IBM Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch Module Installation Manual page 16

The following table contains the specifications of the switch module.
Table 1. Fibre Channel switch-module specifications
Fibre Channel
switch-module standards
and protocols:
v Fibre Channel standards:
– FC-AL ANSI X3.272
– FC-AL-2 NCIT S 33
– FC-FLA NCIT S
TR-20
– FC-GS-3 NCITS
348-2000 Rev 7.01
– FC-FG ANSI X3.289
– FC-FS Rev 1.7
– FC-PH ANSI X3.230
– FC-PH-2 ANSI X3.297
– FC-PH-3 ANSI X3.303
– FC-PLDA NCIT S
TR-19
– FC-SW-2 Rev 5.3
– FC-VI Rev 1.61
– IPFC RFC 2625
– SANmark compliance
SCD-3001 v2a1
– FC-MI, Rev 1.92
– FC-SB-3 ANSI/INCITS
374:2003
– FC-BB-2 Rev 5.3
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Fibre Channel
switch-module standards
and protocols (continued):
v Fibre Channel protocols:
– Fibre Channel service
classes: Class 2 and
class 3
– Operation modes: Fibre
Channel class 2 and
class 3, connectionless
– External port type:
- F_port
- FL_port
- E_port
- Self-discovery based
on switch type
U_port, an optional
port type
– Internal port type: 2
Gbps or 4 Gbps
– Port characteristics:
External ports
automatically detected
and self-configuring
– Number of Fibre
Channel ports: 6
external ports and 14
internal ports
– Scalability: 239
switches maximum,
depending on your
configuration
Fibre Channel
switch-module standards
and protocols (continued):
v Fibre Channel protocols
(continued):
– Buffer credits: 16 buffer
credits per port
– Media type: SFP
module
– Fabric port speed:
1.0625, 2.125, or 4.2506
Gbps
– Maximum frame size:
2148 bytes (2112-byte
payload)
– System processor:
PPC405GP
– Fabric latency: Less
than 2 µsec from any
port to any port with
no contention
– Fabric point-to-point
bandwidth: 8 Gb
maximum full duplex
per port
– Fabric aggregate
bandwidth: 160 Gb
– Nonblocking
architecture
shared-memory switch
to prevent latency