Specifications

PowerConnect B-8000 Hardware Reference Manual 3
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Port side of the PowerConnect B-8000
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• Brocade FOS, which delivers distributed intelligence throughout the network and enables a
wide range of value-added applications including Brocade Advanced Web Tools and Brocade
Zoning. Optional Fabric Services include: Adaptive Networking with QoS, Brocade Extended
Fabrics, Brocade Enhanced Group Management, Brocade Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, and
End-to-End Performance Monitoring (APM).
• Port-to-port latency minimized to 700 nanoseconds through the use of cut-through frame
routing at 8 Gbps.
Port side of the PowerConnect B-8000
The port side of the PowerConnect B-8000 includes the system status LED, console port, Ethernet
port and LEDs, USB port, GbE ports, and Fibre Channel ports and the corresponding port status
LEDs.
Figure 1 shows the port side of the PowerConnect B-8000.
FIGURE 1 Port side view of the PowerConnect B-8000
1 Switch ID pull-out tab 5 USB port
2 System status LED (top) 6 GbE ports 0-7
System power LED (bottom)
7GbE ports 8-15
3 Serial console port 8 GbE ports 16-23
4 Management Ethernet port 9 FC ports 0-7
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6 7 8 9
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2 4