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Fibre Channel Standards
And Revisions
Fibre Channel ports
Scalability
Certified maximum
Interoperability
Performance
Switch core
Form Factor
Fabric latency
Maximum frame size
Classes of service
Port types
Data traffic types
Media types
Laser
Physical Interface (FC-PI-3, FC-PI-4)
Line Services (FC-LS)
Framing & Signaling (FC-FS-3)
Generic Services (FC-GS-6)
Switch Fabric (FC-SW-5), except for enhanced zoning
Arbitrated Loop-2 Rev. 7.0 (FC-AL-2)
Fibre Channel Device Attach (FC-DA)
Fibre Channel Methodologies for Interconnects (FC-MI-2)
Tape Technical Report (FC-Tape)
Virtual Interface Architecture Mapping (FC-VI)
Fabric Element MIB Specification (RFC 2837)
Fibre Alliance MIB Specification (Version 4.0)
Security Protocols (FC-SP)
20 universal device ports
Full fabric architecture:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANDesignGuide
Refer to SAN Design Guide:
http://www.hp.com/go/SANDesignGuide
H-series fabric
HP 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch
HP SN6000 Stackable 8Gb Fibre Channel Switch
1
HP B-series fabric using Transparent Router feature
1
HP C-series fabric using Transparent Router feature
1
Refer to the SPOCK data base for supported B-series and C-series switches:
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock
8 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex
Non-blocking
1U
<0.2µ sec., cut-through routing
2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames) connectionless Fibre Channel protocol support
FL_Port, F_Port, and E_Port; G_Port, GL_port (auto-configuring)
Fabric switches support unicast and broadcast
8 Gbps Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) optical transceivers
Distance using short-wave 8 Gbps optical transceivers at 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps connection speed:
8 Gbps:
4 Gbps:
DA - 12909 North America — Version 21 — May 9, 2014
OM4 fiber: 190m
OM3 fiber: 150 m
OM2 fiber: 50 m
OM4 fiber: 400m
OM3 fiber: 270 m
OM2 fiber: 150 m
HP 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch
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