GENERAL

• Supports 4 Fibre Channel Physical Interfaces at 1.0625 or 2.125 Gbit/s per Fibre Channel – Physical Interface (FC-PI) or 4 Gigabit Ethernet Retimers at 1.25 Gbit/s per IEEE 802.3z.

• Each port supports FC 1G or 2G rate detection/auto-selection.

• Supports Arbitrated Loop and Retimer configuration.

• Each port is independently selectable to perform retimer, reclocker or bypass-path function.

• Non-blocking crossconnect supports protection switching, broadcasting and multicasting.

• Automatic selection of retimer, reclocker or bypass-path function to minimize latency and jitter when a disk is bypassed.

• Per-port receive monitoring for loss of signal, error rate, and link level violations.

• Supports single-ended or differential 106.25 MHz reference clock REFCLK for Fibre Channel applications or 125 Mhz reference clock for Gigabit Ethernet applications.

HIGH-SPEED INTERFACE

• High-speed outputs with selectable preemphasis per port to counteract dielectric losses and allow maximum reach on printed circuit boards.

• Selectable receive input equalization for improved signal integrity.

• Minimized board footprint and improved signal integrity achieved because:

   • No external components are required to interface the high-speed signals to optics, coax, or serial backplanes using the internal AC coupling capacitors and terminating resistors.

   • Receive input termination of 100 Ω or 150 Ω differential is selectable.

   • Source output impedance of 100 Ω or 150 Ω differential is programmable.

  

APPLICATIONS

• FC-AL Nodes.

• RAID Storage Systems.

• JBOD Storage Systems.

• MBOD Storage Systems.

• SBOD Storage Systems.

• Fibre Channel Hubs.

• 1.0625/2.125 Gbit/s Backplanes.

• Gigabit Ethernet Retimer.