The Brocade FR4-18i combines the industry's first 4 Gb/sec Fibre Channel routing capability with hardware-assisted traffic forwarding for Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP). The blade features 16 Fibre Channel ports and two 1 Gb/sec Ethernet ports, and offers a wide range of benefits for inter-SAN connectivity, including long-distance SAN extension, greater resource sharing, and simplified management.
Fibre Channel: 1.063 / 2.125 / 4.250 Gb/sec
line speed, full duplex;
Auto-sensing of 1, 2, and 4 Gb/sec port speeds;
Optionally programmable to fixed port speed;
Speed matching between 1, 2, and 4 Gb/sec ports
Ethernet: 1.25 Gb/sec
2112-byte payload for Fibre Channel,
2250-byte payload for Gigabit Ethernet,
2048-byte payload for Fibre Channel routed
networks
Classes of service
Class 2 and 3
Port types
Fl_Port, F_Port, EX_Port, and E_Port;
Self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port);
Gigabit Ethernet for VE and VEx
Media types
Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small
Form-factor Pluggable (SFP), lC connector;
Short-Wavelength Laser (SWL) up to 500
meters (1640 feet);
Long-Wavelength laser
(LWL) up to 10 km (6.2 mi);
Extended long-Wavelength laser (ElWl) up to
80 km (49.6 mi);
Distance depends on
fiber-optic cable and port speed, CWDM SFPs
(8 lambdas);
RJ-45 Copper SFP for Gigabit
Ethernet ports
Fabric services
Simple Name Server, Registered State Change
Notification (RSCN);
Brocade FC-FC Routing Service, Brocade Advanced Zoning, and
Brocade Web Tools;
Optional fabric services include the Brocade FCIP Tunneling Service
and Brocade Advanced ISl Trunking
Dimensions and Weight
Size
Width: 1.41 in (3.60 cm)
Height: 16.56 in (42.06 cm)
Depth: 11.77 in (29.89 cm)
Occupies one slot in a Brocade 48000
director chassis
System weight
3.4 kg (7.4 lb), no SFPs
Environmental
Temperature
Operating: 10° to 40°C
Non-Operating: 25°C to 70°C
Humidity
Operating: 5 to 85%,
non-condensing
Non-Operating: 0 to 93%,
non-condensing
