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X7-4 Director Hardware Installation Guide
Figure 52: 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.
See
Supported Transceivers and Cables
for a list of qualified transceivers for blade ports.
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 30: 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
7
Following are the requirements for forming trunk groups:
•
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.
•
You can use from 1 to 8 ports in a port group to form a trunk.
•
All ports in a trunk must be running at the same speed.
•
All ports in a trunk must be configured for the same distance.
•
All ports in a trunk must have the same QoS and FEC settings.
•
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 M-EOS or third-party switches.
•
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
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