Dell PowerVault 51F User Manual

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1-4 Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch User’s Guidelow-latency data path within the switch. The frame can be temporarily stored in thememory bank but only if the transmit port is busy.- ' The switch is manufactured with eight universal ports (U_Ports). Universal ports pro-vide the greatest amount of flexibility when building a fabric because the portsautomatically and dynamically configure themselves to operate in E_Port, F_Port, orFL_Port mode during port installation. The ports negotiate from the FL_Port to thehigher-performing F_Port if the attached device supports both modes.!The embedded port, which is a logical N_Port, is based on a microcontroller and isresponsible for: Fibre Channel link control Switch management Routing table management Address assignment and management functions Management of Class F services and the related protocols as defined in the FibreChannel StandardThe embedded port also functions as a Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP) agent, a Fibre Channel Name Server, and an Alias Server to manage multicastand broadcast functions.,( Included with the switch is firmware that can be customized and tuned for each instal-lation. Dell has provided a standard set of commands and interfaces described in“PowerVault 51F Commands” of the Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel SwitchInstallation and Troubleshooting Guide for switch monitoring, control, andmanagement..,!/% #0 & The SWL fiber-optic GBIC module is based on short wavelength CD lasers supporting1.0625-Gbps link speeds. This GBIC module supports 50-micrometer and62.5-micrometer multimode fiber and is supported only in non-OFC (Open FibreConnection) mode. 50/125-micrometer cables up to 500 meters (m) in length and62.5/125-micrometer cables up to 175 m in length are supported.NOTE: The SWL GBIC module uses a Class 1 CD laser, which complies with the 21CFR, subpart (J) as of the date of manufacture.