Install Guide

Switch module overview
Topics:
• Hardware features
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Supported licenses
• Module management options
• Face-plate view
• Passwords
Hardware features
The MXG610s is a 32-port 32, 16, 8 Gbps FC switch module that provides the following hardware features:
● 16 internal backplane FC ports to connect with the FC controller on server blades
○ The internal ports support 16-Gbps or 32-Gbps speed
○ The internal ports support F_Port mode and N_Port mode for NPIV connection from the HBA
● 16 external FC ports to connect with external FC storage or an FC switch
○ Eight external SFP+ ports and two QSFP ports that can operate as 4x 32 Gbps each
○ All external SFP+ ports autonegotiate to 8-, 16-, or 32-Gbps speeds when you use 32-Gbps SFP+ transceivers
○ All external SFP+ ports autonegotiate to 8- or 16-Gbps speeds when you use 16-Gbps SFP+ transceivers
○ All QSFP ports auto negotiate to 16- or 32-Gbps speeds
○ The QSFP ports support breakout cables to example four uplinks
● All external ports support
○ F_Port, N_Port,D_Port, and E_Port modes
○ Connecting with another FC switch module through E_Port-to-E_Port mode or through N_Port(NPIV)-to-F_Port mode
○ Dynamic load sharing (DLS) and dynamic path selection (DPS) using exchange-based balancing when operating as
E_Ports
○ Only ISL connections are supported on the QSFP ports. Interchassis link (ICL) connections are not supported on the
MXG610s QSFP ports
● A dual-core T1022E processor operating at 1.2 GHz delivers high performance, scalability, and advanced fabric vision
functionality.
● Hardware-enabled input and output (I/O) latency statistics collection
● Hardware-enabled virtual machine (VM) support
● Port-to-port latency is minimized to 900 nanoseconds including FEC using cut-through frame switching at 32 Gbps.
● One green and amber light-emitting diode (LED) on top of each port to indicate port status.
● Does not support in-flight encryption or compression.
● Real-time digital thermometers for temperature monitoring
● The Enterprise license includes
○ Extended Fabric: Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distances
○ Fabric Vision: Enables MAPS (Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite), Flow Vision, IO Insight, VM Insight, and ClearLink
(a.k.a. D_Port) to non-Brocade devices
○ ISL Trunking: Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network
performance and fault tolerance. Also enables Brocade Access Gateway ISL Trunking (N_portTrunking)
● Dynamic Ports on Demand (POD) support with increments of 8-port licenses
Supported licenses
The entry-level 8-port version of the MXG610s ship with eight active ports. You can purchase Ports on Demand (POD) licenses
to activate up to an extra 24 ports with 8-port POD licenses. The switch supports dynamic POD license allocation; two port
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