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Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
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Sphereon 3232
Fabric Switch
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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The Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch operates at 2.1250 Gbps, provides
fabric connectivity for to up to 32 Fibre Channel devices, and
supports FICON, EON architecture, and HotCAT technology.
Figure 1-5
illustrates the switch.
Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch
Figure 1-5
The switch provides a modular design that enables quick removal
and replacement of FRUs, including:
•
Redundant power supplies and cooling fans. The switch provides
two power supplies, each with an AC power receptacle and
power switch. The switch also provides four cooling fans.
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Up to 32 duplex SFP fiber-optic port transceivers. 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 switch port transceivers with duplex LC
connectors.
NOTE: The Sphereon 3232 Switch can be purchased at a discount price with
the McDATA Flexport Technology feature. A Flexport Technology feature
switch is delivered with only 16 ports enabled. When additional port capacity
is required, the remaining ports are enabled (in eight-port increments)
through purchase of a PFE key.
The switch front panel provides an initial machine load (IML) button,
Ethernet LAN connector, port status LEDs, green power (PWR) LED,
and amber system error (ERR) LED.
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