Platform Components And Capabilities - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual

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Brocade VDX 6740 overview

Platform components and capabilities

The Brocade VDX 6740 switches offer the following features and capabilities:
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A system motherboard that features a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPU running
at 1.5 GHz with integrated peripherals
An RJ-45 10/100/1000 Ethernet out-of-band management port
An RJ-45-fronted serial (RS-232) port for terminal access and debugging
A mini-USB-fronted serial (RS-232) port for terminal access and debugging (Brocade VDX
6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T-1G only)
A USB port for firmware upgrades and system log downloads
Up to 48 1/10 GbE optical or copper SFP+ ports in the Brocade VDX 6740 and 48 1/10G
Base-T copper ports in the Brocade VDX 6740T
Forty-eight 1G Base-T copper ports on the Brocade VDX 6740T-1G, which can be upgraded to
1/10G operation through 10G Port Upgrade licensing
100 Mbps operation on Brocade VDX 6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T-1G 1/10 Base-T ports
(Network OS v4.1.0 and later).
NOTE
100 Mbps ports are intended for point to point connection to a management server and not as
data ports.
Up to four 40 GbE QSFP ports (can be configured into four 10 GbE ports each)
Dual, hot-swappable 250W AC power supplies with three integrated cooling fans each (for the
Brocade VDX 6740 only, can be ordered with front-to-back or back-to-front airflow)
Dual, hot-swappable 500W AC power supplies and five separate, hot-swappable fan units (for
the Brocade VDX 6740T only, can be ordered with front-to-back or back-to-front airflow)
Support for short-range, long-range, extended range optical, and twinaxial copper SFP+ 10
GbE transceivers (Brocade VDX 6740)
Support for 1, 3, and 5 meter 1G or 10G Base-T direct attach copper cables (Brocade VDX
6740T and Brocade VDX 6740T-1G)
Support for short-range and long-range QSFP 40 GbE transceivers
Support for optical or twinaxial breakout cable when 40 GbE ports are configured for 4x10 GbE
Support for long-range and short-range SFP+ 10GbE transceivers
Support for inter-switch link (ISL) Brocade Trunking (10 GbE ports only).
A reduced-depth, rack-mount design using existing rail kits - four-post fixed or Telco flush and
mid-mount rack mount kits (Brocade VDX 6740 only)
New universal 4-post and 2-post rack mount kits (Brocade VDX 6740T only)
Extensive diagnostics and system-monitoring capabilities for enhanced high Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
Optimized airflow (a choice of front-to-back or back-to-front flow)
A real-time clock (RTC) with battery
SEEPROM for switch identification
Voltage monitoring
Fan monitoring
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