HP Storageworks SAN 8/8 Full Fabric

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)