Channel box (CHE box)

Depending on the configuration level, up to six channel boxes (#0 through #5) are possible. In the basic configuration, the SU500 has two channel boxes, channel box #0 and channel box #5.

Up to eight channel modules, each with two FC channels (8 Gbps), can be integrated into a channel box. Only in the case of the first channel box is the first slot already occupied on the system side.

A channel box occupies two height units (HUs) in the rack.