HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)

A Technical specifications
This appendix provides information for the DC SAN Director.
General specifications
The DC SAN Director is compliant with United States and International safety and EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility standards. Table 21 (page 99) lists the general specifications for
the DC SAN Director .
Table 21 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 (FC Physical and Signaling Interface standard)ANSI FC protocol
FC 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 FC)
6,144 Gb/s, end-to-endAggregate I/O bandwidth
Less than 2 microseconds with no contention (destination port is free)Port to port latency
A minimum aggregate routing capacity of four million frames per second
(for Class 2, Class 3, and Class F frames in a 64-port switch)
Routing capacity
Complies with the FC-SB-2, FC-SB-3, and FC-SB-4 FC standards.FICON
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