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TABLE 6
Port blade terminology, numbering, and platform support
Supported on:
Blade
Blade ID
(slotshow)
DCX family DCX 8510
family
Ports
Definition
FC8-16
1
21
Yes
No
16
8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top.
55
Yes
No
32
8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 16 through 31 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-32E
125
No
Yes
32
8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 16 through 31 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
51
Yes
No
48
8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 24 through 47 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-48E
126
No
Yes
48
8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 24 through 47 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC8-64
77
Yes
Yes
64
8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. The Brocade
DCX and Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone families support loop devices on
64-port blades in a Virtual Fabric-enabled environment. The loop devices
can only be attached to ports on a 64-port blade that is not a part of the
default logical switch.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 31 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 32 through 63 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC16-32
97
No
Yes
32
A 32-port, 16-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps port
speeds.
NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the 10G license.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 16 through 31 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FC16-48
96
No
Yes
48
A 48-port, 16-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, 8, 10, and 16 Gbps port
speeds.
NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the 10G license.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of
ports and 24 through 47 from bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FS8-18
68
Yes
Yes
16 FC
2 GbE
Brocade Encryption blade that provides high performance 32-port
auto-sensing 8-Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity with data cryptographic
(encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom to top.
GbE ports are numbered ge0 through ge1 from top to bottom.
Going from top to bottom, the 2 GbE ports appear on the top of the blade
followed by the 16 FC ports.