The World Leader in Military Fibre Channel Network Products

Fibre Channel Fabric Switches

Harris Fibre Channel fabric switch products provide rugged, high-reliability voice, data, and video routing between subsystems in switched network configurations.

Harris provides complete military network solutions, from network design and analysis to delivery of complete and integrated networks. The capability of Harris is solidly backed by its proven line of Fibre Channel products, including Network Interface Controllers, Network Switches, Optical Backplanes, and fiber-optic cabling and interconnects.

Fibre Channel Fabric Switch Features

Harris Fibre Channel switches are the product of a 25-year commitment through R&D and DoD programs to provide superior networking capability to military avionics applications. Our Fibre Channel switches support highly reliable transfer of mission critical data and video in the demanding environments of tactical aircraft. All Harris switches are compliant to the ANSI Fibre Channel standards. The predictable latencies and guaranteed delivery of Fibre Channel make it ideally suited for the task of military avionics networking. The low latencies and high throughput provided by Harris Fibre Channel switches make them a superior choice for time critical, high-bandwidth applications. All Harris switches are field reprogrammable to better address any applicationspecific integration issues. Harris Fibre Channel switches are unparalleled in the industry for reliability, performance, and capability.

Unparalleled Capability

• Classes 1, 2, 3, and 6

• Optical and electrical interface configurations

• 16- and 32-port configurations

• Reconfigurable routing tables

• Class 3 multicast and broadcast

• Clock server capability

• Out of band MIL-STD-1553 available

• Field reprogrammable

Superior Performance

Packaged for Military Avionics

• WRA and module packaging options available

• –40ºC to +85ºC operating ambient temperature

• Liquid, forced air, and conduction-cooled options available

• Supports MIL-STD-704 and DC input power

High Reliability

• MTBF 10,000+ hours

• Fault detectio > 98%

• Fault isolatio > 92