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Support for short range (SR4), long range multimode (LM4), long range (LR4), and extended range (ER4) 40 Gbps QSFP+
transceivers

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Support for short range (SR10), long range (LR4), and extended range (ER4) 100 Gbps CFP2 transceivers

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Support for 100 Gbps QSFP28 transceivers in CFP2 ports and the Brocade CFP2 to QSFP28 Conversion Module

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Support for 1 GbE optical and copper SFP transceivers

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Support for SFP transceivers that enable you to adapt an SFP slot to a copper GbE interface.

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Support for fixed 10Base-T (RJ-45) copper transceivers

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Support for tunable SFP+ (TSFP+) 10 GbE transceivers. If used, TSFP+ transceivers must be installed in the port at each end of
a link and "tuned" to the same wavelength. If not, the link may come online, but operation may be unpredictable. If wavelength
difference exceeds a specified limit, a RASLOG message occurs and the port is taken offline. You can configure wavelengths
for installed transceivers using channel numbers from 1 to 102 that correspond to wavelengths from 1568.77 to 1528.38 nm
using the tunable-optics sfpp channel

channel number

command. For details on using this and related commands, refer to the

Network OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide

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Support for active twinaxial (twinax) cable at 1, 3, and 5 meters for 10 GbE ports

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Support for twinax and optical breakout cables for 40 GbE ports

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Support for Mellanox adapter that allows using a single 10G lane of 4x10G breakout port lanes on 12x40G and 27x40G LC

NOTE
Support for the preceding optics depends on the installed line card. For details, refer to the "hardware components" and "line
cards" sections of this chapter.

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NEBS-compliant chassis

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Support for in-band management

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15U form factor for chassis

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Support for Brocade trunking through the 48x10 GbE and 48x10G-T line card modules

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Support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Hardware components

The device features a modular and scalable mechanical construction that allows a wide range of flexibility in installation, fabric design,
and maintenance. The minimum chassis configuration is one management module (MM), one switch fabric module (SFM), and one line
card. The chassis can be mounted with the cables facing the front of the equipment rack and consists of the following components:

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Four slots for hot-swappable line cards that can be configured in a single chassis. Depending on the line cards installed, the
following ports are available:
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Up to 192 1/10 Gbps ports for the 48x10 GbE line card.

48x10 GbE line cards support 10 GbE SFP+ and 1 GbE SFP optical transceivers, as well as 1 GbE copper SFP transceivers.
They also support direct-attach 10 GbE copper twinaxial (twinax) cables at 1, 3, or 5 meters.

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Up to 192 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for the 48x1 GbE line card.

48x1 GbE line cards support 1 GbE SFP optical and copper transceivers.

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Up to 48 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for the 12x40 GbE line card. Up to 384 10 Gbps ports are supported in QSFP
breakout mode.

12x40 GbE line cards support 40 GbE QSFP optical transceivers.

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Up to 24 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports for the 6x100 GbE line card.

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Brocade VDX 8770-4 Hardware Installation Guide

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