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Figure 1-7
illustrates the switch.
Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch
Figure 1-7
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 three
cooling fans (six fans total).
•
Up to 24 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 4500 Switch can be purchased at a discount price with
the McDATA Flexport Technology feature. A Flexport Technology feature
switch is delivered with only eight 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 a combined initial machine load and
reset (IML/RESET) button, Ethernet LAN connector, port status
LEDs, port speed LEDs (green for 1.0625 Gbps operation and blue for
2.1250 Gbps operation), green power (PWR) LED, and amber system
error (ERR) LED.
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