Q-Logic 16HA Manual De Usuario

Fibre Channel Protocols:....................FC-PH Rev. 4.3

FC-PH-2 (selected features)
FC-PH-3 (selected features)
FC-GS-2 (selected features)
FC-AL-2 (compliant)
FC-FLA (compliant)
FC-SW    (in development)
FC-GS-2 (selected features)

Fibre Channel Classes of Service: .....Class 3, Class 2

Modes of Operation: ..........................Connectionless only: Class 2 and/or Class 3

Mixed Mode: 

Fabric Port Types:................................F_Ports, FL_Ports, SL_Ports, TL_Ports, 

T_Ports.
100% of all Switch ports can be any of the 
above ports.

Number of Fibre Channel Ports: ........16 Ports per chassis; Populated by 2 to 16 

GBICs in one GBIC increments.

Scalability: .........................................Up to 192 fabric ports in a multi-chassis 

topology. Multi-chassis topology may use 
cross-connecting for the fewest chassis hops.

Chassis Hops:.....................................Mesh topology - 1 or 2 chassis latencies

Cascade topology - 1 to 4 chassis latencies 
depending on the number of chassis 
cascaded.

Multistage topology - 1 or 3 chassis laten-
cies.

Maximum User Ports: ........................A 16-port chassis can support up to ~1000 

N_Ports and NL_Ports.
A 192-port multi-chassis system can support 
up to ~12,000 N_Ports and NL_Ports.

Buffer Credits.....................................Each port has eight buffer credits. This 

allows a cable length up to 13 km at 1 Gbps 
without performance degradation. Cable 
length is also dependant on the type of GBIC 
used.