Brocade VDX 8770-4 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 22)

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Brocade VDX 8770-4 hardware components
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• Support for (short range (SR) and (long range (LR) 10 Gbps SFP+ transceivers
• Support for 40 Gbps QSFP transceivers
• Support for 100 Gbps CFP2 (SR10 and LR4) optical transceivers
• Support for 10 GbE SFP+ optical transceivers
• Support for 1 GbE optical and copper SFP transceivers
• Support for SFP transceivers that enable you to adapt an SFP slot to a copper GbE interface.
• Support for fixed 10Base-T (RJ-45) copper transceivers
• Support for active twinaxial (twinax) cable at 1, 3, and 5 meters for 10 GbE ports
• Support for twinax and optical breakout cables for 40 GbE ports
NOTE
Support for the preceding optics depends on the installed line card. For details, refer to the “Brocade
VDX 8770-4 hardware components” and “Brocade VDX 8770-4 line cards” sections of this chapter.
• NEBS-compliant chassis (certification in process)
• Support for in-band management
• 8U form factor for chassis (10U with Intake Air Duct Kit)
• Support for Brocade trunking through the 48x10 GbE and 48x10G-T line card modules
• Support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Brocade VDX 8770-4 hardware components
The Brocade VDX 8770-4 features a modular and scalable mechanical construction that allows a
wide range of flexibility in installation, fabric design, and maintenance. The minimum chassis
configuration is one MM, one SFM, and one line card. The chassis can be mounted with the cables
facing the front of the equipment rack and consists of the following components:
• Four slots for hot-swappable line cards that can be configured in a single chassis. Depending
on the line cards installed, the following ports are available:
- Up to 192 1/10 Gbps ports for the 48x10 GbE line card.
48x10 GbE line cards support 10 GbE SFP+ and 1 GbE SFP optical transceivers, as well as
1 GbE copper SFP transceivers. They also support direct-attach 10 GbE copper twinaxial
(twinax) cables at 1, 3, or 5 meters.
- Up to 192 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for the 48x1 GbE line card.
48x1 GbE line cards support 1 GbE SFP optical and copper transceivers.
- Up to 48 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for the 12x40 GbE line card. Up to 192 10 Gbps
ports are supported in QSFP breakout mode.
12x40 GbE line cards support 40 GbE QSFP optical transceivers.
- Up to 24 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for the 6x100 GbE line card.
6x100 GbE line cards support 100 GbE CFP2 (SR10 and LR4) optical transceivers.
- Up to 192 1/10 Gigabit Base-T Ethernet ports for the 48x10G-T line card.