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Technical Specifications: Dell PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fiber Channel Switch User's Guide
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Technical Specifications: Dell PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fiber
Channel Switch User's Guide
Overview • Fabric Management Specifications • Optical Port Specifications • Copper GBIC Module • FL_Port
Specifications • Environmental Specifications • Dimensions
Overview
Table 2-1 shows the Dell PowerVault™ 50F Switch general specifications.
Table 2-1. Dell PowerVault™ 50F Switch Specifications
Specifications Description
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 25-MHz Intel i960JF
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 Channel 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 (1,625 ft) for short-wave optical link
Chassis types back-to-front airflow (power supply out front)
Fabric Management Specifications
Table 2-2 shows Fabric management specifications.
Table 2-2. Fabric Management Specifications
Standard Features Description
Fabric management Simple Name Server, Alias Server, SNMP, Telnet, World Wide Web
User interface RJ45 front panel connector for 10BASE-T Ethernet or in-band
Maintenance port local front panel RS-232 port, LED indicators
Optical Port Specifications