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Specifications

In this appendix

General specifications

The PowerConnect B-DCX-4S is compliant with United States and International safety and EMC
(Electromagnetic Compatibility) standards.
PowerConnect B-DCX-4S.
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Specification
Configurable port types
System architecture
System processor
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol
Modes of operation
Fabric initialization
FC-IP (IP over Fibre Channel)
Aggregate I/O bandwidth
Port to port latency
Routing capacity
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General specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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System architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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System size and weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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System blade and FRU weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Fibre Channel port specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Power specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Data transmission ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

General specifications

Table 15 lists the general specifications for the
Description
F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, VEX_Port, VE_Port, EX_Port, and M_Port
Nonblocking shared memory
FreeScale 8548, 1.2 GHz
FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface standard)
Fibre Channel Class 2, Class 3, and Class F
Complies with FC-SW 5.0
Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of the FCA profile
3 Tbps per chassis
Less than 2 microseconds with no contention (destination port is free)
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)
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