8.4 Switching properties
The switching properties listed below apply to the SCALANCE XM-400.
Switching properties
Aging time Can be congured (default value: 40 seconds)
Max. number of learnable ad‐
dresses
16000
Maximum frame size 9194 bytes (congurable)
Forwarding of PRP frames 
(Parallel Redundancy Proto‐
col)
Yes
Switching technique Store and forward
Latency 25 - 70 microseconds
Reconguration times for redundancy methods:
  Redundancy method Reconguration time
  HRP 300 ms
  Standby link 300 ms
  MRP 200 ms
Full wire speed switching:
  Number of frames per second Frame length
  At 100 Mbps At 1000 Mbps
  148810 1488095 64 bytes
  84459 844595 128 bytes
  45290 452899 256 bytes
  23496 234962 512 bytes
  11973 119732 1024 bytes
  9615    96154 1280 bytes
  8127 81274 1518 bytes
Note
The number of SCALANCE XM-400 modules connected in a line inuences the frame delay. 
When a frame passes through the switch, this is delayed by the store-and-forward function of 
the SCALANCE XM-400 by 25-70 microseconds (at 1000 Mbps).
Technical specications
8.4 Switching properties
SCALANCE XM-400
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