The EMC Connectrix DS-16B2 Switch is a 2 Gb 16-port departmental switch, providing the connectivity and expandability required to construct an EMC Networked Storage infrastructure. The DS-16B2 offers full fabric support, true line speed switching and modular components.

EMC Connectrix Switches are ideal for for department or edge environments providing highly available, heterogeneous access to SAN applications, offering first class availability and management features, nondisruptive firmware upgrades, and continuous switch health monitoring.

Features and Benefits:

• 16 universal fibre channel ports
• Cascade max: Up to 16 switches, 3ISL hops between any two N_Ports
• FC-AL Rev 4.5, FC-AL Rev 7.0, FC-FLA Rev 2.7, FC-GS-2 Rev 5.3, FC-FG Rev 3.5, FC-PH Rev 4.3, FC-PH-2 Rev 7.4, FC-PH-3 Rev 9.4, FC-PLDA Rev 2.1, FC-SW Rev 3.3, FC-VI Rev 1.5, IPFC RFC 2625
• Full line-speed switching, 400 MB/sec per port, full duplex
• Fabric Latency: 2 microsecond max across switch
• Max frame size: 2112-byte payload
• Classes of Service: Class 2, Class 3, Class F (Interswitch Frames)
• Port Types: F_Port, E_Port and FL_Port. Self discovery based on connection type
• Fabric Services: Simple Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Alias Server (Multicast), Zoning
• Desktop config standard. 19-in rack mounting kit available separately
• Options: Advanced Performance Monitoring, Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Extended Fabric

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