
53-1004105-13 Hardware Installation Guide
Brocade X6-8 Director
Hardware Installation Guide
Technical Specifications
The following tables highlight the features and specifications for the Brocade X6-8 Director.
System Specifications
System Component
Description
Enclosure
Brocade X6-8 Director: 12 blade slots, 14U rack-mountable chassis; 27–31 in. and 22 in. rail kits for
the four-post rack; midmount kit for the two-post rack.
Control processor
Redundant (active/standby) control processor blades.
Scalability
Full fabric architecture: a maximum of 239 switches.
Performance
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4G line speed, full duplex
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8G line speed, full duplex
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10G line speed, full duplex
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10GbE line speed, full duplex
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16G line speed, full duplex
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25GbE line speed, full duplex
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32G line speed, full duplex
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40GbE line speed, full duplex
Autosensing of 4, 8, 16, and 32G port speeds depending on the transceiver used. Speed matching
between 4, 8, 16, and 32G port speeds. 10G port speeds with dedicated SFPs.
The 10GbE speed is accomplished using a 40GbE QSFP transceiver in breakout mode to provide
4x10GbE speed. The 25GbE speed is accomplished using a 100GbE transceiver in breakout mode
to provide 4x25GbE speed.
Slot bandwidth
1536G (data rate).
Local switching bandwidth
2Tb/s for FC32-64: 64 ports x 32G (data rate).
Chassis bandwidth
Brocade X6-8 Director: 20Tb/s per chassis (512 ports with 32G data rate plus 32 4x32G ICLs).
X6 UltraScale ICL cables
Brocade X6 UltraScale ICL cables connect UltraScale ICL ports over OM3 or OM4 optical cables in
the following manner:
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Brocade X6 4×32G FC 100m QSFPs require MPO 1×12 OM4 ribbon cable connectors and
multimode ribbon fiber cable, limited to 100 meters.
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The connector has 12 lanes in a row; the 4×32G FC QSFP uses only the outer eight lanes (four
from each end). The central four lanes are not used.
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Plug orientation does not matter as the plug is polarized. The patch cables must be female-
female and key-up to key-up orientation (Type B).
ISL trunking
Can use up to eight ports in a trunk group to form a 256G trunk.
Power inlet
C20: AC power supply.
Anderson Saf-D-Grid 400: HVAC/HVDC power supply.
Power from the nonport side for all power supplies. A mix of AC and HVAC/HVDC is permitted.
Power supplies: Brocade X6-8
Up to four modular, hot-swappable AC power supplies providing 1450W (100–120 VAC) and 2870W
(200–240 VAC).
Up to four modular, hot-swappable HVAC/HVDC power supplies providing 1450W (100–120 VAC)
and 2870W (192–400 VDC or 180–305 VAC).
Refer to the "Power Supply Requirements" section of this Technical Specification for details on
minimum power supplies required for operation and redundancy.
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