Port Side Of The Switch - IBM System Storage SAN32B-E4 Installation, Service And User Manual

v Two RJ45 GE ports for clustering interconnection and re-key, and DEK
v One RJ45 serial console port
v A USB port that facilitates firmware upgrades, serviceability, and system-log
v A switch subsytem and encryption subsystem which feature a CPU running at
v Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking (licensable), allowing up to eight ports (at
v Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), optimizing fabric-wide performance and load
v Small Form-Factor Plugable (SFP) or SFP+ optical transceivers, providing
v Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS) support, delivering distributed intelligence
v Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities to enhance high
v Port and performance scalability through an Encryption Performance Upgrade

Port side of the switch

The port side (see Figure 1 on page 3 ) includes the switch power and status LEDs,
clustering and re-keying ports, Smart Card reader, management, console, and USB
port, and the Fibre Channel ports and their corresponding status LEDs.
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synchronization within cluster
functionality
1.3 GHz with integrated peripherals that provide high performance with low
power consumption
1.0625 Gbps, 2.125 Gbps, 4.25 Gbps, or 8.5 Gbps data rate) between a pair of
switches to be combined to form a single, logical ISL with a speed of up to 64
Gbps (full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization and load balancing
balancing by automatically routing data to the most efficient available path in
the fabric
support for a combination of Short Wavelength (SWL), Long Wavelength (LWL),
or Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL) optical media among the switch ports
Note: The full range of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps can only be achieved by a
combination of 4 Gbps SFPs (1, 2, and 4 Gbps) and 8 Gbps SFP+ (2, 4, and
8 Gbps).
throughout the network and enabling a wide range of applications including
Web Tools and zoning. Optional fabric services include: Adaptive Networking
with QoS, Extended Fabrics, Enhanced Group Management, Fabric Watch, ISL
Trunking, Integrated Routing, and End-to-End Performance Monitoring (APM).
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
license. The base configuration provides 34 Gbps of encryption bandwidth. Each
Encryption Performance Upgrade license activates an additional 34 Gbps
bandwidth. Each switch accepts two encryption-performance upgrades for a
total of 102 Gbps of encryption bandwidth. The front-end user ports in the basic,
first, and second levels of encryption bandwidth remain as 32 ports at 8 Gbps
Fibre Channel.