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Installing Transceivers and Cables
• Supported transceivers and cables............................................................................................................................................................ 87
• Time and items required.................................................................................................................................................................................92
• Precautions specific to transceivers and cables....................................................................................................................................92
• Cleaning the fiber-optic connectors...........................................................................................................................................................93
• Cable management.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 93
• Installing an SFP+ transceiver...................................................................................................................................................................... 94
• Replacing an SFP+ transceiver.................................................................................................................................................................... 96
• Installing a QSFP transceiver........................................................................................................................................................................98
• Replacing a QSFP transceiver..................................................................................................................................................................... 99
• Verifying the operation of new transceivers.........................................................................................................................................101
Supported transceivers and cables
The following table is a general reference to the types of transceivers supported on device blades.
TABLE 15 Supported transceivers and cables
Blade Transceiver Type Auto-negotiate/Fixed Speeds supported (Gbps)
FC32-48 port blade 32 Gbps SFP28, SWL, LWL Auto negotiate 8, 16, 32
16 Gbps SFP+, SWL, LWL, ELWL Auto negotiate 4, 8, 16
10 Gbps SFP+, SWL, LWL Fixed 10
SX6 extension blade 32 Gbps SFP28, SWL, LWL Auto negotiate 8, 16, 32
16 Gbps SFP+, SWL, LWL, ELWL Auto negotiate 4, 8, 16
10 Gbps, SFP+, SWL, LWL Fixed 10
10 GbE SFP+, SR, LR, USR Fixed 10
10GBase-ZRD tunable SFP+ Fixed 10
1 GbE SFP, Copper Fixed 1
1 GbE SX SFP, LX SFP, and CWDM SFP+ Fixed 1
40 GbE QSFP, SR4,LR4, ER4 Fixed 40
CR32-4 core routing blade 4x32 Gbps QSFP, SWL Fixed (each 32 Gbps channel) 32
4x32 Gbps QSFP, CWDM4 (2 km) Fixed (each 32 Gbps channel) 32
4x16 Gbps QSFP, SWL, LWL (2 km) Fixed (each 16 Gbps channel) 16
The following notes apply to QSFP transceivers on core routing blades.
• You cannot connect an ICL between a 4x32 Gbps QSFP on a Brocade X6 Director core blade and a 16-Gbps QSFP on a
DCX 8510 Director core routing blade. You must use a 4x16 Gbps QSFP on the Brocade X6 blade.
• The 4x32 Gbps QSFP transceiver has four links that operate at 32 Gbps to achieve a 128 Gbps link speed. The 4x16 Gbps
QSFP+ transceiver has four links that operate at 16 Gbps to achieve a 64 Gbps link speed. The cables come in specific
predetermined fixed lengths that are qualified by Brocade.
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