https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/san-switch-asic-4-port-group/m-p/4141505#M13329 PRobly you refer to that 4 ports are bonded to one ASIC and from there to the backplane.<BR />And the oversubscription you have from the asic and the backplane.<BR /><BR />so a 4 port asic group is not more then 4 ports who are grouped on one asic (chip who is doing the switching).<BR /><BR />On a 16 port switch, ports 0 to 3, 4 to 7, 8 to 11, and 12 to 15 are grouped together.<BR /><BR />Goodluck Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:48:19 GMT Evert Goor 2008-02-07T15:48:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/san-switch-asic-4-port-group/m-p/4141504#M13328 Can someone refer me to information or describe exactly what a 4-port ASIC group is on HP/Brocade 2/32, 4/32, and 4/16 SAN Switches is?<BR /> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:28:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/san-switch-asic-4-port-group/m-p/4141504#M13328 gurdeep_2 2008-02-06T23:28:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/san-switch-asic-4-port-group/m-p/4141505#M13329 PRobly you refer to that 4 ports are bonded to one ASIC and from there to the backplane.<BR />And the oversubscription you have from the asic and the backplane.<BR /><BR />so a 4 port asic group is not more then 4 ports who are grouped on one asic (chip who is doing the switching).<BR /><BR />On a 16 port switch, ports 0 to 3, 4 to 7, 8 to 11, and 12 to 15 are grouped together.<BR /><BR />Goodluck Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:48:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/san-switch-asic-4-port-group/m-p/4141505#M13329 Evert Goor 2008-02-07T15:48:19Z