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Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch The Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch operates at 2.1250 Gbps, provides fabric connectivity for to up to 32 Fibre Channel devices, and supports FICON, EON architecture, and HotCAT technology. Figure 1-5 illustrates the switch. Figure 1-5 Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch The switch provides a modular design that enables quick removal and replacement of FRUs, including: • Redundant power supplies and cooling fans. The switch provides two power supplies, each with an AC power receptacle and power switch. The switch also provides four cooling fans. • Up to 32 duplex SFP fiber-optic port transceivers. Shortwave laser transceivers are available for transferring data over multimode fiber-optic cable. Longwave laser transceivers are available for transferring data over singlemode fiber-optic cable. Fiber-optic cables attach to switch port transceivers with duplex LC connectors. NOTE: The Sphereon 3232 Switch can be purchased at a discount price with the McDATA Flexport Technology feature. A Flexport Technology feature switch is delivered with only 16 ports enabled. When additional port capacity is required, the remaining ports are enabled (in eight-port increments) through purchase of a PFE key. The switch front panel provides an initial machine load (IML) button, Ethernet LAN connector, port status LEDs, green power (PWR) LED, and amber system error (ERR) LED. 1-16 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual