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)