PowerVault 51F
The PowerVault™51F fibre channel switch with up to 8 ports offers flexible, scalable connections of servers and storage devices to your Storage Area Network. Each of the 8 ports offers a full 1 gigabit per second bandwidth, allowing for the simultaneous transfer of up to 8 gigabits per second across the switch. Hot-swappable, redundant components help keep you up and running and the PowerVault 51F can provide investment protection by allowing flexible SAN configurations.

Ports

8 fibre channel universal ports Each port is self discovering F Port, FL Port, or E Port

Performance

1 Gb/s per port
100MB/s per port (200MB/s per port full duplex)
8Gb/s per switch
Non-blocking architecture
Maximum latency (any port to any port): less than 2 microseconds
Minimum latency (optimum port conditions): 0.7 microseconds

Connectivity

Hot-pluggable, industry standard GBICs
Copper: up to 12 meters (HSSDC connector)
Short-Wave Optical: up to 500m (SC connector)
Long-Wave Optical: up to 10Km (SC connector)

Service Class

Fibre Channel Class 2, Class 3 and Class F (interswitch frames)

Supported Standards

Supported Standards: FC-AL, FC-AL-2, FC-FLA, FC-GS-2, FC-FG, FC-PH, FC-PH-2, FC-PH-3, FC-PLDA, FC-SW, FC-VI

Fabric Management

RJ-45, 10/100 Base TX (UTP) ethernet port;
Local front panel RS-232 port; LED indicators
Dell OpenManage™, framework
Supports SNMP, Telnet, Java-enabled web browser
Fabric Services include Zoning, Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Alias Server (Multicast)
Power On Self Test (POST) and embedded online/offline diagnostics

Processor, Memory, and Buffering

Superscalar 33MHz Intel® i960 processor
SDRAM 16MB
224 dynamically allocated buffers
2112 bytes maximum payload size per frame

Scalability

Dell qualified up to two PowerVault 51F switches or up to two PowerVault 51F
switches plus one PowerVault 56F switch
Architecture supports up to 239 switches

Mechanical

Rack Mount or Table-Top
Rack size 1U
Height 1.71" (4.34 cm) Rack/1.86" (4.72 cm) Tower
Width 16.87" (42.86 cm)
Depth 17.72" (45 cm)
Rack rails adjustable from 28.5" to 29.1" (72.4 to 73.9 cm)
Weight 17 lbs (7.7 kg) with dual power supply (approximately 22 lbs with manifold/bezel assembly)

Power Supplies and Cooling

Input voltage 85 - 265 Vac
Total input power 110W maximum
Input frequency 47 - 63 Hz
Hot-pluggable, redundant power supplies
Hot-pluggable, redundant cooling fans

Environmental

Temperature 10°C - 40°C (50°F - 104°F) Operating; -35°C - 65°C (-31°F - 147°F) Non-Operating
Humidity 5% - 85% non-condensing at 40°C (104°F)
Altitude Up to 3,000m (9,800ft)
Shock 5 G, 11 ms (half sine)
Vibration 5, 5-500-5Hz at 1.0 octave/min Operating; 10, 5-500-5Hz at 1.0 octave/min Non-operating

Regulatory

UL 1950
CSA 950
EN60950 A4
FCC Part 15 Class A
CSA C108.8 Class A
VCCI Class A
EN55022 Level A
EN55082-2
AS/NZS 3548