Fibre Channel specifications
Table 9. Fibre Channel specifications
System component Description
Fibre Channel ports Twenty four 2/4/8/16 Gbps ports
compatible with short wavelength (SWL),
long wavelength (LWL), and extended long
wavelength (ELWL) SFP+ transceivers
(available wavelength options vary for 8 and
16 Gbps SFPs) and capable of
autonegotiating to maximum link speed
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling
Interface standard (FC-PH)
Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class 2 and Class 3
Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW-3 Rev. 6.6
FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of FCA profile
Ethernet specifications
Table 10. Ethernet specifications
System component Description
SFP GbE ports Sixteen 1/10 GE and two 40 GE
optical/copper ports compatible with ultra
short reach (USR), short reach (SR), long
reach (LR), and copper SFP/SFP+
transceivers (available reach options vary
from 1GbE, 10GbE and 40GbE)
Ethernet management port One with 10/100/1000 Mbps
auto-negotiating capability
Connectors
Table 11. Connector types
Component Description
Serial cable One IEEE-compliant RJ-45 serial cable 10-ft
(approximately 3 m) long
RJ-45 to DB9 adaptor One
RJ-45 connector One IEEE-compliant on the port side of the
Extension Switch for use with a serial
console and 10/100 Mbps Ethernet +
LED specifications
Table 12. LED types
Component Description
Switch status and management LEDs
One power
One system
One per FC port
One per Ethernet port
Two for Ethernet management port
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