Brocade X7 Provides Flexibility

Mix and match blades in a single X7 chassis

• 64-port Gen 7 Brocade FC64-64 port blade FC64-64 port blade
with 64G line rate performance
– Support for 8, 16, 32, 64G Fibre Channel

• 48-port Gen 7 Brocade FC64-48 port blade

with 64G line rate performance FC64-48 port blade FC32-X7-48 port blade

– Support for 8, 10, 16, 32, 64G Fibre Channel

• 48-port Gen 6 Brocade FC32-X7-48 port

blade with 32G line rate performance
– Support for 4, 8, 10, 16, 32G Fibre Channel
– Non-upgradeable to 64G speeds

• Existing Gen 6 blades FC32-48 port blade FC32-64 port blade

– Brocade FC32-48 port blade

– Brocade FC32-64 high-density port blade
– Brocade SX6 Extension blade (support disaster
recovery solutions over long distances) SX6 Extension blade
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High Density Port Blades Provide Highest Consolidation
1536 port SAN with 64p blades simplifies fabric and reduces chassis footprint
Brocade X7-8 w/ FC64-64 64G Blade Brocade X7-8 w/ FC64-48 64G Blade
512 384 384

512 512 384 384

• Reduced chassis count provides advantages in system consolidation and space

utilization in data centers with limited space
– High density port blades scale to 384 ports with only six blades, allows room for future
expansion without an additional chassis purchase
– 256 port deployment in a 4-slot X7 reduces rack space requirement from 14U to 9U

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