X7-4-Install-IG100 Installation Guide
Brocade
®
X7-4 Director Hardware Installation Guide
SKU Part Number Short Description
Minimum OS for
the X7 Chassis
Currently Supported
FC32-64 Blade
XBR-X6-0164
Port blade with 16 QSFP+ Flexports
™
that can be configured for FC or FCoE
operation. Each port can operate at
speeds up to 4x32Gb/s for a total of
64 32Gb/s ports per blade with FC
transceivers installed. Optionally, you can
install Ethernet transceivers and configure
for FCoE operation. Various GbE speeds
are supported.
Fabric OS 9.0.0 Yes
FC64-48 Blade XBR-X764-0148 Port blade with 48 front-end 64Gb/s FC
SFP+ ports with edge switch interconnect
to the core blades. All FC blade features
are supported. Supported SFPs include
10Gb/s, 32Gb/s, and 64Gb/s FC.
Fabric OS 9.0.0
Yes
FC32-X7-48 Blade XBR-X732-0148 Port blade with 48 front-end 32Gb/s FC
SFP+ ports with edge switch interconnect
to the core blades. All FC blade features
are supported. Supported SFPs include
32Gb/s, 16Gb/s, and 10Gb/s FC.
Fabric OS 9.0.0
Yes
CPX7 Blade
XBR-CPX7-0103 Control processor (CP) blade. Fabric OS 9.0.0 Yes
CR64-4 Blade
XBR-X74-0106
Core routing blade provides 192 backend
FC links to the port blades in the X7-4
Director. Each CR64-4 blade provides 8
QSFP connections supporting 32 Gen 7
ICL ports.
Fabric OS 9.0.0
Yes
SX6 Blade
XBR-SX6-0000 Extension blade with 16 32Gb/s Fibre
Channel SFP+ ports, 16 10GbE SFP+
ports, and 2 40GbE QSFP+ ports.
Fabric OS 9.0.0 Yes
WWN Card
XBR-X7-0124 World Wide Name card. Fabric OS 9.0.0 Yes
Blade Slot Filler
Panel
XBR-X7-0128 Required to cover the empty slot to
maintain airflow in the chassis.
Fabric OS 9.0.0 Yes
Power Supply
Assembly Slot
Filler Panel
XBR-X6-0130 Required to cover the empty slot to
maintain airflow in the chassis.
Fabric OS 9.0.0 Yes
The following blades require optics that are labeled with an SEC designation:
•
Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade
•
Brocade FC32-X7-48 Port Blade
The following image provides an example of an optic label with SEC in the description (32G LW-SEC 10km).
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