BROCADE ICX 6430/6450 SPECIFICATIONS
System Architecture
Connector options
10/100/1000 Mbps ports: RJ-45
Brocade ICX 6430: 1 Gbps SFP ports for uplink/
stacking: SX, LX, TX, LHA, LHB, direct-attached
copper cable (Twinax) for stacking
Brocade 6430-C/6450-C: 100 Mbps/1 Gbps
SFP ports for uplink: FX, SX, LX, TX, LHA, LHB;
10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 ports for uplink
Brocade ICX 6450: 1/10 Gbps SFP+ ports for
uplink/stacking: USR, SR, LR, ER, LRM, direct-
attached copper cable (Twinax) for stacking
Out-of-band Ethernet management: 10/100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Console management: RJ-45 serial
External power connector: Redundant system power
supply and extended PoE power supply (except the
Brocade ICX 6430-24/6430-C12/6450-C12-PD)
Maximum MAC
addresses
Brocade ICX 6430, 6430-C: 8000
Brocade ICX 6450, 6450-C: 16,000
Maximum VLANs
Brocade ICX 6430-C: 1024
Brocade ICX 6430, 6450, 6450-C: 4096
Maximum STP
(spanning trees)
Brocade ICX 6430, 6430-C: 32
Brocade ICX 6450, 6450-C: 253
Maximum routes
(in hardware)
Brocade ICX 6450, 6450-C: 12,000 (IPv4)
Brocade ICX 6450, 6450-C: 1070 (IPv6)
Trunking
Brocade ICX 6430
Maximum ports per trunk: 8
Maximum trunk groups: 29
Brocade ICX 6430-C
Maximum ports per trunk: 8
Maximum trunk groups: 16
Brocade ICX 6450, 6450-C
Maximum ports per trunk: 8
Maximum trunk groups: 124
Priority queues
Brocade ICX 6430, 6430-C: 4
Brocade ICX 6450, 6450-C: 8
Maximum jumbo
frame size
9216 bytes
Layer 2 switching
• 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
• 802.1X Authentication
• Auto MDI/MDIX
•
BPDU Guard, Root Guard
• Dual-Mode VLANs
• MAC-based VLANs, Dynamic MAC-based VLAN
activation
• Dynamic VLAN Assignment
• Dynamic Voice VLAN Assignment
•
Fast Port Span
•
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
•
IGMP Snooping (v1/v2/v3)
•
IGMP Proxy for Static Groups
•
IGMP v2/v3 Fast Leave
•
IGMP Tracking
•
Inter-Packet Gap (IPG) adjustment
•
Link Fault Signaling (LFS)
•
MAC Address Locking, MAC Port Security
•
MAC-Layer Filtering, Filtering on source and
destination MAC address
Layer 2 switching
(continued)
• MAC Learning Disable
•
MLD Snooping (v1/v2)
• Multi-device Authentication
•
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST/PVST+/PVRST)
•
Mirroring: Port-based, ACL-based, MAC
Filter-based, and VLAN-based
•
Port Loop Detection
•
Private VLAN
•
Protected Link Groups
•
Protocol VLAN (802.1v), Subnet VLAN
•
Remote Fault Notification (RFN)
• Single-instance Spanning Tree
•
Single-link LACP
• Trunk Groups
•
Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)
IPv6 support
• Host functionality management
•
Hardware support for IPv6
•
IPv6 static routing (Brocade ICX 6450/6450-C
only)
Base
Layer 3 routing
(Brocade ICX
6450/6450-C)
•
IPv4 and IPv6 Static Routes
•
Port-based Access Control Lists
• Host Routes
• Virtual Interfaces, up to 255 virtual interfaces
• Routed Interfaces
• Route-only Support
•
IP helper
• Routing Between Directly Connected Subnets
•
ECMP
• Layer 3/Layer 4 ACLs
Premium
Layer 3 routing
(Brocade ICX
6450/6450-C)
•
OSPF v2
•
RIP v1/v2
•
Virtual Route Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
•
VRRP-E
• GRE
Metro features
(except the Brocade
ICX 6430-C/6450-C)
•
Metro-Ring Protocol MRP (v1, v2)
•
Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)
•
VLAN Stacking (Q-in-Q)
•
VRRP
• Topology Groups
BROCADE ICX 6430/6450 FEATURE AND MODEL SPECIFICATIONS
Brocade ICX 6430
Brocade ICX 6450
6430-C12 6430-24
6430-24P
6430-48
6430-48P
6450-C12-PD 6450-24
6450-24P
6450-48
6450-48P
10/100/1000 Mbps
RJ-45 ports
12
24
24
48
48
12
24
24
48
48
10/100/1000 Mbps
RJ-45 uplink ports
2
2
1 GbE SFP ports
(uplink/stacking)
2
*
4
4
4
4
2
*
1/10 GbE SFP/SFP+
ports
(uplink/stacking)
4
(Optional
2-port
license)
4
(Optional
2-port
license)
4
(Optional
2-port
license)
4
(Optional
2-port
license)
Stacking bandwidth
(data rate, full duplex)
4 Gbps
4 Gbps
4 Gbps
4 Gbps
40 Gbps
40 Gbps
40 Gbps
40 Gbps
Units per stack
4
4
4
4
8
8
8
8
Internal AC power
supply rating
100 W
36 W
525 W
65 W
525 W
100 W
65 W
525 W
100 W
880 W
External power supply
(redundant power and
PoE power)
Optional
525 W
Optional
525 W
Optional
525 W
Optional
525 W
Optional
525 W
Optional
525 W
Optional
525 W × 2
PoE/PoE+ power
budget
(internal power supply)
68 W
390 W
390 W
68 W
390 W
780 W
PoE Class 3 ports
(internal power supply)
4
24
24
4
24
48
PoE+ ports
(internal power supply)
2
12
12
2
12
24
Max PoE Class 3 ports
(with internal and
external power
supplies)
4
24
48
4
24
48
Max PoE+ ports
(with internal and
external power
supplies)
2
24
24
2
24
48
PoE/PoE+ powered
(Powered Device PD)
Yes
Base software
Layer 2
Layer 2
Layer 2
Layer 2
Layer 2
Layer 3
with static
routes
Layer 3
with static
routes
Layer 3
with static
routes
Layer 3
with static
routes
Layer 3
with static
routes
Layer 3 routing
(RIP, OSPF)
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Switching capacity
(data rate, full duplex)
32 Gbps
56 Gbps
56 Gbps
104 Gbps 104 Gbps
32 Gbps
128 Gbps
128 Gbps
176 Gbps
176 Gbps
Forwarding capacity
(data rate, full duplex)
24 Mpps
42 Mpps
42 Mpps
77 Mpps
77 Mpps
24 Mpps
96 Mpps
96 Mpps
132 Mpps
132 Mpps
