Features and specifications
This section provides a summary of the features and specifications of the
switch module.
The switch module has the following features:
v One PPC405GP processor that operates at 200 MHz
v One 256 Kb serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
(SEEPROM)
v One real-time clock with a 10-year battery
v Two temperature sensors
v Six external autosensing Fibre Channel ports that operate at a maximum of 4
Gbps (gigabits per second)
v 14 internal fixed-speed Fibre Channel ports that operate at a maximum of 4
Gbps
v Two internal full-duplex 100 Mbps Ethernet interfaces, terminated at a single
MAC
v Power-on diagnostics and status reporting
v Standard Ethernet and Fibre Channel management information base (MIB)
support
v External ports that can be configured as F_ports (fabric ports), FL_ports
(fabric loop ports), or E_ports (expansion ports)
v Internal ports that are configured as F_ports at 2 Gbps or 4 Gbps
v Frame-filtering technology that enables advanced zoning and monitoring
capabilities
v Optional small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules
The following software features come with the switch module:
v Brocade Advanced Web Tools
v Brocade Advanced Zoning
v 20-port licensing (20-port version only)
v 10-port licensing (10-port version only)
v Support for Brocade Fabric Access API and API Scripting Toolkit
For information about the standard software features, see the Brocade
documentation that came with your hardware. For information about optional
advanced software features, see Chapter 6, "Optional features of the Brocade 4
Gb SAN switch modules," on page 35.
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