• Blades that are serviced from the port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8. Blowers, power supplies,
and power cables that are serviced from the nonport side.
• World Wide Name (WWN) cards on the nonport side, to maintain chassis-specific information such
as WWNs, IP addresses, and summary status information of each port blade and power supply
through LEDs.
• Redesigned cable management comb and chassis door.
Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8
NOTE
Airflow in the Brocade DCX 8510-8 is from the nonport (noncable) side to the port (cable) side and out
the exhaust vent.
Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone Hardware Reference Manual
53-1002180-08
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The 16-Gbps QSFPs supported on FC16-64 prot blade auto-negotiate at 4, 8, and
16 Gbps.
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The 16-Gbps QSFPs based inter-chassis link (ICL) on the core blades run at 64
Gbps (four fixed 16-Gbps clustered in a single quad connector and cable).
Port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-8
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