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Brocade
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X6-4 Director Hardware Installation Guide
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FC operation allows the connection of blades to fabric storage, servers, and switches. An FC transceiver must be
installed in a port to configure FC operation for that port. Supported FC transceivers include 4x32G QSFP28 and
4x16G QSFP+ transceivers.
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FCoE operation allows the connection of blades to FCoE devices as part of a unified fabric. The FCoE devices can be
servers or connections through an FCoE Initialization Protocol snooping bridge (FSB). An Ethernet transceiver must be
installed in a port to configure FCoE operation for that port. Supported Ethernet transceivers include 40GbE, 4x10GbE,
and 4x25GbE QSFP+ transceivers.
For more details on FCoE, Flexport, and breakout mode features and commands, refer to the
Brocade Fabric OS
Administration Guide
and
Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
.
FC32-64 Port Blade Numbering and Trunking
The following illustration shows how ports are numbered on the blade.
Figure 49: FC32-64 Blade Port Numbering
NOTE
Numbering (0-63) on this figure accounts for the quad ports available for 16 installed QSFP+ transceivers. The
physical QSFP+ ports are numbered 0-15 from right to left.
The following table defines the eight-port Fibre Channel port groups for configuring trunk groups or "trunks." Color coding
on the physical blade identifies the port groups. On the blade, ports belonging to the same port group are indicated with
the same color border beneath the port on the blade label. Ports belonging to the same ASIC are indicated by a border
with a similar color tone.
Table 27: Port Groups for Configuring Trunks
Port Number
Port Group
0–7
0
8–15
1
16–23
2
24–31
3
32–39
4
40–47
5
48-55
6
56-63
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Following are the requirements for forming trunk groups:
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