HP SN8000B 8-slot SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide

System architecture
Table 21 System architecture
Up to 384 16 Gb/s ports, universal (D_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, M_Port)FC ports
Redundant (active/standby) control processor modulesControl processor
Full fabric architecture: 239 switches maximumScalability
2.125 Gb/s line speed, full duplexPerformance
4.25 Gb/s line speed, full duplex
8.50 Gb/s line speed, full duplex
10.51875 Gb/s line speed, full duplex
16.0 Gb/s line speed, full duplex
Autosensing of 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds depending on SFPs used. Speed
matching between 4, 8, and 16 Gbps port speeds. 10 Gbps port speeds with
dedicated SFPs.
Can use up to 8 ports in a trunk group to form a 128 Gb/s trunkISL trunking
8.2 Tb/s populated with eight FC16-48 port blades and using 32 ICL ports at 64
Gb/s
Aggregate bandwidth
For the FC8-64 blade:
<2.1 µsec any port to any port at 8 Gb/s, cut-through routing
Switch latency
For the FC8-32E blade <800 ns any port to any port, 2.4 μsec blade to blade at 8
Gb/s, cut-through routing.
For the FC8-48E blade <800 ns any port to any port, 2.4 μsec blade to blade at 8
Gb/s, cut-through routing.
For the FC16-32 blade:
<800 ns any port to any port at 16 Gb/s, cut-through routing
For the FC16-48 blade:
<800 ns any port to any port at 16 Gb/s, cut-through routing
For the FX8-24 blade:
<2.1 µsec any port to any port at 8 Gb/s, cut-through routing.
FC to FC
For the FX8-24E blade:
<2.1 µsec any port to any port at 8 Gb/s, cut-through routing.
FC to FC
2,112-byte payloadMaximum frame size
8,000 per ASIC, with 5,000 more that can be borrowed from a neighboring ASIC
if enabled
Frame buffers
FC8-64 supports E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, and M_PortPort types
FC8-32E supports E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, and M_Port
FC8-48E supports E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, and M_Port
FC16-32 supports D_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, and M_Port
FC16-48 supports D_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, and M_Port
FS8-18 supports E_Port, EX_Port, F_Port, and M_Port
FX8-24 supports E_Port, EX_Port, and F_Port on FC; and VE_Port on GbE
FX8-24E supports E_Port, EX_Port, and F_Port on FC; and VE_Port on GbE
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