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Technical specifications, Table 2-1, Dell powervault 51f switch specifications -1 – Dell PowerVault 50F (Fibre Channel Switch) User Manual

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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)