53-1004105-13 Hardware Installation Guide
Port Speed (G)
10
16
32
Data Port Specifications (Fibre Channel)
Model
Port Type
Brocade X6-8
4x32G QSFP28
4x16G QSFP+
32G SFP+
16G SFP+
10G SFP+ (FC operation
only)
Data Port Specifications (Ethernet)
Model
Port Type
Brocade X6-8
40GbE
25GbE
Broadcom
Cable Size
Short Wavelength (SWL)
(Microns)
9
N/A
50
82m (269 ft) (OM2)
300m (984 ft) (OM3)
550m (1804 ft) (OM4)
62.5
33m (108 ft)
9
N/A
50
35m (115 ft) (OM2)
100m (328 ft) (OM3)
125m (410 ft) (OM4)
62.5
15m (49 ft)
9
N/A
50
20m (65.6 ft) (OM2)
70m (230 ft) (OM3)
100m (328 ft) (OM4)
62.5
10m (32.8 ft)
9
N/A
Number
of Ports
512
512
384
64
384
64
384
64
Number of Ports
128
512
Long Wavelength
(LWL)
10 km (6.2 miles)
N/A
N/A
10 km (6.2 miles)
N/A
N/A
10 km (6.2 miles)
N/A
N/A
10 km (6.2 miles)
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight FC32-64 Fibre Channel
port blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight FC32-64 Fibre Channel
port blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight FC32-48 Fibre Channel
port blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight SX6 extension blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight FC32-48 Fibre Channel
port blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using four SX6 extension blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using eight FC32-48 Fibre Channel
port blades.
E, F, D, M, and EX Fibre Channel ports using four SX6 extension blades.
Up to 128 40GbE ports supported with 8 FC32-64 port blades for FCoE
applications.
Up to 512 25GbE ports supported with 8 FC32-64 port blades for FCoE
applications. The 512 ports are provided by 16 100GbE transceivers
installed on each blade operating in 4x25 GbE breakout mode.
Hardware Installation Guide
Extended Long
Wavelength (ELWL)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Description
Description
Brocade X6-8 Director
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