for the 24 port chassis)
Data transmission ranges
The following table provides the data transmission ranges for different transceivers, port speeds, and
cable types.
Supported optics, speeds, cables, and distances TABLE 10
Transceiver
type Form
factor Speed Multimode
media (62.5
microns)
(OM1) Multimode
media (50
microns)
(OM2)
Multimode
media(50
microns)
(OM3)
Multimode
media(50
microns)
(OM4)
Single
mode
media (9
microns)
SWL SFP+ 2 Gbps 150 m (492
ft.) 300 m (984
ft.) 500 m (1640
ft.) N/A N/A
SFP+ 4 Gbps 70 m (229 ft.) 150 m (492
ft.) 380 m (1264
ft.) 400 m (1312
ft.) N/A
SFP+ 8 Gbps 21 m (68 ft.) 50 m (164 ft.) 150 m (492
ft.) 150 m (492
ft.) N/A
SFP+ 16 Gbps 15 m (49 ft.) 35 m (115 ft.) 100 m (328
ft.) 125 m (410
ft.) N/A
LWL SFP+ 2 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 km (18.6
mi.)
SFP+ 4 Gbps N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 km (18.6
mi.)
Data transmission ranges
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