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Table 26: 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:
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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 M-EOS or 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 X7 Director or with a Brocade 7840 Extension Switch.
You can mix port and extension blades in device slots 3–6 and 9–12, but CR32-8 blades must be installed in slots 7 and
8. You can install a maximum of four SX6 blades in the device.
The SX6 blade has the following external ports:
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16 Fibre Channel (FC) SFP+ ports that support Fibre Channel Routing Services and connection to FC devices for
the Brocade Extension feature. These ports support 32Gb/s transceivers operating at 8, 16, or 32Gb/s, 16Gb/s
transceivers operating at 4, 8, or 16Gb/s, and 10Gb/s transceivers operating at fixed 10Gb/s. FC ports can auto-
negotiate speeds with connecting ports.
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10 or 1GbE SFP+ 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 10Gb/
s or 1Gb/s fixed speeds with appropriate 10Gb/s or 1Gb/s transceivers installed. The 40GbE QSFP ports operate at
40Gb/s fixed speed.
Extension blades have the following LED indicators:
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