16N Installation Guide, V4.2.X (AA-RVULB-TE, April 2004)

Overview

18 SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16V and 2/16N Installation Guide

SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16V and 2/16N Features

The SAN Switch 2/8V, 2/16V and 2/16N provide the following features:

■ Air-cooled 1U chassis. The chassis can be installed as a stand-alone unit or

mounted in a standard Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 19 in.

(48.26 cm) cabinet.

■ 8 or 16 Fibre Channel ports, with the following characteristics:

— Automatic negotiation to the highest common speed of all devices

connected to port.

— Port interfaces compatible with small form factor pluggable (SFP)

transceivers, both short wavelength (SWL) and long wavelength (LWL).

— Universal and self-configuring ports: capable of becoming an F_Port

(fabric enabled), FL_Port (fabric loop enabled), or E_Port (expansion

port).

■ 8 or 16 short wavelength SFP transceivers (optional).

■ One RS-232 serial port, designed to connect to a DTE port.

■ One 10/100 Mb/sec Ethernet port with an RJ-45 connector.

■ One (SAN Switch 2/8V) or two (SAN Switch 2/16V) built-in power supplies.

■ The following light-emitting diodes (LEDs):

— Power status

—System status

— Ethernet status

— Port status and port speed for each port

SAN Switch 2/8V and 2/16 Switches Comparison

The basic difference between the SAN Switch 2/8V and the SAN Switch 2/16V is

the number of ports: the SAN Switch 2/8V contains 8 ports, while the SAN

Switch 2/16V contains 16. The SAN Switch 2/8V contains only 1 power supply

while the SAN Switch 2/16V has built-in redundancy and contains 2 power

supplies; thus, the SAN Switch 2/16V also weighs more.

The SAN Switch 2/16V can operate indefinitely on either one of its power

supplies.