Brocade X7 Directors
Brocade X7 Directors
- Scale more devices, applications, and workloads with 64G links
- Maximize NVMe and high-transaction workloads with 50% lower network latency
- Transform telemetry data into actionable insights to optimize performance and ensure reliability
- Increase visibility and simplify operations with a modern SAN management tool to resolve issues without intervention
Tech Specs
| Fibre Channel ports |
CR64-8 and CR64-4 CR blades: E_Port, EX_Port, and D_Port. FC32-X7-48, FC64-48 port blades: F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, SIM, and D_Port. Self-discovery is based on switch type (U_Port) with an optional port type control. |
| Scalability |
Full-fabric architecture of 239 switches. |
| Certified maximum |
6000 active devices per switch; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® (FOS) fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required. |
| ISL trunking |
Frame-based trunking with up to eight 64Gb/s ports per ISL trunk; up to 256Gb/s per ISL trunk; exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade FOS. |
| Maximum frame size |
2112-byte payload. |
| Frame buffers |
24,000 per switching ASIC. |
| Classes of service |
Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames). |
| Data traffic types |
Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast |
| Media types |
Brocade FC64-48 port blade: Supports hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel SFP+ at 8/10/16/32Gb/s SWL/LWL/ELWL and 64Gb/s SWL. Brocade FC32-X7-48 port blade: Supports hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel SFP+ at 4/8/10/16/32Gb/s SWL/LWL/ELWL. (F_Port connectivity only when connected at 4Gb/s speed.) Core Routing (CR) blades, Brocade CR64-4 and CR64-8: Support hot-pluggable Brocade Fibre Channel Gen 7 SWL QSFP, 4×32Gb/s SWL QSFP, and 4×32Gb/s 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 (QoS); BB Credit Recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (Default Zoning, Port/WWN Zoning); Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Fabric Congestion Notification; Fabric Vision; FDMI; Flow Vision; FSPF; Integrated Routing; ISL Trunking; Management Server; N_Port Trunking; NPIV; NTP v3; Peer Zoning; Port Fencing; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Reliable Commit Service (RCS); Simple Name Server (SNS); Syslog; Target-Driven Zoning; Traffic Optimizer; Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric). |
| Extension |
Supports DWDM, CWDM, and FC-SONET Devices; Fibre Channel; In-flight Compression (Brocade LZO) and Encryption (AES-GCM-256); BB Credit Recovery. |
| Chassis |
Single Chassis: Brocade X7-8: Non-blocking architecture X7-8 Director with 48 64Gb/s port blades: 31Tb/s of aggregate chassis bandwidth (384 device ports with a 64Gb/s data rate plus 32 4xGen7 ICLs) Brocade X7-4:Non-blocking architecture X7-4 Director with 48 64Gb/s port blades: 15.5Tb/s of aggregate chassis bandwidth (192 device ports with a 64Gb/s data rate plus 16 4xGen7 ICLs) Each provides support for (E, F, D, M, SIM, and EX) Fibre Channel ports using 48-port 64Gb/s Fibre Channel blades. |
| Control processor |
Redundant (active/standby) control processor modules. Brocade FC64-48 port blade provides 48 ports of 64Gb/s Fibre Channel. Brocade FC32-X7-48 port blade provides 48 ports of 32Gb/s Fibre Channel. |
| Ethernet ports |
Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade: Fibre Channel: 8.5Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 10.53Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 28.05Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 57.8Gb/s line speed, full duplex. Autosensing of 8, 16, 32, and 64Gb/s port speeds depending on SFPs used. 10Gb/s port speeds with dedicated SFPs. Brocade FC32-X7-48 Port Blade: Fibre Channel: 4.25Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 8.5Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 10.53Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 14.025Gb/s line speed, full duplex; 28.05Gb/s line speed, full duplex. Autosensing of 4, 8, 16, and 32Gb/s port speeds depending on SFPs used. 10Gb/s port speeds with dedicated SFPs. |
| UltraScale ICL trunking |
Chassis-to-chassis linkage through connectors on the Core Routing (CR) blade. Can configure the following maximum number of QSFPs per trunk depending on blade type, connecting: Up to four QSFP ports in a trunk group between two Brocade CR64-4 blades. For trunks that contain four or fewer QSFP ports, ports in a trunk must be located in the same port group on each blade. Up to four QSFP ports in a trunk group between a Brocade CR64-4 blade and a CR64-8 blade. For trunks that contain 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 QSFP trunks between pairs of Brocade CR64-8 (CR64-4) and CR32-8 (CR32-4). |
| Multichassis with UltraScale ICL ports |
Up to 4608 Fibre Channel ports; UltraScale ICL ports (32 for 8-slot or 16 per 4-slot chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to 9 chassis in a full-mesh topology or up to 12 chassis in a core-edge topology. |
| Chassis bandwidth |
Brocade X7-8: 31Tb/s per chassis with 384 device ports + 32 UltraScale ICL connections supporting 128 ports. Brocade X7-4: 15.5Tb/s per chassis with 192 device ports + 16 UltraScale ICL connections supporting 64 ports. |
| Slot bandwidth |
3072Gb/s (line rate) providing line-rate performance for the Brocade FC64-48 blade. |
| Service Weblink |
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services |
| Service Weblink |
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services |
| Support Pack Options |
Available in major metropolitan areas: 9x5, Next Business Day Onsite Response Time 9x5, 4h Onsite Response Time (depending on country) 24x7, 4h Onsite Response Time (depending on country) |
Recommended Service | 24x7, Onsite Response Time: 4h |
| Support Pack Options |
Available in major metropolitan areas: 9x5, Next Business Day Onsite Response Time 9x5, 4h Onsite Response Time (depending on country) 24x7, 4h Onsite Response Time (depending on country) |
| Recommended Service | 24x7, Onsite Response Time: 4h |
