Fabric Os Administrator's Guide; In This Chapter; Documentation Updates For Fabric Os V7.0.0 And Later; Chapter 22, Managing Long Distance Fabrics - Brocade Communications Systems SN3000B Documentation Update

Fabric OS Administrator's Guide

In this chapter

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.0.0 and later

The updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide, publication number
53-1002148-03, published July 2011.

Chapter 22, Managing Long Distance Fabrics

Under the heading of "Configuring an extended ISL" on page 451, in step 3, change the default
value of R_A_TOV from 1000 to 10000.
Under the heading of "Buffer credits for each switch model" on page 458, change the first
paragraph to the following:
In Table 78, "Buffer credits" on page 458, change the name of the last column to "Unreserved
buffers (per port group) with QoS enabled".
In Table 79, "Configurable distances for Extended Fabrics" on page 460, change the values for the
Brocade 6510, FC16-32, and FC16-48 to the following:
TABLE 79
Switch/blade model
6510
FC16-32
FC16-48
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Table 78 shows the total ports in a switch or blade, number of user ports in a port group, and
the unreserved buffer credits available per port group. The number in the Unreserved buffers
column is the number with QoS enabled. This number is higher if QoS is not enabled.
Configurable distances for Extended Fabrics
Maximum distances (km) that can be configured assuming 2112 Byte Frame Size
1 Gbps
N/A
N/A
N/A
2 Gbps 4 Gbps
6754 3377
5190 2595
4486 2243
8 Gbps 10 Gbps
1688 1350
1297 1038
1121 897
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16 Gbps
844
648
560
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