Broadcom Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone User Manual

53-1002177-19 Hardware Installation Guide Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Installation Guide
Product Overview
Product features
Key product features include the following:
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Up to 256 16-Gbps external ports in a single chassis , enabling high density SAN configurations with reduced footprint.
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Support for 2, 4, 8, and 16-Gbps autosensing Fibre Channel ports. Trunking technology groups up to eight ports to
create high performance 128-Gbps ISL trunks between switches.
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10-Gbps FC-type SFPs in 32/48-port 16-Gbps port blades, and 10-GbE SFPs in the FX8-24 application blades. The
two types of SFPs are not interchangeable.
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The 10-Gbps ports can be manually configured on only the first eight ports of the 32- and 48-port 16-Gbps port blades.
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Support for many of the application, port blade, and control processor (CP) blades supported in the Brocade DCX
family of backbones (with the exception of the Core Switch Blade), thereby providing flexible system configurations and
fewer types of new blades.
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Beginning with Fabric OS v7.0.1, up to nine chassis can be connected with the use of 4x16-Gbps quad SFP (QSFP)
inter-chassis links (ICLs). Fabric OS v7.0.0 permits up to six chassis to be linked.
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Support for high-performance port blades running at 2, 4, 8, 10, or 16-Gbps, enabling flexible system configuration.
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Redundant and hot-swappable control processor and core switch blades, power supplies, blower assemblies, and
WWN cards that enable a high availability platform and enable nondisruptive software upgrades for mission-critical
SAN applications.
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Universal ports that self-configure as E_Ports, F_Ports, EX_Ports and M_Ports (mirror ports). 10-Gbps ports are
E_Ports only.
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Diagnostic port (D_Port) functionality.
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In-flight data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities through the 16-Gbps port blades
when configured as ISLs.
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Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) functionality through the FX8-24 blade.
Hardware components
The device has 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:
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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 .
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Two slots for control processor blades (CP8):
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A single active CP8 blade can control all the ports in the chassis.
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The standby CP8 blade assumes control of the chassis if the active CP fails.
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The CP blade contains the control plane for the device and hosts the Fabric OS that manages all hardware within
the device.
The CP blade provides the following external connections for device configuration, firmware downloads, service,
management, and monitoring functions.
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USB port for firmware download and supportsave data.
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Serial console RJ45 port.
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An 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 Ethernet port for device management and configuration. This is an auto-sensing MDI
port.
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An 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 Ethernet port for service. This is an auto-sensing MDI port.
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Broadcom Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone Specifications

General

Brand	Broadcom
Model	Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English