Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Blade terminology and compatibility
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Core blades
Core blades provide intra-chassis switching and ICL connectivity, between DCX/DCX-4S platforms
and between DCX 8510 platforms.
• Brocade DCX supports two CORE8 core blades.
• Brocade DCX-4S supports two CR4S-8 core blades.
• Brocade DCX 8510-8 supports two CR16-8 core blades.
• Brocade DCX 8510-4 supports two CR16-4 core blades.
The core blades for each platform are not interchangeable or hot-swappable with the core blades
for any other platform. If you try to interchange the blades they become faulty.
Port and application blade compatibility
Table 7 identifies which port and application blades are supported for each Brocade DCX, DCX-4S,
DCX 8510-8, and DCX 8510-4 enterprise-class platform.
NOTE
During power up of a Brocade DCX or DCX-4S, if an FCOE10-24 is detected first before any other AP
blade, all other AP and FC8-64 blades will be faulted. If a non-FCOE10-24 blade is detected first,
then any subsequently-detected FCOE10-24 blades will be faulted. Blades are powered up starting
with slot 1.
The maximum number of intelligent blades supported on a Brocade DCX or DCX 8510-8 is eight.
The maximum number of intelligent blades supported on a Brocade DCX-4S or DCX 8510-4 is four.
Table 8 lists the maximum supported limits of each blade for a specific Fabric OS release. Software
functions are not supported across application blades.
TABLE 7 Blades supported by each platform
Blades Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Brocade DCX 8510-8 and 8510-4
FC10-6 Supported Not supported
FC8-16 Supported Not supported
FC8-32 Supported Not supported
FC8-48 Supported Not supported
FC8-64 Supported Supported
FC16-32 Not supported Supported
FC16-48 Not supported Supported
FCOE10-24 Supported Not supported
FR4-18i
1
1. The FR4-18i blade cannot coexist in the same chassis with an FX8-24 blade.
Supported Not supported
FS8-18 Supported Supported
FX8-24
1
Supported Supported