46 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Blade terminology and compatibility
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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.
FR4-18i 24 Yes No 16 FC
2 GbE
Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade supporting 2 and
4 Gbps port speeds.
FC ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from bottom
to top.
GbE ports are numbered ge0 through ge1 from bottom
to top.
Going from bottom to top, the 2 GbE ports appear on
the bottom of the blade followed by 16 FC 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.
FCOE10-24 74 Yes ‘No 24 10-GbE
DCB ports
An application blade that provides Converged
Enhanced Ethernet to bridge a Fibre Channel and
Ethernet SAN.
Ports are numbered from 0 through 11 from bottom to
top on the left set of ports and 12 through 23 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.
FX8-24 75 Yes Yes 12 FC
10 1-GbE
2 10-GbE
Extension blade with 8-Gbps Fibre Channel, FCIP, and
10-GbE technology.
Port numbering on this blade is as follows.
On the left side of the blade going from bottom to top:
• Six FC ports numbered from 0 through 5
• Two 10-GbE ports numbered xge0 and xge1
• Four 1-GbE ports numbered from ge0 through
ge3
On the right side of the blade going from bottom to top:
• Six FC ports numbered from 6 through 11
• Six 1-GbE ports numbered from ge4 through ge9
1. The Brocade DCX and DCX-4S support loop devices on this blade in a Virtual Fabrics-enabled environment.
TABLE 6 Port blade terminology, numbering, and platform support (Continued)
Supported on:
Blade Blade ID
(slotshow)
DCX
family
DCX 8510
family
Ports Definition