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Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
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Intrepid 6140
Director
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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A minimum of eight to a maximum of 16 Fibre Channel port
cards as follows:
— Fiber port module (FPM) cards. Each FPM card provides four
1.0625 Gbps Fibre Channel port connections through duplex
small form factor pluggable (SFP) fiber-optic transceivers.
— Universal port module (UPM) cards. Each UPM card provides
four 2.1250 Gbps Fibre Channel port connections through
duplex SFP fiber-optic transceivers.
— Ten-gigabit port module (XPM) cards. Each XPM card
provides one 10.2000 Gbps Fibre Channel port connection
through a duplex ten-gigabit small form factor pluggable
(XFP) fiber-optic transceiver.
For FPM, UPM, and XPM cards, shortwave laser transceivers are
available for transferring data over multimode fiber-optic cable.
Longwave laser transceivers are available for transferring data
over singlemode fiber-optic cable. Fiber-optic cables attach to
director port transceivers with duplex LC
The power module assembly at the rear of the director also provides a
9-pin, type-D subminiature (DSUB) maintenance port for connection
to a local terminal or remote terminal. Although the port is typically
used by authorized maintenance personnel, operations personnel can
use the port to configure director network addresses.
The Intrepid 6140 Director is a third-generation, enterprise-class
product that provides switched fabric connectivity for up to 140 Fibre
Channel devices. The product provides high-performance scalable
bandwidth, highly-available operation, redundant switched data
paths, long transmission distances (up to 20 km), and high device
population.
Figure 1-3
illustrates the director.
®
connectors.
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