STANDARDS

• Fibre Channel Protocols:
  • FC-AL, FC-AL2, FC-PH, FC-PH2, FC-PI
• Interoperability:
• Connects to any FC-AL compliant device
• Compatible with the InSpeed API
• Compatible with InSpeed Embedded
• Storage Switches and previous generation InSpeed SOCs

ARCHITECTURE

• Fibre Channel Ports:
  • 22
• Interfaces:
• Parallel bus microprocessor interface
• I²C interface for access to internal registers
• • LED interface
  • Testability interface
• Scalability:
  • Up to 8 InSpeed SOCs
• Trunking:
  • Automatic trunking fully multiplies throughput and bandwidth with failover pathing
• Zoning:
• Port- or ALPA-based overlapping and port-based non-overlapping
• Stability:
  • Stealth Intelligent Change Manager automatically eliminates state and configuration change notification disruptions–zone and port-based management
• Integration:
  • Integrated Fibre Channel Controller for in–band monitoring and control, including SES
  • Switch-on-a-chip (SOC) with integrated support chips
  • Embedded SERDES on each port
  • Selectable termination/swing
  • Equalization per port serial EEPROM restores system configuration on power-up - configured in standalone operation eliminates external microprocessor requirement
• Reference clock:
  • 106.25 MHz LVTTL

PERFORMANCE

• Port Speed:
  • 4, 2 or 1Gb/s bi-directional (800MBps per port, full duplex)
• Latency:
  • Less than 1μSec with no contention, cut-through routing at 4Gb/s
• Performance:
  • Full wire-speed switching
• Aggregate Bandwidth:
  • 176Gb/s
• Switch Core:
  • 23x23 non-blocking Crossbar switch core dynamically delivers multiple concurrent port-to-port connections
• Retiming:
  • Architecture ensures jitter compliance and cleanest signals
• Fairness & Prioritization:
  • Ensures all devices have guaranteed access to all other devices, or explicitly have prioritized access

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

• Package:
  • 35mm x 35mm footprint, 772-pin BGA
• Power & Nominal Dissipation:
  • 3.3V / 2.5V / 1.2V; 6W

DIAGNOSTICS

• Continuous Diagnostic Operations:
  • Power on self–test
  • Port test before insertion
  • Traffic & utilization monitoring
  • Continuous link health monitoring
  • Clock delta monitoring
  • Pinpoint detection of drive problems
  • Trend monitoring of device behavior
  • Preventative action before failure
  • Automatic bypass for rogue and unused ports
• Diagnostic Troubleshooting Tools:
  • CRC error monitoring & counting
  • Ordered set detectors
  • Counters on every port
  • Ordered set capture
  • Ordered set transmit
  • Port snoop
  • Internal and external loopback