Brocade FastIron SX Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide - Manual (Page 13)

Overview
● Hardware benefits........................................................................................................... 11
● PoE port density..............................................................................................................11
● PoE+ port density............................................................................................................12
● Supported configurations................................................................................................ 13
This chapter contains an overview of the following FastIron X Series ® Layer 2 or Layer 3 switches:
• FastIron SX 800 (FSX 800)
• FastIron SX 1600 (FSX 1600)
Designed for medium to large enterprise backbones, FastIron X Series chassis devices are modular
switches that provide the enterprise network with a complete end-to-end Enterprise LAN solution,
ranging from the wiring closet to the LAN backbone.
Hardware benefits
FastIron X Series chassis devices provide the following benefits:
• The FSX 800 and FSX 1600 management modules have a console port and a 10/100/1000 port
that provide connectivity to your existing management network.
• The FSX 800 and FSX 1600 management modules are interchangeable between devices.
However, you cannot mix Second Generation and Third Generation modules together in the same
device.
• Optional dual management modules on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600 provide 100% redundancy.
• The crossbar (xbar) architecture enables the management module to switch 30 Gigabits per
second between each interface module and within the management module to each of the fabrics.
• The interface modules and power supplies are interchangeable among all FastIron X Series
chassis devices. However, you cannot mix Second Generation and Third Generation modules
together in the same device.
• The FSX 800 and FSX 1600 management, switch fabric, and interface modules are hot swappable,
which means you can remove and replace them while the device is powered on and running.
• All FastIron X Series chassis devices have a passive backplane.
• Completely separate data and control planes for uncompromised switching performance, increased
reliability of both planes, and increased security of the control plane in the event of a Denial of
Service (DoS) attack on the data plane.
• Distributed data and control planes, which results in uncompromised wire-speed performance for
the data plane and faster and more efficient performance of management functions for the control
plane.
PoE port density
The table below shows the maximum PoE port density for the FastIron X Series chassis devices.
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