Appendix A. Technical Specifications
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Appendix A. Technical Specifications

This appendix summarizes technical data for the Fibre Channel Hub:

System Specifications

Table A-1 summarizes Fibre Channel Hub physical specifications.

Table A-1. Fibre Channel Hub Physical Specifications

Specification

Value

Chassis dimensions

Height: 43 cm (1.7 in.)
Width: 36.8 cm (14.5 in.)
Depth: 22.2 cm (8.75 in.)

Weight

Net: 1.8 kg (4 lb)

ANSI standard

ANSI X3T11PH

Bit rate

1.0625 gigabytes per second

Voltage

90-240 VAC autosensing

Power

65 W, 50-60 Hz

Operating temperature

0˚ C to +45˚ C (32˚ F to 113˚F)

Storage temperature

-10˚ C to +55˚ C (14˚F to +131˚ F)

Operating humidity

5% to 95% noncondensing (relative)


Interface Connector Pinouts

The hub ports use the ANSI FC-PH standard DB-9 pinout with an additional power pin to support an external module for electrical-to-optical conversion. Figure A-1 shows Fibre Channel Hub DB-9 pinout.

Figure A-1. Fibre Channel Hub DB-9 Pinout


Table A-2 lists Fibre Channel Hub copper connector specifications.

Table A-2. Copper Connector Specifications

Pin

Signal

Direction

1

TX+

Output

2

MIA power supply

VCC

3

Fault-

NC

4

Key

NC

5

RX+

Input

6

TX-

Output

7

ODIS+

Output

8

MIA ground

GND

9

RX-

Input

At the right on the front panel of the Fibre Channel Hub is an RJ11 port for communicating with the system console. Table A-3 shows specifications for this connector.

Table A-3. Console (Serial) RJ11 Connector Specifications

Pin

Signal

Description

1

DTR

Data Terminal Ready

2

TXD

Transmit Data

3

GND

Ground

4

RXC

Receive Data Common

5

RXD

Receive Data

6

DSR

Data Set Ready

The front panel also has a standard 10-Base-T Ethernet port, above the serial port.

Factory Defaults

The factory defaults are the recommended settings. Table A-4 summarizes factory defaults.

Table A-4. Fibre Channel Hub Factory Defaults

Specification

Value

Passwords

Administrator password: system
Remote login password: access

Hub manager name

DHMxxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of
the MAC address without the dashes

Console port configuration

9600 bps, 8 data, 1 stop, no parity, Xon/Xoff

Telnet port number

23

Autobypass ports on error burst

Bypass any port for errors in 7 out of any 10 sample intervals; reinsert if no errors occur in 10 intervals

Forced port bypass

Not bypassed

Autobypass port on LIP F8 detection

Enabled

LIP F7 on port insertion

Enabled

Interval

10

Threshold

7

HTTP connections

Enabled

Telnet connections

Enabled

Protocol

TCP enabled


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