Brocade X6 Director Specifications
Systems Architecture
Chassis Single chassis: The Brocade X6-8 provides up to 384 32 Gbps ports or a 512-port equivalent with 128 Gbps (4×32 Gbps) UltraScale ICL ports (32 Gbps×4 QSFP ports). The Brocade X6-4 provides up to 192 32 Gbps ports or a 256-port equivalent with 16 UltraScale ICL ports.
Each provides support for (E, F, D, M, SIM, AE, and EX) Fibre Channel ports using 48-port 32 Gbps Fibre Channel blades.
Control processor Redundant (active/standby) control processor modules
Scalability Full fabric architecture of 239 switches
Certified maximum 6,000 active devices per switch; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® (FOS) fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required
Fibre Channel blades Brocade FC32-48 port blade provides 48 ports of 32 Gbps Gen 6 Fibre Channel
Extension blades Brocade SX6 Extension Blade provides Fibre Channel extension (16×32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports) and IP extension over IP networks (16×1/10 GbE and 2×40 GbE ports)
Performance Fibre Channel:
4 Gbps line speed, full duplex
8 Gbps line speed, full duplex
10 Gbps line speed, full duplex
16 Gbps line speed, full duplex
32 Gbps line speed, full duplex
Autosensing of 4, 8, 16, and 32 Gbps port speeds depending on SFPs used. Speed matching between 4, 8, 16, and 32 Gbps port speeds. 10 Gbps port speeds with dedicated SFPs.
ISL trunking Frame-based trunking with up to eight 32 Gbps ports per ISL trunk; up to 256 Gbps per ISL trunk.
Exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade FOS
UltraScale ICL trunking Chassis-to-chassis linkage through connectors on the Core Routing (CR) blade
Can configure the following maximum QSFPs per trunk depending on blade type, connecting:
Up to four 4×32 Gbps QSFP ports in a trunk group to form a 512 Gbps trunk between two Brocade CR32-4 blades. For trunks containing four or fewer QSFP ports, ports in a trunk must be located in the same port group on each blade.
Up to four 4×32 Gbps QSFP ports in a trunk group to form a 512 Gbps trunk between a Brocade CR32-4 and CR32-8 blade. For trunks containing four or fewer QSFP ports, ports in a trunk must be located in the same port group on each blade.
A minimum of two QSFP connections are required for a trunk, and up to four 4×16 Gbps QSFP trunks between pairs of Brocade CR32-8 (CR32-4) and CR16-8 (CR16-4).
Multichassis with UltraScale ICL ports Up to 4,608 non-blocking 32 Gbps Fibre Channel ports; UtraScale ICL ports (32 for 8-slot or 16 per 4-slot chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to nine chassis in a full mesh topology or up to 12 chassis in a core-edge topology.
UltraScale ICL bandwidth Brocade X6-8: 4.096 Tbps; 32 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 128 32 Gbps ports.
Each UltraScale ICL port provides 128 Gbps bandwidth over a QSFP (32 Gbps×4) link.
Brocade X6-4: 2.048 Tbps; 16 UltraScale ICL ports provide the equivalent of 64 32 Gbps ports.
Each UltraScale ICL port provides 128 Gbps bandwidth over a QSFP (32 Gbps×4) link.
Both models: Frame-based trunking is enabled between four UltraScale ICLs. DPS distributes exchanges across all frame trunks.
Chassis bandwidth Brocade X6-8: 12.2 Tbps per chassis (384 ports×32 Gbps) data rate + 4.096 Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth (32×128 Gbps)
Brocade X6-4: 6.1 Tbps per chassis (192 ports×32 Gbps) data rate + 2.048 Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth (16×128 Gbps)
Slot bandwidth 1,536 Gbps (line rate)
Switch latency Brocade FC32-48 blade at Gen 6 32 Gbps speeds: <900 ns (including FEC); any-port-to-any-port local switching and 2.7 μs blade to blade at 32 Gbps, cut-through routing
Brocade SX6 blade, Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel: <900ns (including FEC) and 2.7 μs any-port-toany-port at 32 Gbps, cut-through routing
Maximum frame size 2112-byte payload
Frame buffers 15,000 per switching ASIC
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Fibre Channel port types Brocade FC32-48 port blade: F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, SIM, and D_Port
Brocade SX6 Extension Blade: F_Port, E_Port, and EX_Port on FC, and VE_Port on GbE
NOTE: Self-discovery is based on switch type (U_Port) with an optional port-type control.
Data traffic types Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast
Media types Brocade FC32-48 port blade: Supports hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel SFP+ at 32 Gbps SWL/LWL and SFP+ at 16 Gbps SWL/LWL/ELWL, 10 Gbps SWL/LWL SFP Brocade SX6 Extension Blade: Supports hot-pluggable
Brocade Fibre Channel SFP28 at 32 Gbps SWL/LWL; SFP+ at 16 Gbps SWL/LWL/ELWL; SFP at 10 Gbps FC SWL/LWL and Ethernet SFP+ at 1 GbE copper, 1 GbE 1000BASE-SX/LX/CWDM, SFP+ at 10 GbE SR/LR; SFP+ at 10 GbE tunable DWDM 80 km, and QSFP at 40 GbE SR4/LR4/ER4.
Core Routing (CR) blades, Brocade CR32-4 and CR32-8: Support hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel QSFP at 4×32 Gbps SWL, 4×16 Gbps SWL and 4×16 Gbps 2 km QSFP for ICL connections
USB One USB port per control processor for firmware download, support save, and configuration upload or download
Fabric services Adaptive Networking (Traffic Isolation, QoS); BB credit recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (default zoning, port/WWN zoning, peer zoning, target-driven zoning, broadcast zoning); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; FDMI; FICON CUP; Flow Vision; Frame Redirection; FSPF; IPFC; ISL Trunking; Management Server; Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); N_Port Trunking; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server
Extension Supports DWDM, CWDM, and FC-SONET devices; Fibre Channel, in-flight compression (Brocade LZO) and encryption (AES-GCM-256); BB credit recovery; FCIP, IP Extension, Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL), data compression, Fast Write, read/write Tape Pipelining, QoS
FICON FICON cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (IBM z/OS Global Mirror and read/write Tape Pipelining)
System Components
Fibre Channel ports Brocade X6-8: Up to 384 32-Gbps ports, universal (E_Port, F_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, D_Port, SIM Port, FICON)
Brocade X6-4: Up to 192 32-Gbps ports, universal (F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, D_Port, SIM Port, FICON)
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface standard)
Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW 5.0
Port to port latency Local switching: 900 ns
Blade to blade: 2.7 μs
Switching capacity An aggregate switching capacity of 13.5 billion frames per second (for Class 2, Class 3, and Class F frames for a 384-port chassis)
High Availability
Architecture Non-blocking shared memory; passive backplane; redundant active/passive control processor; redundant active/active core switching blades; redundant WWN cards
Chassis power Brocade X6-8:
Four power supplies required for AC Low Line (100 VAC to 120 VAC).
Two power supplies required for AC High Line (200 VAC to 240 VAC).
Device ships with three PSUs or empty (3 for 2+1 redundancy). Two provide system power, but four must be installed to provide power efficiency and 2+2 redundancy.
Brocade X6-4:
Two power supplies required for AC Low Line (100 VAC to 120 VAC).
One power supply required for AC High Line (200 VAC to 240 VAC).
The device ships with two power supplies. One provides system power, but both must be installed to provide power efficiency and 1+1 redundancy.
Cooling Brocade X6-8:
Requires three fan tray assemblies. A failure condition is one failed fan from any fan tray. Each assembly contains two fans for a total of six. The system requires five of six functioning fans for operation in the Brocade X6-8. One fan tray assembly can be hot-swapped and should be replaced immediately in the event of a failure.
Brocade X6-4:
Requires two fan tray assemblies. A failure condition is one failed fan from any fan tray.
Each assembly contains two fans for a total of four. The system requires three of four functioning fans for operation in the Brocade X6-4. One fan assembly can be hot-swapped and should be replaced immediately in the event of a failure.
Airflow Non-port-side intake to port-side exhaust or port-side intake to non-port-side exhaust options are available.
Solution availability Designed to provide 99.999 percent uptime capabilities; hot-pluggable redundant power supplies, fans, WWN cards, processors, core switching, port blades, and optics; online diagnostics; non-disruptive firmware download and activation
Management
Management HTTP, SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB), SSH; Auditing, Syslog; Brocade Advanced Web Tools, Brocade Network Advisor SAN Enterprise or Brocade Network Advisor SAN Professional Plus; Command Line Interface (CLI); SMI-S compliant; RESTful API; trial licenses for add-on capabilities
Security DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices), FCAP switch authentication, FIPS 140-2 L2- compliant, HTTPS, IPsec, IP filtering, LDAP with IPv6, OpenLDAP, Port Binding, RADIUS, userdefined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Copy (SCP), Secure RPC, SFTP, SSH v2, SSL, Switch Binding, TACACS+, Trusted Switch
Management access 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45) per control processor, in-band over Fibre Channel; serial port (RJ-45) and one USB per control processor module; DHCP/DHCPv6; call-home integration enabled through Brocade Network Advisor
Diagnostics IO Insight for IO monitoring; ClearLink optics and cable diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; built-in flow generator; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping and Pathinfo (FC traceroute), flow mirroring, frame viewer, non-disruptive daemon restart, optics health monitoring, power monitoring, RAStrace logging, and Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD)
Mechanical
Enclosure Brocade X6-8 12-blade slots: 14U rack-mountable chassis; 27 in. to 31 in. and 22 in. rail kits for the four-post rack; mid-mount kit for the two-post rack
Brocade X6-4 8-blade slots: 8U rack-mountable chassis; 27 in. to 31 in. rail, 18 in. to 24 in. rail, and airflow diversion rack mount kits for the four-post rack; mid-mount kit for the two-post rack
Mounting Rack-mountable in a standard 19-inch EIA cabinet
Size Brocade X6-8
Height: 61.23 cm (24.11 in., 14U)
Width: 43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
Depth: 61.04 cm (24.04 in.)
Brocade X6-4
Height: 34.45 cm (13.56 in., 8U)
Width: 43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
Depth: 61.04 cm (24.04 in.)
Brocade X6-4 with airflow diversion rack-mount kit
Height: 40.00 cm (15.75 in., 9U)
Width: 43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
Depth: 61.29 cm (24.09 in.)
System weight Brocade X6-8
35.61 kg (78.5 lb) for chassis
145.8 kg (321.5 lb) for 384-port configuration, fully populated
Brocade X6-4
24.5 kg (54 lb) for chassis
68.95 kg (152.0 lb) for 192-port configuration, fully populated
Environment
Temperature Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Non-operating: –25°C to 70°C (–13°F to 158°F)
Humidity Operating humidity: 5% to 93% RH non-condensing at 40°C (104°F) with a maximum gradient of 10% per hour
Non-operating humidity: 10% to 93% RH non-condensing at 70°C (158°F)
Altitude Up to 3,000 meters (9,842 feet)
Shock Operating: 10 g, 11 ms, half sine wave
Non-operating: 20 g, 11 ms, half sine wave
Vibration Operating: 5 Hz to 10 Hz @ +5 db/Oct; 10 Hz to 200 Hz @ 0.0005 Grms; 200 Hz to 500 Hz @ –5 db/Oct; scale 0.05 Grms
Non-operating: 3 Hz to 10 Hz @ +5 db/Oct; 10 Hz to 200 Hz @ 0.0065 Grms; 200 Hz to 500 Hz @ –5db/Oct; scale 1.12 Grms
Heat dissipation Brocade X6-8
384-port configuration: Typical: 8,836 BTU/hr; Max: 14,485 BTU/hr Power consumed: Typical: 2,589 W; Max: 4,244 W
Note: Input power is at 200 VAC with full PSU redundancy
Brocade X6-4
192-port configuration: Typical: 4,696 BTU/hr; Max: 8,139 BTU/hr Power consumed: Typical: 1,376 W; Max: 2,385 W
Note: Input power is at 200 VAC with full PSU redundancy.
Power
Supported power range Input Voltage
Standard AC input:
Range: 85 VAC to 264 VAC Auto-volt
Nominal: 100 VAC to 240 VAC
Power
85 to 132 VAC: 1,450 W
180 to 264 VAC: 2,870 W
In-rush current 35 Amps maximum, peak
Frequency 50 Hz to 60 Hz (Nominal: 50 Hz to 60 Hz)
