A Technical specifications
This appendix provides information for both the DC SAN Director and the DC04 SAN Director.
Differences in specifications between the products is indicated. The following information is included:
• “General specifications” on page 209
• “System architecture” on page 210
• “System size and weight” on page 213
• “System blade and FRU weights” on page 214
• “Facility requirements” on page 214
• “Power specifications” on page 215
• “Power cords” on page 216
• “Environmental requirements” on page 219
• “Fibre Channel port specifications” on page 220
• “Data transmission ranges” on page 222
General specifications
The DC SAN Director and DC04 SAN Director are compliant with United States and International
safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Electromagnetic Compatibility standards. Table 41
lists the general specifications for the DC SAN Director and DC04 SAN Director.
Table 41 General specifications
DescriptionSpecification
F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, VEX_Port, VE_Port, and M_PortConfigurable port types
Nonblocking shared memorySystem architecture
FreeScale 8548, 1.2 GHzSystem processor
FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface standard)ANSI fibre channel protocol
Fibre Channel Class 2, Class 3, and Class FModes of operation
Complies with FC-SW 5.0Fabric initialization
Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of the FCA profileFC-IP (IP over fibre channel)
DC SAN Director: 6144 Gb/s, end-to-end
DC04 SAN Director: 3 Tbps per chassis
Aggregate I/O bandwidth
Less than 2 microseconds with no contention (destination port is
free)
Port to port latency
HP StorageWorks DC and DC04 SAN Backbone Director Switches 209