Brocade Vdx 6940 Switch Technical Specifications; System Specifications; Ethernet; Leds - Brocade Communications Systems VDX 6940 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Brocade VDX 6940 Switch Technical
Specifications
This document highlights the features and specifications for the Brocade VDX 6940 switch.

System specifications

System component
Enclosure
Power inlet
Power supplies
Fans
Cooling
System architecture
System processor

Ethernet

System component
QSFP+ GbE ports
QSFP28 ports
SFP+ GbE ports
Ethernet management port

LEDs

System component
Switch status and management
Brocade VDX 6940 Hardware Installation Guide
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Description
VDX 6940-36Q - 1U, 19-inch EIA-compliant, front-to-back airflow or back-to-front airflow; power from back
VDX 6940-144S - 2U, 19-inch EIA-compliant, front-to-back airflow or back-to-front airflow; power from back
C14, power from nonport side
Two internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load-sharing AC or DC power supplies (each power supply has an
integral fan unit)
Brocade VDX 6940-36Q Five field-replaceable fan assemblies, each with two fans, for a total of 10 per system
Brocade VDX 6940-144S Four field-replaceable fan assemblies, each with one fan, for a total of 4 per system
Front-to-rear and rear-to-front (port-side intake and port-side exhaust) airflow.
Nonblocking shared memory switch
Brocade VDX 6940-36Q - 1.5 GHz P3041 Quad Core CPU
Brocade VDX 6940-144S- 1.5 GHz P4080 8-Core CPU
Description
Brocade VDX 6940-36Q - 36 40-GbE QSFP+ ports. 144 10-GbE ports using 10-GbE breakout cables.
Brocade VDX 6940-144S - 12 40-GbE QSFP+ ports. Forty-eight 10-GbE ports using 10- GbE breakout cables.
Brocade VDX 6940-144S - Up to 4 40/100-GbE dual personality ports can be configured for 100 GbE
operation with qualified 100-GbE transceivers installed.
NOTE
For each dual personality port configured for 100-GbE operation, 40-GbE operation is disabled on
three 40-GbE ports. Therefore, with a maximum of 4 100 GbE ports configured, all 40 GbE port
operation is disabled.
Brocade VDX 6940-144S - 96 fixed 10-GbE ports that support SFP+ and TSFP+ optics.
Brocade VDX 6940-36Q - RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet out-of-band management port
Brocade VDX 6940-144S - RJ-45 1000 Mbps Ethernet out-of-band management port
Description
One bicolor system status LED (green and amber) on the port side.
One green power status LED on the port side.
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