Reference Guide

TABLE 88 External port to slotShow port mapping for core blades
External port number slotShow FC port numbers External port number slotShow FC port numbers
0 0-3 8 32-35
1 4-7 9 36-39
2 8-11 10 40-43
3 12-15 11 44-47
4 16-19 12 48-51
5 20-23 13 52-55
6 24-27 14 56-59
7 28-31 15 60-63
Following are ICL configuration guidelines for trunking bandwidth and High Availability:
∙ A minimum of four ICL ports (two on each core blade) must be connected between each chassis pair.
∙ The dual connections on each core blade must reside within the same ICL trunk boundary on the core blades.
∙ If more than four ICL connections are required between a pair of X6 chassis, additional ICL connections should be added in
pairs, one on each core blade with each additional pair residing within the same trunk boundary
∙ For High Availability, you should have at least two ICLs from each core blade. The following illustration shows two X6-8 chassis
connected with full redundancy using four ICL connections.
Inter-chassis Links
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