Brocade X6-8 8-Slot Gen6 Director 14U Rack-Mountable Switch Blade Chassis Only in London, England, United Kingdom

Specifications

Condition
used
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)
Ultrascale icl bandwidth
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.
Chassis bandwidth
12.2 Tbps per chassis (384 ports×32 Gbps) data rate + 4.096 Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth (32×128 Gbps)
Slot bandwidth
1,536 Gbps (line rate)
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)
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
Input power is at 200 VAC with full PSU redundancy
Data traffic types
Fabric switches supporting unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast
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)
Fibre channel ports
Up to 384 32-Gbps ports, universal (E_Port, F_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, D_Port, SIM Port, FICON)
Ansi fibre channel protocol
FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface standard)
Fabric initialization
Complies with FC-SW 5.0
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)
Architecture
Non-blocking shared memory; passive backplane; redundant active/passive control processor; redundant active/active core switching blades; redundant WWN cards
Cooling
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.
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
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, 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)
Mounting
Rack-mountable in a standard 19-inch EIA cabinet
Height
61.23 cm (24.11 in., 14U)
Width
43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
Depth
61.04 cm (24.04 in.)
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
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)
Range
85 VAC to 264 VAC Auto-volt
Nominal
100 VAC to 240 VAC
85 to 132 vac
1,450 W
180 to 264 vac
2,870 W
In-rush current
35 Amps maximum, peak
Subcategory
Networking
Listing ID
88086246

Description

Brocade X6-8 8-Slot Gen6 Director 14U Rack-Mountable Switch Blade Chassis Only
Chassis Model:
X6-8
In Good Condition, Full Working Order
Tested

2 Year Warranty
Includes Mounting Bracket
No Power Supplies, No Fan Modules, No Blade Modules Included
Included:
1 x Brocade X6-8 8-Slot Gen6 Director 14U Rack-Mountable Switch Blade Chassis Only
1 x Set Of Rails
Overview:
The Brocade X6 Director with Brocade Fabric Vision technology combines innovative hardware, software, and integrated network sensors to ensure the industry's highest level of operational stability and redefine application performance. It provides a modular building block for increased scalability to accommodate growth for large-scale enterprise infrastructures.
Fabric Vision technology enhances visibility into the health of storage environments, delivering greater control and insight to quickly identify problems and achieve critical Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Seller Reviews

02/01/2025

Very happy with our purchase. Great people!

$4,091 USD

Manufacturer
Brocade
Location
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom

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