Specifications

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Data transmission ranges

Table 11 provides the data transmission ranges for different cable types and port speeds for Fibre

Channel ports 0-7.

Up to 500 km at 1G is supported when using long distance transport system such as DWDM.

Aggregate switch I/O bandwidth 608 Gbps

FC Port-to-port latency Less than 700 nanoseconds with no contention (destination port is free)

10 GbE Port-to-port latency Less than 600 nanoseconds on the same ASIC

TABLE 10 General specifications

Specification Description

TABLE 11 Laser Data Transmission Range

Port Speed Cable Size

(microns)

Short Wavelength (SWL) Long Wavelength (LWL)

1 Gbps 50 500 m (1,640 ft) (OM2)

860 m (2,821 ft) (OM3)

62.5 300 m (984 ft) NA

9 NA 10 km (6.2 miles)

2 Gbps 50 300 m (984 ft) (OM2)

500 m (1,640 ft) (OM3)

62.5 150 m (492 ft) NA

9 NA 10 km (6.2 miles)

4 Gbps 50 150 m (492 ft) (OM2)

380 m (1,246 ft) (OM3)

62.5 70 m (230 ft) NA

9 NA 10 km (6.2 miles)

8 Gbps 50 50 m (164 ft) (OM2)

150 m (492 ft) (OM3)

62.5 21 m (69 ft) NA

9 NA 10 km (6.2 miles)