HP Storageworks SAN 8/8 Full Fabric - AM867A

Systems Architecture

Fibre Channel ports 24 ports, universal (E, F, and FL)
8 active ports
Scalability Full fabric architecture with 239 switches maximum
Certified maximum 56 switches, 7 hops; larger fabrics may be certified as required

Performance

1,2,4 and 8 Gbit/s line speed full duplex and auto-sensing of 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbit/sec port speeds;
optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed matching between 1, 2, 4 and 8 Gbit/sec ports

ISL Trunking
Up to eight 8 Gbit/sec ports per ISL trunk; up to 68 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk
Aggregate bandwidth 408 Gbit/sec end to end
Fabric latency ~700 nanoseconds, cut-through routing at 8 Gbit/sec
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port types FL_Port, F_Port, E_Port, M-Port (Mirror Port); self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port)