Up to 384 4 or 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports; up to eight Fibre Channel blades (16, 32, or 48 ports per blade); up to 1152 ports per 42U rack
Up to eight Brocade FC10-6 blades (six 10 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports per blade)
Up to four Brocade FR4-18i SAN Extension blades (16 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade)
Up to four Brocade FC4-16IP iSCSI blades (eight 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports and eight Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade)
Up to two Brocade FA4-18 Application Blades (16 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports per blade)
Control Processor
Redundant (active/standby) control processor modules
Scalability
Full fabric architecture of 239 switches maximum
Certified Maximum
Single Brocade FOS fabric: 56 domains, 19 hops, 6000 ports
Single Brocade M-EOS fabric: 31 domains, three hops
Larger fabrics certified as required; consult Brocade or OEM SAN design documents for configuration details
Port Rates
1.063 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 2.125 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; 4.25 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex; auto-sensing of 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec port speeds; optionally programmable to fixed port speed; speed-matching between 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec ports and between 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/sec ports; 10.5 Gbit/sec line speed, full duplex, fixed port speed
ISL Trunking
Up to eight ports per ISL trunk, delivering up to 64 Gbit/sec per ISL trunk using 8 Gbit/sec ports. Trunking is not supported with the FC10-6 (10 Gbit/sec) blade.
System Bandwidth
1024 Gbit/sec backplane switching capacity
3.264 Tbit/sec (4 Gbit/sec blades, local switching)
6.528 Tbit/sec (8 Gbit/sec blades, local switching)
Switch Latency
<2.1 μsec any port to any port at 2 Gbit/sec, cut-through routing; <3.6 μsec any port to any port at 4 Gbit/sec, cut-through routing; <7.4 μsec any port to any port at 10 Gbit/sec, cut-through routing
Maximum frame size
2112-byte payload
Frame Buffers
1000 for FC4-16, FR4-18i, FC4-16IP; 2000 for FC4-32, FC4-48; dynamically allocated up to 255 per port; 2000 for FC8-16, FC8-32, and FC8-48 with up to 1500 per port; 720 for FC10-6
Classes of Service
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames)
Port Types
FL_Port (all except on FC4-48 and FC10-6 blades), F_Port (including NPIV support), E_Port, self-discovery based on switch type (U_Port); port type control for EX_Port, VE_Port and Vex_Port; Gigabit Ethernet for VE_Port and Vex_Port; FC10-6 supports E_Port only
Data Traffic Types
Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast
Media Types
Hot-pluggable, industry-standard Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP), LC connector; Short-Wavelength (SWL) up to 500 meters (1640 feet); Long-Wavelength (LWL) up to 10 km (6.2 mi); FC10-6 blade also supports Extended Long-Wavelength (ELWL) up to 80 km (49.6 mi); distance depends on fiber-optic cable and port speed, CWDM SFPs (8 lambdas)
Fabric Services
Adaptive Networking Services: traffic isolation, ingress rate limiting (for FC8 blades only); Simple Name Server; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Alias Server (multicast); Brocade Advanced Zoning, Web Tools, Fabric Watch, Extended Fabrics, ISL Trunking, DPS, and Advanced Performance Monitoring
System Security
FIPS 140-2 L2 Certifiable; management access security (RADIUS); Active Directory with LDAP
High Availability
Chassis Power
Two ACAC-DCDC power supply modules, each delivering 1000 W DC, 2N redundancy; with Brocade FA4-18, FR4-18i, FC10-6, and FC4-16IP blades four AC-DC power supply modules are required for full redundancy
Cooling
Three blower assembly modules (two operational required)
Solution Availability
Designed to provide 99.999 percent uptime capabilities to meet the highest availability standards
Hot-pluggable redundant power supplies, fans, processors, port blades, and optics; online diagnostics; non-disruptive firmware download and activation
Management
Management Capabilities
Fabric Manager; EFCM; Telnet; SNMP (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); FICON/CUP on FC4 and FC8 (16- and 32-port) blades, Web Tools; third-party applications utilizing the Brocade SMI Agent
Management Access
10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45), in-band over Fibre Channel (requires fabric); two serial ports (DB-9) per control processor module
Mechanical Specifications
Enclosure
Rear panel-to-door airflow
Width
43.74 cm (17.22 in)
Height
61.24 cm (24.11 in) for 14U
Depth
70.90 cm (27.90 in) without door
74.20 cm (29.20 in) with door
System weight
95 kg (210 lb) for 128-port configuration (eight 16-port blades, without media)
98 kg (216 lb) for:
256-port configuration (eight 32-port blades, without media)
384-port configuration (eight 48-port blades, without media)
48-port configuration (eight 6-port blades, without media)
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: 5% to 85% non-condensing at 40° C (104° F)
Non-operating and storage (non-condensing): 0% to 93%
Altitude
Up to 3000 meters (9800 feet)
Shock
Operating: 20G, 11 ms, half sine 1G p-p, 5–500Hz, 1 octave min
Non-operating: 33G, 11 ms, half sine 2.4G p-p, 5–500Hz, 1 octave min
Vibration
Operating: 5G p-p, 0 to 3 kHz at 1.0 octave min
Non-operating: 10G p-p, 0 to 5 kHz at 1.0 octave min
Heat Dissipation
710 W or 2425 BTU (525 W DC internal draw) to 1681 W or 5832 BTU (1261 W DC internal draw), subject to blade type
CO2 Emissions
4,990 kg per year
Power Supported Power Range
Nominal: 200 to 240 VACAC nominal, 5.0 A, single phase
Operating: 180 to 264 VACAC auto-sensing
Note: 256-port configuration requires a maximum of 750 Volt-Amps