Internal ports: 14 internal full-duplex 8 Gb FC ports Internal ports operate as F_ports (fabric ports) on the FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch Internal ports operate as TH_Ports (transparent host ports) on the FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru Two internal full-duplex 1 GbE ports connected to the chassis management module External ports: Six external ports for 8 Gb SFP+ transceivers supporting 4 Gb and 8 Gb port speeds (SFP+ modules are not included and must be purchased separately - see Table 2) External ports can operate as F_ports (fabric ports), FL_ports (fabric loop ports), or E_ports (expansion ports) on the FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch External ports operate as TF_Ports (Transparent Fabric Ports) on the FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru One external 100 Mb Fast Ethernet (100BASE-TX) port with RJ-45 connector for switch configuration and management One RS-232 serial port (mini-USB connector) that provides an additional means to configure the switch module Transparent (N_Port ID Virtualization - NPIV) mode support Power-on self-test diagnostics and status reporting Support for Non-Disruptive Code Load Activation (NDCLA) Registered State Change Notification (RSCN): The switch supports RSCN as described in FC-FLA. RSCN enables an agent to register for change events in the fabric and attached devices.
Support for standards-based FC-SW2 interoperability Error detection: Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) 8-byte and 10-byte conversion Parity Long frame and short frame D_ID mismatch S_ID mismatch Frame bundling: No frame bundling (frames are intermixed from different source ports) Soft lockdown (the I/O module waits for the sequence to be completed or a gap in the frame traffic to occur before it services requests from a different port) Configurable Fabric Address Notification (FAN) Supports up to 239 switches depending on configuration 8 Gb switch fabric aggregate bandwidth: 320 Gbps at full duplex Maximum frame size: 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload) Nonblocking architecture to prevent latency Fabric Latency: Less than 4 ms Support for Call Home function Support for Domain Name Service (DNS) Support for Internet protocol (IP) Version 4 and Version 6 Support for Internet protocol security (IPsec) Support for separate trap community strings for each trap address Support for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3 Support for vital product data (VPD) Easier SAN maintenance, isolation and troubleshooting with SANdoctor that is a part of base firmware Optional small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) modules The following software features come with the switch module:
QuickTools Web interface Fabric Security The switch supports the following management methods:
Web interface through QuickTools Command-line interface through SSH (Telnet is also supported but disabled by default) Switch simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent: enables a network management workstation to receive configuration values, traffic information, and Fibre Channel failure data through SNMP and the Ethernet interface Supported standards The switch supports the following Fibre Channel standards:
C-PH version 4.3 FC-PH-2 FC-PH-3 FC-AL version 4.5 FC-AL-2 Rev 7.0 FC-FLA FC-GS-3 FC-FG FC-PLDA FC-Tape FC-VI FC-SW-2 Fibre Channel Element MIB RFC 2837 Fibre Alliance MIB version 4.0
