Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 14)

Brocade DCX 8510-4 hardware components
The Brocade DCX 8510-4 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 four hot-swappable port blade assemblies that can be configured in a single chassis,
delivering up to 256 16-Gbps Fibre Channel ports .
• Two slots for control processor blades (CP8):
‐ A single active CP8 blade can control all 256 ports in the chassis.
‐ The standby CP8 blade assumes control of the Brocade DCX 8510-4 if the active CP fails.
• Two slots for core switch blades (CR16-4):
‐ CR16-4 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 CR16-4 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.
• 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):
‐ Two blower assemblies.
‐ Two power supplies (100-240 VAC autosensing).
‐ At 110 VAC (nominal): A minimum of two power supplies is required, regardless
of the number of port or application blades. This configuration does not support
high availability.
‐ 220 VAC (nominal) is recommended for efficiency. A second power supply is
required to support 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 two
for optimum efficiency and redundancy.
‐ Two WWN cards.
‐ ‐ 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, or 16 Gbps.
‐ The 16-Gbps QSFPs auto-negotiate at 4, 8, and 16 Gbps.
‐ QSFP-based inter-chassis link (ICL) cabling running at 64-Gbps (4 16-Gbps
clustered in a single quad connector and cable).
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