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Following are 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.
• 0–7
• 8–15
• 16–23
• 24–31
• 32–39
• 40–47
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 1–8 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 encryption, compression, 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 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 X6 Director or with a Brocade 7840 Extension Switch.
Port and extension blades can be mixed in device slots 3, 4, 7, and 8, but CR32-4 blades must be installed in slots 5 and 6. You can
install a maximum of four SX6 blades in the device.
The SX6 blade have the following external ports:
• 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 32 Gbps transceivers operating at 8, 16, or 32 Gbps, 16 Gbps transceivers operating
at 4, 8, or 16 Gbps, and 10 Gbps transceivers operating at fixed 10 Gbps. FC ports can autonegotiate speeds with connecting
ports.
• 16 10 or 1 GbE SFP+ and two 40 GbE QSFP ports. These ports allow connection of blades to IP WANs and allow Fibre
Channel and IP I/O to pass through the IP WAN using extension tunnels. The 10 or 1 GbE ports operate at 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps
fixed speeds with appropriate 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps transceivers installed. The 40 GbE QSFP ports operate at 40 Gbps fixed
speed.
Extension blades have the following LED indicators:
• Green blade power LED
• Amber blade status LED
Extension blade overview
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