53-1004106-15 Installation Guide
Brocade
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X6-4 Director Hardware Installation Guide
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All ports in a trunk group must belong to the same port group. For example, to form an 8-port trunk select all eight ports
from port group 0 or port group 1. You cannot use ports from each port group for the trunk.
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You can use from 1 to 8 ports in a port group to form a trunk.
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All ports in a trunk must be running at the same speed.
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All ports in a trunk must be configured for the same distance.
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All ports in a trunk must have the same QoS and FEC settings.
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Trunk groups must be created between Brocade switches (or Brocade adapters in the case of F_Port trunking).
Brocade trunking is proprietary and is not supported on third-party switches.
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There must be a direct connection between participating switches.
Extension Blade Overview
The Brocade SX6 Extension blade is intended as an extension platform to support Fibre Channel (FC), FICON, and IP-
based storage data flows. Brocade Extension enables you to use the existing IP wide area network (WAN) infrastructure
to connect Fibre Channel and IP fabrics. Brocade Extension supports applications such as remote data replication (RDR),
centralized backup, and data migration over very long distances that are impractical or very costly using native Fibre
Channel or IP connections. Extension tunnels, built on a physical connection between two extension switches or blades,
allow Fibre Channel and IP I/O to pass through the IP WAN. The SX6 Extension blade can connect with an SX6 blade in
another Brocade X6 or X7 Director or with a Brocade 7840 Extension Switch.
You can mix port and extension blades in device slots 3, 4, 7, and 8, but CR32-4 blades must be installed in slots 5 and 6.
You can install a maximum of four SX6 blades in the device.
The SX6 blade has the following external ports:
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Sixteen Fibre Channel (FC) SFP+ ports that support Fibre Channel Routing Services and connection to FC devices for
the Brocade Extension feature. These ports support 32G transceivers operating at 8G, 16G, or 32G, 16G transceivers
operating at 4G, 8G, or 16G, and 10G transceivers operating at fixed 10G. FC ports can auto-negotiate speeds with
connecting ports.
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10GbE or 1GbE SFP+ ports and two 40GbE QSFP ports. These ports allow the connection of blades to IP WANs
and allow Fibre Channel and IP I/O to pass through the IP WAN using extension tunnels. The 10GbE or 1GbE ports
operate at 10GbE or 1GbE fixed speeds with appropriate 10G or 1G transceivers installed. The 40GbE QSFP ports
operate at 40GbE fixed speed.
Extension blades have 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 40GbE and 10GbE or 1GbE port status LEDs
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Bicolor green/amber FC port status LEDs
For details on interpreting LED operation, see
Interpreting Extension Blade LEDs
All features are supported on this blade with no license requirements.
Extension Features
The SX6 Extension blade supports the following extension features:
NOTE
For full details on extension blade features and configuration, refer to the
Brocade Fabric OS Extension User
Guide
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