Departmental Switch Model DS-16B Hardware Reference Manual
Specifications
General Specifications
Table A-1 shows the switch specifications.
Table A-1 Switch Specifications
Specifications Description
Fibre Channel protocol ANSI Fibre Channel Standard (FC-PH)
Fabric Initialization Complies with FC-SW 3.2
IP Over Fibre Channel (FC-IP) Complies with 2.3 of the FCA profile
System architecture Nonblocking shared-memory switch
System processor Superscalar 33-Mhz Intel i960RP
Number of Fibre Channel Ports 16 ports
Fibre Channel port speed 1.0625 Gbps full duplex
Modes of operation Fibre Channel Class-2 service and Fibre Channel Class-3 connectionless
service
Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 16 Gbps, full duplex
Frame buffers 16 buffers per port at 2112 bytes per frame
Fabric latency <2 microseconds with no contention
Data transmission range up to 500 m (1,625 ft.) for short-wavelength optical link
Up to 10 kilometers (84,480 ft.) for long-wavelength optical link
Chassis types Back-to-front airflow (power supply out front)
