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Brocade X6 Directors Technical
Specifications
System specifications
System component Description
Enclosure Brocade X6-4 Director: 8 blade slots, 8U rack-mountable chassis; 27–31 in. rail, 18–24 in. rail, and airflow
diversion rack mount kits for four-post rack; mid-mount kit for two-post rack.
Brocade X6-8 Director: 12 blade slots, 14U rack-mountable chassis; 27–31 in. and 22 in. rail kits for four-post
rack; mid-mount kit for two-post rack.
Control processor Redundant (active/standby) control processor blades.
Scalability Full fabric architecture: a maximum of 239 switches.
Performance
• 4-Gbps line speed, full duplex
• 8-Gbps line speed, full duplex
• 10-Gbps line speed, full duplex
• 16-Gbps line speed, full duplex
• 32-Gbps line speed, full duplex
Autosensing of 4-, 8-,16-, and 32-Gbps port speeds depending on SFPs used. Speed matching between 4-,
8-,16-, and 32-Gbps port speeds. 10-Gbps port speeds with dedicated SFPs.
Slot bandwidth 1,536 Gbps (data rate)
Local switching bandwidth 1.5 Tbps for Brocade FC32-48: 48 ports × 32 Gbps (data rate)
Chassis bandwidth Brocade X6-4 Director: 8 Tbps per chassis (192 ports with 32 Gbps data rate plus 16 4x32 Gbps ICLs)
Brocade X6-8 Director: 16 Tbps per chassis (384 ports with 32 Gbps data rate plus 32 4x32 Gbps ICLs)
ISL trunking Can use up to 8 ports in a trunk group to form a 256-Gbps trunk.
UltraScale ICL bandwidth Brocade X6-4 Director: 2 Tbps; 16 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 64 32-Gbps ports. Each
UltraScale ICL port provides 128-Gbps bandwidth over a QSFP (32 Gbps x 4) link.
Brocade X6-8 Director: 4 Tbps; 32 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 128 32-Gbps ports. Each
UltraScale ICL port provides 128 Gbps bandwidth over a QSFP (32 Gbps x 4) line.
Both models: Frame-based trunking is enabled between four UltraScale ICLs. DPS distributes exchanges across
all frame trunks.
Power inlet C20: AC power supply.
Anderson Saf-D-Grid
®
400: HVAC/HVDC power supply.
Power from nonport side, all power supplies.
Power supplies: Brocade X6-4
Director Up to two modular, hot-swappable AC power supplies providing 1450 W (100-120 VAC) and 2870 W
(200-240 VAC).
Up to two modular, hot-swappable HVAC/HVDC power supplies providing 1450 W (100-120 VAC) and 2870
W (192-400 VDC or 180-305 VAC).
Power supplies: Brocade X6-8 Up to four modular, hot-swappable AC power supplies providing 1450 W (100-120 VAC) and 2870 W
(200-240 VAC).
Up to four modular, hot-swappable HVAC/HVDC power supplies providing 1450 W (100-120 VAC) and 2870
W (192-400 VDC or 180-305 VAC).
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