Table 9
General specifications (Continued)
Specification
Scalability
Maximum user ports
Buffer credits
Media type
Fabric port speed
Maximum frame size
System processor
Fabric latency (intra-switch)
2 Gb/s to 2 Gb/s
4 Gb/s to 4 Gb/s
8 Gb/s to 8 Gb/s
Bandwidth
Point-to-point
Aggregate (single switch)
Air flow
Maintainability features
Table 10
lists maintainability features for the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch.
Table 10
Maintainability features
Specification
Diagnostics
User interface
Field replaceable units (FRUs)
64
Description
Maximum 239 switches, depending on
configuration. For the latest supported
configurations, see the SAN Design
Reference Guide available at
http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesignguide.
> 475,000 ports depending on
configuration. For the latest supported
configurations, see the SAN Design
Reference Guide available at
http://www.hp.com/go/SANdesignguide.
16 buffer credits per port, ASIC embedded
memory
SFP optical transceiver
2.125, 4.250, 8.50 Gb/s
2148 bytes (21 12 byte payload)
440EP PowerPc
< 0.6 μsec
< 0.3 μsec
< 0.2 μsec
425 MB, Full Duplex @ 2 Gb/s
850 MB, Full Duplex @ 4 Gb/s
1,700 MB, Full Duplex @ 8 Gb/s
Up to 34 GB Full Duplex
Front-to-back
Description
The POST tests all functional components
except SFP transceivers. Port tests include
online, internal, and external tests.
LED indicators
None