Broadcom Brocade X7-4 Director - Core Routing Blades; Core Routing Blade Overview; CR64-4 Port Numbering

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Core Routing Blades
Core Routing Blade Overview
Two CR64-4 core routing blades are installed in device slots 5 and 6. Core routing blades contain ASICs that allow
switching between up to four-port blades. Core routing blades connect to port blades through Fibre Channel backplane
ports. Each core routing blade provides 96 backplane Gen 7 FC ports for the port blade connection. Each core routing
blade also has 32 front-end ports that are mapped to 8 QSFP transceivers on the blade's front panel. These transceivers
can create inter-chassis link (ICL) connections for up to 9 separate directors in a full-mesh topology and 12 directors in a
core-to-edge topology. This core routing blade is compatible only with the Brocade X7-4.
Core routing blades contain the following LED indicators:
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Green blade power LED
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Amber blade status LED
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Bicolor green/amber QSFP port status LEDs
For details on interpreting LED operation, see Interpreting Core Routing Blade LEDs.
CR64-4 Port Numbering
The following figure shows how ports are numbered and port trunking groups are arranged on the blade.
Figure 55: CR64-4 Core Routing Blade Port Numbering
1. QSFP Ports 4-7 (right to left)
2. QSFP Ports 0-3 (right to left)
3. Map of Ports 2, 3, 6, and 7
4. Map of Ports 0, 1, 4, and 5
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