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Blade terminology and compatibility
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TABLE 6 Port blade terminology, numbering, and platform support
Supported on:
Blade Blade ID
(slotshow)
DCX
family
DCX 8510
family
Ports Definition
FC8-16
1
21 Yes No 16 8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port
speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to
top.
FC8-32
1
55 Yes No 32 8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port
speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 16 through 31 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-32E 125 No Yes 32 8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port
speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 16 through 31 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-48
1
51 Yes No 48 8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port
speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 24 through 47 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-48E 126 No Yes 48 8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port
speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 24 through 47 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-64 77 Yes Yes 64 8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port
speeds. The Brocade DCX and Brocade DCX 8510
Backbone families support loop devices on 64-port
blades in a Virtual Fabric-enabled environment. The
loop devices can only be attached to ports on a 64-port
blade that is not a part of the default logical switch.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 31 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 32 through 63 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC10-6 39 Yes No 6 A 6-port, 10-Gbps port blade supporting 10 Gbps port
speed. Blade provides 10 Gbps ISLs. This port blade
can be used to form ISLs only between other FC10-6
ports.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 5 from bottom to
top.
FC16-32 97 No Yes 32 A 32-port, 16-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10,
and 16 Gbps port speeds.
NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the
10G license.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 16 through 31 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.