Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 14)

Brocade DCX 8510-8 hardware components
The Brocade DCX 8510-8 features a modular and scalable mechanical construction that allows a wide
range of flexibility in installation, fabric design, and maintenance. The chassis can be mounted with the
cables facing the front of the equipment rack or to the rear, and consists of the following:
• Up to eight hot-swappable port blade assemblies that can be configured in a single chassis,
delivering up to 512 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports.
• Two slots for control processor blades (CP8):
‐ A single active CP8 blade can control all 512 ports in the chassis.
‐ The standby CP8 blade assumes control of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 if the active CP fails.
• Two slots for core switch blades (CR16-8):
‐ CR16-8 blade interconnects all port blades.
‐ Inter-chassis link (ICL) connectors to connect to as many as nine neighboring chassis
using Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later. Only six chassis can be connected using Fabric OS v7.0.0.
‐ Both CR16-8 blades are active.
• Modular, hot-swappable port blades:
‐ 32-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-32E)
‐ 48-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-48E)
‐ 64-port, 8-Gbps blades (FC8-64)
‐ 32-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-32)
‐ 48-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-48)
‐ 64-port, 16-Gbps blades (FC16-64)
• Modular, hot-swappable application blades:
‐ FX8-24: 24-port (12 FC, 10 1-GbE, and 2 10-GbE) FCIP extension blade enabling long
distance communication over existing IP infrastructure.
‐ FCOE10-24: 24-port (24 10-GbE) CEE-based FCoE blade enabling enhanced connectivity
using existing Ethernet infrastructure. The FCoE blade can be used in the same chassis
with only the FC8-32E and FC16-32 port blades. The FCoE blade cannot be used with any
other FC port or application blades in the same chassis.
• Modular, hot-swappable encryption blades:
‐ FS8-18: 16-port, up to 4 blades per chassis, supporting in-flight data cryptographic
(encryption/decryption) and data-compression capabilities.
• Modular, hot-swappable field-replaceable units (FRUs):
‐ Three blower assemblies.
‐ Up to four power supplies (100-240 VAC autosensing).
‐ At 110 VAC (nominal): Four power supplies are required for high availability.
‐ 220 VAC (nominal) is recommended for efficiency. Two or four power supplies
are provided depending on the quantity ordered. Refer to "Power specifications"
in the "Specifications" appendix for specific requirements for high availability.
‐ Redundant AC primary power connections ensure high availability. Each power
supply has its own connector, so the number of primary power connections is four
for optimum efficiency and redundancy.
‐ Two WWN cards.
‐ Blades use small form-factor pluggable (SFP+, mSFP, and QSFP) optical transceivers.
‐ ‐ The 8-Gbps SFP+s and mSFPs auto-negotiate at 2, 4, and 8 Gbps.
‐ The 10-Gbps speeds must be manually set and require special 10-Gbps FC SFP
+ transceivers.
‐ The 16-Gbps SFP+ transceivers support speeds of 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps.
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