Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 User Manual

Supported blades
The following table summarizes the port, application, control processor, and core switch blades that are supported in the device.
TABLE 1 Blades available for the device
Description Name Function
Control processor blade CP8 The CP8 blade contains the control plane for the chassis. There are two CP8 blades for
redundancy. This control processor blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8,
Brocade DCX 8510-4, Brocade DCX-4S, and Brocade DCX platforms.
Core switch blade CR16-8 The CR16-8 blade contains the ASICs for switching between port blades. Every port
blade connects to each core switch blade. There can be up to 512 16-Gbps or 8-Gbps
total ports for port blades. Each core switch blade connects to 128 backplane ports. Core
switch blades have additional front port connectivity to connect multiple chassis and
backplane connections for the storage server blade. This core switch blade is compatible
only with the Brocade DCX 8510-8. Requires specic type of QSFP transceivers.
32-port 8-Gbps port blade FC8-32E A 32-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel port speeds.
This port blade is compatible with the Brocade Brocade DCX 8510-8 and Brocade DCX
8510-4 This blade requires Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later to run in this chassis.
48-port 8-Gbps port blade FC8-48E A 48-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel port speeds.
This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and Brocade DCX 8510-4.
This blade requires Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later to run in this chassis.
64-port 8-Gbps port blade FC8-64 A 64-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds with mSFPs.
This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510-4,
Brocade DCX-4S, and Brocade DCX platforms.
32-port 16-Gbps port
blade
FC16-32 A 32-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel port
speeds. The blade also supports port-based in-ight encryption/decryption and
compression/decompression. This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX
8510-8 and Brocade DCX 8510-4 and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run in this
chassis.
48-port 16-Gbps port
blade
FC16-48 A 48-port Brocade port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps Fibre Channel port
speeds. The blade also supports port-based in-ight encryption/decryption and
compression/decompression. This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX
8510-8 and Brocade DCX 8510-4 and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run in this
chassis.
64-port 16-Gbps port
blade
FC16-64 A 64-port Brocade port blade supporting 4, 8, and 16-Gbps Fibre Channel port speeds.
The blade also supports port-based in-ight encryption/decryption and compression/
decompression. This port blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and
Brocade DCX 8510-4 and requires Fabric OS v7.3.0 or later to run in this chassis.
Requires specic type of QSFP transceivers.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
blade
FCOE10-24 The FCOE10-24 blade enables FCoE functionality over existing Ethernet infrastructure
utilizing CEE protocols. It has 24 10-GbE ports available. This FCoE application blade is
compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX-4S, and Brocade DCX
platforms. This FCoE blade can be used in the same chassis with only the FC8-32E and
FC16-32 port blades. This FCoE blade cannot be used with any other FC port blades or
application blades in the same chassis. Refer to the Fabric OS Release Notes for
limitations in using this blade.
Storage encryption blade FS8-18 The FS8-18 blade enables data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data-
compression capabilities for data-at-rest. It has 16 Fibre Channel optical SFP ports. This
application blade is compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510-4,
Brocade DCX-4S, and Brocade DCX platforms and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to
run in the 8510-4 and 8510-8 chassis.
FCIP extension blade FX8-24 The FX8-24 blade enables FCIP functionality over existing IP infrastructure. It has 12 FC
ports, 10 1-GbE ports, and two 10-GbE ports available. This application blade is
compatible with the Brocade DCX 8510-8, Brocade DCX 8510-4, Brocade DCX-4S,
and Brocade DCX platforms and requires Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later to run in the DCX
8510-4 and DCX 8510-8 chassis.
Supported blades
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Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 Specifications

General

Brand	Brocade Communications Systems
Model	DCX 8510-8
Category	Switch
Language	English