Chassis slots
Chassis slots are numbered 1 through 12, from left to right when facing the port side of the Brocade DCX. Control processor blades
(CP8) can be installed only in slots 6 and 7. Core switch blades (CR8) can be installed only in slots 5 and 8. The rest of the slots ,1-4 and
9-12, can be filled with port, application, or encryption blades. Unused slots must be filled with blade filler panels to maintain adequate
cooling.
Port numbering
The Brocade DCX uses the following port numbering method (
on page 149).
Port or application blade
Port numbering
Trunking port group numbering
FC8-16 port blade
•
0 through 15 from bottom to top.
FC8-32 port blade
•
0 through 15 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports.
•
16 through 31 from bottom to top on the right set
of ports.
FC8-48 port blade
•
0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports.
•
24 through 47 from bottom to top on the right set
of ports.
FC8-64 port blade
•
0 through 31 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports.
•
32 through 63 from bottom to top on the right set
of ports.
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0-7, 8-15, 16-23, 24-31, 32-39, 40-47,
48-55, and 56-63.
FS8-18 blade
•
FC ports: 0 through 15 from bottom to top.
•
10/100/1000 BaseT ports: GE0 and GE1 from
the bottom.
FX8-24 blade
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FC ports: 0 through 11 in two vertical rows of six
ports starting from the bottom left and bottom right
in the lower group of 12 ports. Labeled as FC on
the front panel diagram.
•
10-GbE ports: 0 and 1 in the left-hand column just
above the FC ports. Labeled as 10GE on the front
panel diagram.
•
1-GbE ports: 0 through 9 in both columns above
the FC and 10GE ports. Labeled as GE on the
front panel diagram.
Up to three FC trunking groups are permitted.
•
Trunk group 0: FC ports 0, 1
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Trunk group 1: FC ports 6, 7
•
Trunk group 2: FC ports 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
11
FCOE10-24 blade
•
0 through 23 in two vertical rows from bottom left
to top right.
High availability
The following features contribute to the Brocade DCX high-availability design:
•
Redundant, hot-swappable blades and FRUs
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Enhanced data integrity on all data paths
•
Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links
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