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Specifications
● General specifications...................................................................................................125
● System architecture...................................................................................................... 126
● System size and weight................................................................................................ 128
● System blade and FRU weights....................................................................................128
● Facility requirements..................................................................................................... 129
● Environmental requirements......................................................................................... 130
● Fibre Channel port specifications..................................................................................130
● Power specifications..................................................................................................... 131
● Power cords.................................................................................................................. 133
● Data transmission ranges............................................................................................. 137
● Qualified cables for the FC8-64 port blade................................................................... 138
● Cable types supported on the FC16-64 port blade....................................................... 139
General specifications
The Brocade DCX 8510-8 is compliant with United States and International safety and Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) standards. The following table lists the general specifications of the Brocade DCX
8510-8.
General specifications TABLE 17
Specification Description
Configurable port types F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, D_Port
System architecture Nonblocking shared memory
System processor FreeScale 8548, 1.2 GHz
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface standard)
Classes of service Class 2, Class 3, Class F (interswitch frames)
Fabric initialization Complies with FC-SW 5.0
FC-IP (IP over Fibre Channel) Complies with FC-IP 2.3 of the FCA profile
Port to port latency Local switching - 700 ns (any port to any port); Blade to blade - 2.1 microseconds
(E_Port to E_Port)
Switching capacity An aggregate switching capacity of 6.72 billion frames per second (for Class 2,
Class 3, and Class F frames for a 512-port chassis)
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