Scalability; Other Important Notes And Recommendations; Adaptive Networking/Flow-Based Qos Prioritization; Access Gateway - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 300 Release Notes

Typical Power Supply Requirements Guidelines for Blades in DCX 8510-4
(For specific calculation of power draw with different blade combinations, please refer to Appendix A: Power Specifications
Configured
Blades
Number of
Ports
96 ports max FC16-32,
with QSFP FC8-32E
ICLs
Any FC16-32,
combination FC16-48,
of 8Gb or 16
FC8-32E,
Gb ports and
FC8-48E,
intelligent
FC8-64,
blades with
FS8-18,
QSFP ICLs
FX8-24

Scalability

All scalability limits are subject to change. Limits may be increased once further testing has been completed,
even after the release of Fabric OS. For current scalability limits for Fabric OS, refer to the Brocade Scalability
Guidelines document, available under the Technology and Architecture Resources section at
http://www.brocade.com/compatibility

Other Important Notes and Recommendations

Adaptive Networking/Flow-Based QoS Prioritization


Any 8G or 4G FC platform running FOS v6.2.2e or lower version of firmware cannot form an E-port
with a 16G FC platform when Adaptive Networking QoS is enabled at both ends of the ISL. Users must
disable QoS at either end of the ISL in order to successfully form an E-port under this condition.
Users can disable QoS via portcfgQos --disable command. Please consult Fabric OS Command
Reference manual for details related to portcfgQoS command.

When using QoS in a fabric with 4G ports or switches, FOS v6.2.2 or later must be installed on all 4G
products in order to pass QoS info. E_Ports from the DCX to other switches must come up AFTER
6.2.2 is running on those switches.

Access Gateway


AG cascading is not supported on Brocade 6510 or Brocade 6505.

Users who want to utilize Access Gateway's Device-based mapping feature in the ESX environments
are encouraged to refer to the SAN TechNote GA-TN-276-00 for best implementation practices.
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Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
in the 8510-4 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual)
DCX 8510-4 @110
Type of Blade VAC (Redundant
configurations)
Port Blade 2 Power Supplies
Intelligent Blade Not Supported
/Combination
Table 5 Power Supply Requirements for DCX 8510-4
http://my.brocade.com
DCX 8510-4
@200-240 VAC
Comments
(Redundant
configurations)
2 Power 1+1 redundancy with 110
Supplies or 200-240 VAC power
supplies
2 Power 200-240VAC: 1+1 Power
Supplies Supplies
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