Brocade FC16-64 Port Blade QuickStart Guide (Supporting DCX 8510-4 and DCX 8510-8 with Fabric OS 7.3.0 and above) - Manual (Page 5)

FC16-64 Overview
● FC16-64 port blade........................................................................................................... 3
● QSFP transceiver..............................................................................................................4
● Qualified transceivers for the FC16-64 port blade and the core blades............................4
● Cable types supported on the FC16-64 port blade........................................................... 5
FC16-64 port blade
The Brocade FC16-64 Fibre Channel port blade contains 64 ports supporting 4-, 8-, and 16-Gbps port
speeds. The blade also supports port-based in-flight encryption/decryption and compression/
decompression when it is configured as an inter-switch link (ISL). The FC16-64 port blade is compatible
with the Brocade DCX 8510-4 and Brocade DCX 8510-8. The FC16-64 port blade requires Fabric OS
v7.3.0 or later to run in these chassis.
The FC16-64 port blade enables high density SAN configurations supporting up to 256 16-Gbps
external ports in a single Brocade DCX 8510-4 chassis, and 512 16-Gbps external ports in a single
Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis. The trunking technology allows you to group up to eight ports to create
high performance 128-Gbps ISL trunks between switches.
The following figure identifies the FC16-64 blade ports and LED indicators:
FIGURE 1 FC16-64 port blade
1. Blade status LED
2. Blade power LED
3. Port status LED for FC port 36
4. QSFP port 9; FC ports 36-39 (right to left)
The ports are numbered from 0 through 63 from right to left in the Brocade DCX 8510-4, and bottom to
top in the Brocade DCX 8510-8. The trunking port groups are 0-7, 8-15, 16-23, 24-31, 32-39, 40-47,
48-55, and 56-63.
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