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Abstract
The Brocade X7 FC SAN Directors are high-performance, modular, chassis-based Fibre Channel networking devices that provides connectivity between servers, switches and storage systems to form the backbone of an enterprise FC storage area network. The X7 Directors provide up to 384 64Gb ports or up to 512 32Gb ports, enabling organizations to scale more devices, applications, and workloads.
This product guide provides essential pre-sales information to understand the X7 Directors, their key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the X7 Directors and consider their use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the April 17, 2023 update:
- Updated transceiver data - Blades section
Introduction
The Brocade X7 FC SAN Directors are high-performance, modular, chassis-based Fibre Channel networking devices that provides connectivity between servers, switches and storage systems to form the backbone of an enterprise FC storage area network. The X7 Directors provide a modular building block, purpose-built for scalability to accommodate growth and power large-scale storage environments.
With a 50% latency reduction compared to the previous generation, X7 Directors maximize the performance of NVMe storage and high transaction workloads, eliminating I/O bottlenecks and unleashing the full performance of next generation storage.
The modular design provides flexibility with two customizable chassis that can scale on-demand for more devices, applications, and workloads, the X7-8 and X7-4. Both chassis utilize Brocade UltraScale ICL technology to scale out modular SANs while preserving blade ports for device connectivity and allowing flexible SAN design that supports core-edge or mesh topologies.
Figure 1. Brocade Gen 7 Director X7-8 (left) and X7-4 (right)
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Key features
The Brocade X7 FC SAN Directors provide up to 384 64Gb ports or up to 512 32Gb ports, enabling organizations to scale more devices, applications, and workloads. With diverse deployment options, multiprotocol flexibility, and mixed blade capability, organizations can adapt and optimize their businesses to meet next-generation storage and server requirements. The X7 Directors support the concurrent use of both traditional Fibre Channel and NVMe storage traffic, allowing organizations to seamlessly integrate Gen 7 Fibre Channel networks with next generation NVMe-based storage, without a disruptive rip-and-replace.
The X7 Directors lay the foundation for the autonomous SAN. With autonomous SAN technology, the director harnesses the power of analytics and the simplicity of automation to optimize performance, ensure reliability, and simplify management. Leveraging these capabilities enables organizations to realize a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing SAN.
The X7 Directors offer the following features and benefits:
- Scale more devices, applications, and workloads with up to 64 Gb links
- Maximize NVMe and high transaction workloads with 50% lower network latency
- Transform telemetry data into actionable insights to optimize performance and ensure reliability
- Automate actions to simplify management and resolve issues without intervention
- Increase visibility and simplify operations with a modern SAN management tool
- Safeguard mission-critical workloads from vulnerabilities with Gen 7 integrated security
- Seamlessly integrate next generation NVMe into the storage fabric without a disruptive rip-and replace
- Design flexible architectures to increase agility with concurrent Fibre Channel, NVMe, FICON, FCIP, or FCoE connectivity
- Extend replication over distance with a highly scalable extension solution for Fibre Channel, IP, and FICON
- Enterprise bundle software (Fabric Vision, Extended Fabrics, Trunking, CUP and Integrated Routing) are included as standard features.
Components and connectors
The Brocade X7-4 Director with the airflow diversion kit is a 9U rack mount chassis that is built for midsize networks. It has four horizontal blade slots to provide up to 192 64G ports or up to 256 32G ports for device connectivity. An additional 16 UltraScale ICL connections provide 64 ports for chassis-to-chassis interconnect.
The Brocade X7-8 Director is a 14U rack mount chassis that is built for large enterprise networks. It has eight vertical blade slots to provide up to 384 64G ports or up to 512 32G ports for device connectivity. An additional 32 UltraScale Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) connections provide 128 ports for chassis-to-chassis interconnect.
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The port side of the X7-4 chassis has the following components:
- Four blade slots within the X7-4 chassis can be populated with optional port or extension blades. The chassis comes without port blades or extension blades, see Blades for ordering information.
- Two redundant hot-swap active/standby Control Processor blades (CP blades come with the chassis). A Control Processor (CP) blade contains the control plane for the device and hosts the Fabric OS that manages all hardware within the device, and it provides the following external connections for device configuration, firmware downloads, service, management, and monitoring functions:
- USB port for firmware download and technical support data
- Serial console RJ-45 port
- 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet RJ-45 port for device management and configuration
- 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet RJ-45 port for service
- 10 Gb Ethernet RJ-45 port (reserved for future use)
- Note: The two 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet ports are configured in an active/standby pair.
- Two redundant hot-swap active/active Core Routing blades (CR blades come with the chassis). Core routing blades contain ASICs that allow switching between up to four port blades, and each core routing blade provides 96 Fibre Channel backplane ports for port or extension blade connections and 32 front-end FC links that are mapped to 8 QSFP+ ports for inter-chassis links (ICLs). POD License Kits are sold separately.
The following figure shows the non-port side view of the X7-4 FC SAN Director.
The non-port side of the X7-4 chassis has the following components:
- Choice of hot-swap power supplies AC or High Voltage (two must be ordered together with the chassis). Dual-function high-voltage AC, high-voltage DC (HVAC/HVDC) power supply assembly: Converts AC or DC input to the required DC output power required for device operation. Each power supply assembly provides the following power outputs in Watts at the indicated AC and DC input rated voltages: 1450W (100–120 VAC); 2870W (200–277 VAC); 2870W (240–380 VDC). Most common is AC NPI power supply.
- AC power supply supporting non-port side air intake (NPI) provides 1450W (100–120 VAC) and 2870W (200–240 VAC). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the non-port side to the port side of the device.
- AC power supply model supporting non-port side air exhaust (NPE) provides 1450W (100–120 VAC) and 2870W (200–240 VAC). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.
- High voltage power supply model supporting non-port side air intake (NPI). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the non-port side to the port side of the device.
- High voltage power supply model supporting non-port side air exhaust (NPE). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.
- Choice of hot-swap cooling modules (two must be ordered together with the chassis and must match airflow of the power supplies)
- Non-port side air intake (NPI) moves the air from the non-port side to the port side of the device.
- Non-port side air exhaust (NPE) moves the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.
The port side of the X7-8 chassis has the following components:
- Eight blade slots within the X7-8 chassis can be populated with optional port or extension blades. The chassis comes without port blades or extension blades, see Blades for ordering information.
- Two redundant hot-swap active/standby Control Processor blades (CP blades come with the chassis) A Control Processor (CP) blade contains the control plane for the device and hosts the Fabric OS that manages all hardware within the device, and it provides the following external connections for device configuration, firmware downloads, service, management, and monitoring functions:
- USB port for firmware download and technical support data
- Serial console RJ-45 port
- 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet RJ-45 port for device management and configuration
- 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet RJ-45 port for service
- 10 Gb Ethernet RJ-45 port (reserved for future use)
- Note: The two 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet ports are configured in an active/standby pair.
- Two redundant hot-swap active/active Core Routing blades (CR blades come with the chassis). Core routing blades contain ASICs that allow switching between up to eight port blades, and each core routing blade provides 192 Fibre Channel backplane ports for port or extension blade connections and 64 front-end FC links that are mapped to 16 QSFP+ ports for inter-chassis links (ICLs). POD License Kits are sold separately.
The following figure shows the non-port side view of the X7-8 FC SAN Director.
Figure 5. X7-8 FC SAN Director non-port side view
- Choice of hot-swap power supplies AC or High Voltage (four must be ordered together with the chassis). Dual-function high-voltage AC, high-voltage DC (HVAC/HVDC) power supply assembly: Converts AC or DC input to the required DC output power required for device operation. Each power supply assembly provides the following power outputs in Watts at the indicated AC and DC input rated voltages: 1450W (100–120 VAC); 2870W (200–277 VAC); 2870W (240–380 VDC). Most common is AC NPI power supply.
- AC power supply supporting non-port side air intake (NPI) provides 1450W (100–120 VAC) and 2870W (200–240 VAC). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the non-port side to the port side of the device.
- AC power supply model supporting non-port side air exhaust (NPE) provides 1450W (100–120 VAC) and 2870W (200–240 VAC). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.
- High voltage power supply model supporting non-port side air intake (NPI). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the non-port side to the port side of the device.
- High voltage power supply model supporting non-port side air exhaust (NPE). This assembly has two fans that move the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.
- Choice of hot-swap cooling modules (three must be ordered together with the chassis and must match airflow of the power supplies)
- Non-port side air intake (NPI) moves the air from the non-port side to the port side of the device.
- Non-port side air exhaust (NPE) moves the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device
The Brocade FC32-64 Fibre Channel port blade provides 64 x 32G Fibre Channel ports using QSFP+/QSFP28 transceivers with backward-compatibility support for 4, 8, and 16G Fibre Channel connectivity as well as support for 10, 25, and 40GbE FCoE connectivity. The FC32-64 port blade enables industry-leading platform density for Gen 6 SAN configurations supporting up to 256 32-Gbps external ports in a single X7-4 chassis, and up to 512 32-Gbps external ports in a single X7-8 chassis.
The following figure shows the 48-port blade.
Figure 7. 48-port blade (Image example is FC32-48)
There are multiple 48-port blades offerings. These blades contain 48 ports capable of Fibre Channel speeds up to 32 or 64 Gbps depending on model, and support up to 192 32-Gbps external ports in a single X7-4 chassis, and up to 384 32-Gbps external ports in a single X7-8 chassis. While most client will leverage SWL transceiver models, LWL models are available for those mainframe-connected environments or those needing connectivity over longer distances.
- The Gen 7 Brocade FC64-48 Fibre Channel port blade provides 48 x 64G Fibre Channel ports with backward-compatibility support for 8, 10, 16, and 32G Fibre Channel connectivity.
- The Brocade FC32-X7-48 Fibre Channel port blade provides 48 x 32G Fibre Channel ports with backward-compatibility support for 8, 10, and 16G Fibre Channel connectivity.
- The Gen 6 FC32-48 Fibre Channel port blade provides 48 x 32G Fibre Channel ports with backward-compatibility support for 4, 8, 10, and 16G Fibre Channel connectivity
The following figure shows the SX6 extension blade.
The SX6 Extension blade is intended as an extension platform to support Fibre Channel, FICON, and IP based storage data flows. Extension features enable you to use the existing IP wide area network (WAN) infrastructure to connect Fibre Channel and IP fabrics. Extension features support applications such as remote data replication (RDR), centralized backup, and data migration over very long distances. Extension tunnels, built on a physical connection between two extension switches or blades, allow Fibre Channel and IP I/O to pass through the IP WAN. The SX6 Extension blade can connect with an SX6 blade in another Brocade FC SAN Director or with a Brocade 7840 Extension Switch.
System specifications
The following table lists the Brocade X7-4 and X7-8 FC SAN Director system specifications.
Note: The supported hardware options and firmware features listed in this product guide are based on the Fabric OS version 9.X.
Component | Specification |
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System Architecture | |
Chassis |
Brocade X7-8: Non-blocking architecture
Brocade X7-4: Non-blocking architecture
Each provides support for (E, F, D, M, SIM, and EX) Fibre Channel ports using 48-port 64Gb/s Fibre Channel blades. |
Control processor | Redundant (active/standby) control processor modules. |
Scalability | Full-fabric architecture of 239 switches. |
Certified maximum | 6000 active devices per switch; 56 switches, 19 hops in Brocade Fabric OS® (FOS) fabrics; larger fabrics certified as required. |
Fibre Channel blades |
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Extension blades | Brocade SX6 Extension Blade provides Fibre Channel extension (16x 32Gb/s Fibre Channel ports) and IP extension over IP networks (16×1GbE/10GbE and 2×40GbE ports). |
Performance |
Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade:
Brocade FC32-X7-48 Port Blade:
Brocade FC32-48 Port Blade:
Brocade FC32-64 Port Blade:
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ISL Trunking | Frame-based trunking with up to eight 64Gb/s ports per ISL trunk; up to 512Gb/s per ISL trunk; exchange-based load balancing across ISLs with DPS included in Brocade FOS. |
UltraScale ICL Trunking |
Chassis-to-chassis linkage through connectors on the Core Routing (CR) blade. Can configure the following maximum number of QSFPs per trunk depending on blade type, connecting:
A minimum of two QSFP connections are required for a trunk, and up to four QSFP trunks between pairs of Brocade CR64-8 or CR64-4. |
Multi-chassis with UltraScale ICL ports | Up to 4608 Fibre Channel ports; UltraScale ICL ports (32 for 8-slot or 16 per 4-slot chassis, optical QSFP) connect up to 9 chassis in a full-mesh topology or up to 12 chassis in a core-edge topology. |
Chassis bandwidth |
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Slot bandwidth | 3072 Gb/s (line rate) providing line-rate performance for the Brocade FC64-48 blade. |
Maximum frame size | 2112-byte payload. |
Frame buffers | 24,000 per switching ASIC. |
Classes of service | Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames). |
Fibre Channel port types |
Self-discovery is based on switch type (U_Port) with an optional port type control. |
Data traffic types | Fabric switches supporting unicast. |
Media types |
* Use of the Gen 7 2-km ICL QSFP is subject to the following environmental ratings for maximum intake air temperature: 0–40°C at sea level; 0–35°C up to 1500m (4921 ft) elevation; and 0–30°C from 1500m to 3000m (9843 ft) elevation. |
USB | One USB port per control processor for firmware download, SupportSave, and configuration upload or download. |
Fabric services | BB Credit Recovery; Brocade Advanced Zoning (Default Zoning, Port/WWN Zoning, Peer Zoning); Congestion Signaling; Dynamic Path Selection (DPS); Extended Fabrics; Fabric Performance Impact Notification (FPIN); Fabric Vision; FDMI; FICON CUP; Flow Vision; F_Port Trunking; FSPF; Integrated Routing; ISL Trunking; Management Server; NPIV; NTP v3; Port Decommission/Fencing; QoS; Registered State Change Notification (RSCN); Name Server; Target-Driven Zoning; Traffic Optimizer; Virtual Fabrics (Logical Switch, Logical Fabric); VMID+ and AppServer. |
Extension | Supports DWDM, CWDM, and FC-SONET Devices; Fibre Channel; In-flight Compression (Brocade LZO) and Encryption (AES-GCM-256); BB Credit Recovery; FCIP; IP Extension; Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL); Data Compression; Fast Write; Read/Write Tape Pipelining; QoS. |
FICON | FICON cascading; support for lossless DLS; FICON CUP; Advanced Accelerator for FICON (IBM z/OS Global Mirror and read/write Tape Pipelining). (FICON connectivity is not supported on the FC32-64 blade.) |
System Components | |
Fibre Channel ports |
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Classes of service | Class 2, Class 3, Class F (inter-switch frames). |
ANSI Fibre Channel protocol | FC-PH (Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface standard). |
Port-to-port latency |
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High Availability | |
Architecture | Non-blocking shared memory; passive backplane; redundant active/passive control processor; redundant active/active core switching blades; redundant WWN cards. |
Chassis power |
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Cooling |
Brocade X7-8:
Brocade X7-4:
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Solution availability | Designed to provide 99.999% uptime capabilities; hot-pluggable redundant power supplies, fans, WWN cards, processors, core switching, port blades, and optics; online diagnostics; non-disruptive firmware download and activation. |
Management | |
Management |
Brocade Advanced Web Tools; Brocade SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View; Command Line Interface (CLI); HTTP/HTTPS; RESTful API; SSH; SNMP v1/v3 (FE MIB, FC Management MIB); trial licenses for add-on capabilities. |
Security | AES-GCM-256 encryption on FC ISLs (E_Port); Device Connection Control (DCC); DH-CHAP (between switches and end devices); Fabric Configuration Server (FCS); FCAP switch authentication; FIPS 140-2 compliant; HTTPS; IP filtering; LDAP with IPv6; OpenLDAP; RADIUS; user-defined Role-Based Access Control (RBAC); Secure Boot; Secure Copy (SCP); SFTP; SSH v2; Switch Binding; TACACS+; TLS v1.2/v1.3; USGv6 compliant. |
Management access | 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45) per control processor; serial console port (RJ-45) and one USB per control processor module; DHCP/DHCPv6; call-home integration enabled through Brocade SANnav Management Portal. |
Diagnostics | Active Support Connectivity (ASC) and Brocade Support Link (BSL); built-in flow generator; ClearLink® optics and cable diagnostics, including electrical/optical loopback, link traffic/latency/distance; Fabric Performance Impact Monitoring (FPI); flow mirroring; Forward Error Correction; frame viewer; IO Insight for SCSI and NVMe monitoring; Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS); nondisruptive daemon restart; optics health monitoring; POST and embedded online/offline diagnostics, including environmental monitoring, FCping, and Pathinfo (FC traceroute); power monitoring; RAStrace logging; Rolling Reboot Detection (RRD); Syslog/Audit Log; VM Insight. |
Warranty & Support | |
Hardware warranty & SW entitlement | Three-year customer-replaceable unit limited warranty with 9x5 next business day parts delivered. Also, entitlement to access latest FOS software |
Service and support | Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: 9x5 next business day onsite response, 24x7 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, 24x7 6-hour or 24-hour committed service repair, up to 5 years of warranty coverage, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions. |
Models
The following table lists the X7-4 and X7-8 FC SAN Director Models.
Part number | Description |
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7DB4CTO1WW | Brocade X7-4 FC Director (4 Blade slots, 9U, 3-year warranty/entitlement) |
7DB4CTO2WW | Brocade X7-8 FC Director (8 Blade slots, 14U, 3-year warranty/entitlement) |
The X7-4 and X7-8 FC SAN Director part numbers include the following items:
- One Director chassis that contains the following components:
- Two control processing blades
- Two core routing blades
- Enterprise Bundle SW license installed
- Integrated Routing SW license installed
- Ground lug kit
- Wrist strap
- X7-4 Specific
- Vertical Cable Management Comb
- Airflow diversion Kit (27"-31") and documentation
- 4-post rack mount Kit
- X7-8 Specific
- Cable Management Comb
- 14U rack mount kit (27"-31")
Configuration notes:
- Models come standard with CR blades, however in order to leverage the ICLs, ICL POD kits are required. See the Inter-Chassis Links section for details.
- Models do not include port blades or extension blades and will need to be ordered for the Director model. See the Blades section for details.
- Models do not include fan modules or power supplies and must be ordered together with the director model. See Cooling and Power supplies and cables for details.
- Models do not include power cords and must be ordered together with the director model. See Power supplies and cables for details.
Blades
The X7-4 and X7-8 FC SAN Directors support the port and extension blade options that are listed in the following table.
Blades can be mixed, but the maximum is four for the X7-4 and eight for the X7-8.
Part number | Feature code | Description |
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Port Blades | ||
01KN848 | AVGU | Lenovo Gen 6 Port Blade FC32-48 (48 transceivers, 32Gbps) |
4M27A09985 | B26X | Gen 6 Port Blade FC32-64, with 8 x 128Gb (4x32) SWL QSFP optics |
4XF7A84049 | BR95 | Brocade FC32-X7-48 Port Blade w/ 32G SWL Transceivers |
4XF7A84050 | BR94 | Brocade FC32-X7-48 Port Blade w/ 32G LWL Transceivers |
4XF7A84046 | BR98 | Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade w/ 32G SWL transceivers |
4XF7A84047 | BR97 | Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade w/ 64G SWL transceivers |
4XF7A84048 | BR96 | Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade w/ 32G LWL transceivers |
4XF7A84079 | BRE7 | Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade w/ 64G LWL transceivers |
SX6 Extension Blades | ||
4M27A14145 | B5Z7 | Lenovo SX6 FC-IP SAN Extension Blade + 16 32Gb SWL SFPs, 1YR |
4M27A14146 | B5Z8 | Lenovo SX6 FC-IP SAN Extension Blade + 16 32Gb LWL SFPs, 1YR |
Port and extension blades come standard with all ports activated. They also include a specific number and type of transceivers, as indicated in the description of each part number. Additional transceivers and cables can be ordered. See Transceivers and cables for details.
Transceivers and cables
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Connectivity choices
With the flexibility of the X7-4 and X7-8 Directors, customers can choose the following connectivity technologies:
- SFP+ ports on the 48-port blades and SX6 extension blade
- For 64 Gb FC links, customers can use 64 Gb FC SFP+ SWL optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4/OM5 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ multimode fiber (MMF) optic cables. For longer distances, the 64 Gb FC LW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ single-mode fiber (SMF) optic cables. For extended distances, the 64 Gb FC ELW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 25 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables. (These transceivers are only available on Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade)
- For 32 Gb FC links, customers can use 32 Gb FC SFP+ SW optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ multimode fiber (MMF) optic cables. For longer distances, the 32 Gb FC LW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ single-mode fiber (SMF) optic cables. For extended distances, the 32 Gb FC ELW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 25 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
- For 16 Gb FC links, customers can use 16 Gb FC SFP+ SW optical transceivers for distances up to 125 meters on OM4 or up to 100 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables. For longer distances, the 16 Gb FC LW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables. For extended distances, the 16 Gb FC ELW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 25 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables. (These transceivers are NOT supported on Brocade FC64-48 Port Blade)
- For 10 Gb FC links, customers can use 10 Gb FC SFP+ SW transceivers for distances up to 550 meters on OM4 or up to 300 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables, or 10 Gb FC SFP+ LW transceivers for distances up to 10 km on 9 µ SMF cables. 10 Gb FC operations allow metro connectivity by directly utilizing a fiber optic cable between sites or by creating multiple channels on an optical cable between sites, utilizing Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology.
- QSFP+/QSFP28 ports on the FC32-64 port blade
- For 32 Gb FC links, customers can use the 128 Gb (4x 32 Gbps) SWL QSFP+ Transceiver with OM4 MMF MPO-4xLC breakout cables for distances up to 100 meters or OM3 MMF MPO-4xLC breakout cables for distances up to 70 meters. For longer-distance ISL links, the 128 Gb (4x 32 Gbps) FC LWL QSFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 2 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
- For 16 Gb FC links, customers can use MMF MPO-4xLC breakout cables with the following transceivers:
- 128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) QSFP+ SWL optical transceivers running at 4x 16 Gb speeds for distances up to 125 meters on OM4 or up to 100 meters on OM3 MMF cables.
- 4x 16 Gb FC QSFP+ SWL optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 66 meters on OM3 MMF cables.
- For 40 Gb FCoE links, customers can use the 40 Gb SR4 QSFP+ bi-directional transceivers or 40 Gb (4x 10 Gbps) SR4 QSFP+ transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM3 or up to 150 meters on OM4 MMF cables.
- For 25 Gb FCoE links, customers can use the 100 Gb (4x 25 Gbps) QSFP28 SR4 transceiver for distances up to 70 meters on OM3 or up to 100 meters on OM4 MMF MPO-4xLC breakout cables.
- For 10 Gb FCoE links, customers can use the 40 Gb (4x 10 Gbps) SR4 QSFP+ transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM3 or up to 150 meters on OM4 MMF MPO-4xLC breakout cables.
- QSFP+ ports on the core routing blades:
- For 128 Gb FC inter-chassis links for connectivity between the X7-4 or X7-8 FC Directors, customers can use 128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) FC QSFP+ SW optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables.
Note: ICL trunks are formed automatically with corresponding 32 Gbps ports on different QSFP+ transceivers (ICL trunks cannot be formed with the 4x 32 Gbps ports on the same QSFP+ transceiver), and the trunking license is not required. - For 64 Gb FC inter-chassis links for connectivity between the X7-4 or X7-8 FC Directors and Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones, customers can use the following transceivers:
Note: ICL trunks are formed automatically with corresponding 16 Gbps ports on different QSFP+ transceivers (ICL trunks cannot be formed with the 4x 16 Gbps ports on the same QSFP+ transceiver), and the trunking license is not required.- 128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) QSFP+ SWL v2 optical transceivers running at 4x 16 Gb speeds for distances up to 125 meters on OM4 or up to 100 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables.
- 4x 16 Gb FC QSFP+ SWL optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 66 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables.
- 4x 16 Gb FC QSFP+ LWL optical transceivers for distances up to 2 kilometers on parallel 9 µ SMF cables.
- 1/10 GbE SFP+ and 40 GbE QSFP+ ports on extension blades allow connection to IP WANs and allow Fibre Channel and IP I/O traffic to pass through the IP WAN through extension tunnels.
- For 1 GbE links, customers can use RJ-45 SFP transceivers with UTP cables up to 100 meters. Customers that need longer distances can use a 1000BASE-SX transceiver, which can drive distances up to 220 meters with 62.5 µ OM1 and up to 550 meters on 50 µ OM2 MMF cables, or the 1000BASE-LX transceivers that support distances up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
- For 10 GbE links, customers can use a 10GBASE-SR transceiver that supports distances up to 300 meters on OM3 or up to 400 meters on OM4 50 µ MMF cables. For longer distances, the 10GBASE-LR transceivers can support distances up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
- For 40 GbE links, customers can use the 40GBASE-SR4 QSFP+ transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM3 or up to 150 meters on OM4 50 µ MMF cables. For longer distances, the 40GBASE-LR4 transceivers can support distances up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables. For extended distances, the 40GBASE-ER4 transceivers can support distances up to 40 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
- 1 GbE RJ-45 management ports on control processor blades: Customers can use UTP cables for distances up to 100 meters.
- For 128 Gb FC inter-chassis links for connectivity between the X7-4 or X7-8 FC Directors, customers can use 128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) FC QSFP+ SW optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables.
The FC32-64 port blades come standard with 8x 128 Gb (4x 32 Gbps) SWL QSFP+ transceivers. The FC32-48 port blades come standard with or without 48x 32 Gb FC SWL SFP+ transceivers. The SX6 extension blades come standard with 16x 32 Gb FC SWL or LWL SFP+ transceivers. The optional ICL bundles include eight Gen 7 FC QSFP+ or eight 4x32G SWL FC QSFP+ transceivers. Additional Fibre Channel or Ethernet SFP+ and QSFP+/QSFP28 transceivers can be ordered, if required.
Transceivers
The following table lists the supported transceiver options and optical cables.
Brocade secure transceivers: These new transceivers have features to ensure that you are using genuine Brocade components to maximize performance and reliability and to help avoid issues related to counterfeit products.
Part number | Feature code |
Description | Blade support (Y=supported) | ||||||
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FC32-X7-48
|
FC64-48
|
FC32-48
|
FC32-64
|
SX6
|
CR32-4
|
CR32-8
|
|||
64 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
4M27A65425 | BF6J | Brocade Secure 64GB SWL SFP+ | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
4M27A65426 | BF6K | Brocade Secure 64Gb SWL SFP+ (8-pack) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
4M27A65433 | BQQG | Brocade Secure 64Gb LWL SFP+ Transceiver | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
4M27A65434 | BQQH | Brocade Secure 64Gb LWL SFP+ Transceiver 8-pack | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
4M27A65432 | BQQF | Brocade Secure 64Gb ELWL SFP+ Transceiver (25 km) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
32 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
4M27A65416 | BF69 | Brocade Secure 32Gb SWL SFP+ | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65417 | BF6A | Brocade Secure 32Gb SWL SFP+ (8-pack) | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65418 | BF6B | Brocade Secure 32Gb LWL SFP+ | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65419 | BF6C | Brocade Secure 32Gb LWL SFP+ (8-pack) | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65424 | BF6D | Brocade Secure 32Gb ELWL SFP+ (25 km)** | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
4M27A65431 | BQQE | Brocade Secure 32Gb ELWL SFP+ Transceiver V2 (25 km)*/** | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
16 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
4M27A65411 | BF64 | Brocade Secure 16Gb SWL SFP+ | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65412 | BF65 | Brocade Secure 16Gb SWL SFP+ 8-pack | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65413 | BF66 | Brocade Secure 16Gb LWL SFP+ (10 km) | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65414 | BF67 | Brocade Secure 16Gb LWL SFP+ (10 km) 8pk | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65415 | BF68 | Brocade Secure 16Gb ELWL SFP+ (25 km) | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
10 Gb FC SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
4M27A65420 | BF6E | Brocade Secure 10Gb FC LWL SFP+ | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
4M27A65421 | BF6F | Brocade Secure 10Gb FC SWL SFP+ | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N |
QSFP+ FC transceivers | |||||||||
4M27A65422 | BF6G | Brocade Secure 128Gb (4x 32Gb) SWL QSFP+ | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
4M27A08820 | B145 | Brocade 128Gb (4x32Gbps) SWL QSFP+ v2 | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
4M27A09986 | B26T | Brocade 128Gb (4x32Gbps) 2KM QSFP+ | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
01KN805 | AVGH | Brocade 4x16Gb FC-Compliant SWL QSFP+ | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
4XF7A84078 | BRA5 | Brocade Gen 7 FC SWL QSFP+ | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
4XF7A84077 | BRA6 | Brocade Gen 7 FC 2KM QSFP+ | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
QSFP+/QSFP28 FCoE transceivers | |||||||||
4M27A09989 | B26W | Brocade 100Gb (4x25GbE) QSFP28 SR4 FCoE | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
4M27A09987 | B26U | Brocade 40Gb (4x10GbE) QSFP+ SR4 FCoE | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
4M27A09988 | B26V | Brocade 40Gb QSFP+ SR4 FCoE, BiDi | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
40 Gb Ethernet QSFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
01KN813 | AVGL | Brocade 40Gb QSFP+ SR4 Optical | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
01KN817 | AVGM | Brocade 40Gb QSFP+ LR4 Optical | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
01KN821 | AVGN | Brocade 40Gb QSFP+ ER4 Optical | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
10 Gb Ethernet SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
49Y4216 | 0069 | Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
95Y0540 | A3AB | Brocade 10Gb SFP+ LR | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
01KN837 | AVGS | Brocade 10GBASE-ZRD DWDM 80km SFP+ | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
1 Gb Ethernet SFP transceivers | |||||||||
01KN825 | AVGP | Brocade 1000BASE-SX SFP | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
01KN829 | AVGQ | Brocade 1000BASE-LX SFP | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
01KN833 | AVGR | Brocade 1000BASE-T SFP | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
* The specific ELWL only operates at 32 Gbps and 16Gbps.
** ELWL Requires same optic type/part number on both ends (no-mixing) to assure interoperability.
Part number | Feature code |
Description | Blade support (Y=supported) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC32-X7-48
|
FC64-48
|
FC32-48
|
FC32-64
|
SX6
|
CR32-4
|
CR32-8
|
|||
Optical cables for 128 Gb v2 / 4x16 Gb FC SWL, 40 Gb SR4 FCoE, and 40 GbE SR4 QSFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
00VX003 | AT2U | Lenovo 10m QSFP+ MPO-MPO OM3 MMF Cable | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
00VX005 | AT2V | Lenovo 30m QSFP+ MPO-MPO OM3 MMF Cable | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Optical breakout cables for 128 Gb v2 / 4x16 Gb FC SWL, 100 Gb / 40 Gb SR4 FCoE, and 40 GbE SR4 transceivers | |||||||||
00FM412 | A5UA | Lenovo 1m MPO-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cable | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
00FM413 | A5UB | Lenovo 3m MPO-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cable | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
00FM414 | A5UC | Lenovo 5m MPO-4xLC OM3 MMF Breakout Cable | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
OM3 optical cables for 16 Gb FC SWL, 32 Gb FC SWL, 40 Gb SR4 FCoE BiDi, and 1/10 GbE SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
00MN499 | ASR5 | Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN502 | ASR6 | Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN505 | ASR7 | Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN508 | ASR8 | Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN511 | ASR9 | Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN514 | ASRA | Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN517 | ASRB | Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
00MN520 | ASRC | Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM3 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
OM4 optical cables for 16 Gb FC SWL, 32 Gb FC SWL, 40 Gb SR4 FCoE BiDi, and 1/10 GbE SFP+ transceivers | |||||||||
4Z57A10845 | B2P9 | Lenovo 0.5m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10846 | B2PA | Lenovo 1m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10847 | B2PB | Lenovo 3m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10848 | B2PC | Lenovo 5m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10849 | B2PD | Lenovo 10m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10850 | B2PE | Lenovo 15m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10851 | B2PF | Lenovo 25m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
4Z57A10852 | B2PG | Lenovo 30m LC-LC OM4 MMF Cable | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
UTP Category 6 cables (Green) for 1 GbE RJ-45 SFP transceivers and management ports | |||||||||
00WE123 | AVFW | 0.75m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
00WE127 | AVFX | 1.0m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
00WE131 | AVFY | 1.25m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
00WE135 | AVFZ | 1.5m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
00WE139 | AVG0 | 3m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
90Y3718 | A1MT | 10m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
90Y3727 | A1MW | 25m CAT6 Green Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
UTP Category 6 cables (Blue) for 1 GbE RJ-45 SFP transceivers and management ports | |||||||||
40K5679 | 3801 | 0.6m Blue Cat5e Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
40K8785 | 3802 | 1.5m Blue Cat5e Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
40K5581 | 3803 | 3m Blue Cat5e Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
40K8927 | 3804 | 10m Blue Cat5e Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
40K8930 | 3805 | 25m Blue Cat5e Cable | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
Cabling requirements
The following table lists the cabling requirements for the directors.
Transceiver | Standard | Cable | Connector |
---|---|---|---|
128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) Fibre Channel | |||
128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) FC SWL QSFP+ (4M27A08820, 4M27A65422) | FC-PI-6 |
Up to 30 m with MPO-MPO MMF cables or up to 5 m with MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ MPO-MPO MMF cable:
|
MPO |
128 Gb (4x 32 Gb) FC 2km LWL QSFP+ (4M27A09986) | FC-PI-6 | 32GFC: 1310 nm 9 µ LC-LC SMF cable up to 2 km. | LC |
64 Gb (4x 16 Gb) Fibre Channel | |||
4x 16 Gb FC SWL QSFP+ (01KN805) | FC-PI-5 |
Up to 30 m with MPO-MPO MMF cables or up to 5 m with MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 16GFC: 850 nm 50 µ MPO-MPO MMF cable up to 100 m (OM4) or up to 66 m (OM3). |
MPO |
64 Gb Fibre Channel | |||
64 Gb FC SWL SFP+ (4M27A65425, 4M27A65426) | FC-PI-6 |
Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ LC-LC MMF cable:
|
LC |
64 Gb FC LWL SFP+ (4M27A65433, 4M27A65434) | FC-PI-6 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: 64GFC, 32GFC, 16GFC: Up to 10 km. |
LC |
64 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ (4M27A65432) | FC-PI-5 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable: 64GFC, 32GFC, 16GFC: Up to 25 km. |
LC |
32 Gb Fibre Channel | |||
32 Gb FC SWL SFP+ (4M27A65416, 4M27A65417) | FC-PI-6 |
Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables), or the following 850 nm 50 µ MMF cables:
|
LC |
32 Gb FC LWL SFP+ (4M27A65418, 4M27A65419) | FC-PI-6 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable:
|
LC |
32 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ (4M27A65424, 4M27A65431*) | FC-PI-6 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable:
|
LC |
16 Gb Fibre Channel | |||
16 Gb FC SWL SFP+ (4M27A65411 / 4M27A65412) | FC-PI-5 | Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). | LC |
16 Gb FC LWL SFP+ (4M27A65413 / 4M27A65414) | FC-PI-5 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable:
|
LC |
16 Gb FC ELWL SFP+ (4M27A65415) | FC-PI-5 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable:
|
LC |
10 Gb Fibre Channel | |||
10Gb FC SWL SFP+ (4M27A65420) | FC-10GFC | 850 nm 50 µ MMF cable:
|
LC |
10Gb FC LWL SFP+ (4M27A65421) | FC-10GFC | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable:
|
LC |
100 Gb (4x 25 Gb) Fibre Channel over Ethernet | |||
100Gb (4x25Gb) SR4 QSFP28 (4M27A09989) | 100GBASE-SR4 |
Up to 5 m with MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cable up to 70 m (OM3) or up to 100m (OM4). |
MPO |
40 Gb Fibre Channel over Ethernet | |||
40Gb (4x10Gb) SR4 QSFP+ (4M27A09987) | 40GBASE-SR4 |
Up to 30 m with MPO-MPO MMF cables or up to 5 m with MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ MPO-MPO MMF cable or MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cable up to 100 m (OM3) or up to 150 m (OM4). |
MPO |
40Gb SR QSFP+ BiDi (4M27A09988) | 40GBASE-SR BiDi |
Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ LC-LC MMF cable up to 100 m (OM3) or up to 150 m (OM4). |
LC |
40 Gb Ethernet | |||
40 GbE SR4 QSFP+ (01KN813) | 40GBASE-SR4 |
Up to 30 m with MPO-MPO MMF cables or up to 5 m with MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ MPO-MPO MMF cable or MPO-4xLC MMF breakout cable up to 100 m (OM3) or up to 150 m (OM4). |
MPO |
40 GbE LR4 QSFP+ (01KN817) | 40GBASE-LR4 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable up to 10 km. | LC |
40 GbE ER4 QSFP+ (01KN821) | 40GBASE-ER4 | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable up to 40 km. | LC |
10 Gb Ethernet | |||
10 GbE SR SFP+ (49Y4216) | 10GBASE-SR |
Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ LC-LC MMF cable up to 400 m (OM4) or up to 300 m (OM3). |
LC |
10 GbE LR SFP+ (95Y0540) | 10GBASE-LR | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable up to 10 km. | LC |
10 GbE DWDM SFP+ (01KN837) | 10GBASE-ZRD | 1550 nm 9 µ SMF cable up to 80 km. | LC |
1 Gb Ethernet | |||
1 GbE SX SFP (01KN825) | 1000BASE-SX |
Up to 30 m with LC-LC MMF cables supplied by Lenovo (see Cables). 850 nm 50 µ LC-LC MMF cable up to 550 m. |
LC |
1 GbE LX SFP (01KN829) | 1000BASE-LX | 1310 nm 9 µ SMF cable up to 10 km. | LC |
1 GbE RJ-45 SFP (01KN833) | 1000BASE-T | UTP Category 5, 5E, or 6 up to 100 meters. | RJ-45 |
Management ports | |||
10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port | 1000BASE-T |
Up to 25 m with UTP cables supplied by Lenovo (see Table 4). UTP Category 5, 5E, or 6 up to 100 meters. |
RJ-45 |
Serial port | RS-232 | DB-9/RJ-45-to-RJ-45 console cable (comes with the director). | RJ-45 |
Firmware
For details on the latest features supported with the X7-4 & X7-8 FC SAN Directors, see the Administration Guide for the latest available Fabric OS version 9.0 and above:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/software/fabric-operating-system
Inter-Chassis Links
UltraScale Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) are optional features for the X7 Directors. ICLs allow the interconnect of up to 9 (full-mesh) or 12 (core-edge) X7-4 or X7-8, or a combination of both, or to connect to X6-4 (Lenovo DB400D) or X6-8 (Lenovo DB800D) Backbones by using the QSFP+ ports on the core routing blades.
The following table lists ordering information for the optional features and bundles for the X7-4 and X7-8 FC SAN Directors Models HC1.
Part number | Feature code | Description | Gen ICL Support | X7-4 Min/Max |
X7-8 Min/Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
License and transceiver bundles | |||||
4XF7A84081 | BR8Y | X7 ICL POD Kit (License + 4x32G SWL QSFP+ transceivers) | Gen 5,6,7 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
4XF7A84080 | BR8Z | X7 ICL POD Kit (License + Gen 7 SWL QSFP+ transceivers) | Gen 6,7 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
4XF7A84082 | BR8X | X7 ICL POD Kit (License + Gen 7 2KM QSFP+ transceivers) | Gen 6,7 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
Each Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) bundle includes Port on Demand (POD) licenses to activate four available QSFP+ ports on both CR blades in the chassis. On the X7-8 clients can are required to have a minimum of 2 licenses and can upgrade to 3 or the max of 4 licenses per chassis.
Each ICL bundle also includes eight QSFP+ transceivers to populate the activated ports.
Management software
Lenovo offers optional Brocade SANnav™ Management Portal and SANnav Global View software license subscriptions that provide comprehensive visibility into the SAN environment, allow administrators to quickly identify, isolate, and correct problems, and accelerate administrative tasks by simplifying and automating workflows.
SANnav Management Portal is a next-generation SAN management application with a simple browser-based user interface (UI) and with a focus on streamlining common workflows, such as configuration, zoning, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and analytics.
Lenovo offers the following SANnav Management Portal subscriptions:
- SANnav Management Portal Base: Designed for mid-sized SANs to manage up to 600 SAN switch ports only (SAN director ports can only be managed with the Enterprise edition).
- SANnav Management Portal Enterprise: Designed for enterprise-class SANs to manage up to 15 000 SAN switch and director ports.
SANnav Management Portal supports all Brocade SAN switches and platforms that run the Fabric OS® version 7.4 or above, including Lenovo B300, B6505, B6510, DB610S, DB620S, DB400D, DB720S, DB800D, Brocade Directors, and FC5022.
With SANnav Global View, administrators can quickly visualize the health, performance, and inventory of multiple SANnav Management Portal instances using a simple, intelligent dashboard and can easily navigate from a global view down to local environments to investigate points of interest. SANnav Global View is designed to manage up to 20 SANnav Management Portal instances.
For more information, refer to the SANnav Management Portal documentation:
http://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/software/sannav-management-portal#documentation
The following table lists ordering information for the optional SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View management tools. After a client has an active SANnav license, Lenovo offers a “license extension/renewal”. This offering provides our clients the flexible to extend their subscription down to a specific end date. This allows clients the ability to align to your company’s budget or align with warranty of your FC SAN switches/directors. Please engage directly with your Lenovo sales representative for more details.
Part number | Feature code | Description |
---|---|---|
SANnav Management Portal electronic authorization licenses | ||
7S0C0010WW | S1K6 | Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Base Edition - 1YR License 600 ports |
7S0C0013WW | S1K8 | Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Base Edition - 3YR License 600 ports |
7S0C001KWW | S4MB | Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Base Edition - 5YR License 600 ports |
7S0C0011WW | S1K7 | Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Enterprise Edition - 1YR License 15K ports |
7S0C0014WW | S1K9 | Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Enterprise Edition - 3YR License 15K ports |
7S0C001LWW | S4MC | Brocade SANnav Mgmt Portal Enterprise Edition - 5YR License 15K ports |
SANnav Global View electronic authorization licenses | ||
7S0C0012WW | S1D8 | Brocade SANnav Global View - 1YR License |
7S0C0015WW | S1D9 | Brocade SANnav Global View - 3YR License |
7S0C001JWW | S4MA | Brocade SANnav Global View - 5YR License |
The SANnav licenses are subscription-based with 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year software entitlement and support.
Fibre Channel standards
The SAN Directors supports the standards listed at the following web page:
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/san-standards/standards-compliance
Ethernet standards
The X7 Directors support the following Ethernet standards:
- IEEE 802.1AB Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBX)
- IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS) prioritization
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
- IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC)
- IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
- IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet (CP management interfaces)
- IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet (CP management interfaces)
- IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX short range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-LX long range fiber optics Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T copper twisted pair Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-SR short range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ae 10GBASE-LR long range fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ba 40GBASE-SR4 short range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ba 40GBASE-LR4 long range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3bm 40GBASE-ER4 extended range fiber optics 40 Gb Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3bm 100GBASE-SR4 short range fiber optics 100 Gb Ethernet
- 10GBASE-ZRD DWDM fiber optics 10 Gb Ethernet
Cooling
Models of the X7 Directors do not include cooling modules (fan assemblies) - the cooling modules must be ordered as well. Each cooling module has two integrated fans.
Two matching cooling modules are required for the X7-4, and three cooling modules are required for the X7-8. Cooling modules provide N+1 fan redundancy (3+1 for the X7-4; 5+1 for the X7-8), and the device can continue operation while one fan assembly is replaced if the fan assembly is replaced immediately.
Air flow: It is also important to remember your fan tray airflow must match your power supplies!
The following table lists the supported cooling modules.
Part number | Feature code | Description |
---|---|---|
01KN895 | AVGY | FC SAN Director Fan Tray (Non-port side Intake / port-side exhaust) |
4XF7A84076 | BR90 | FC SAN Director Fan Tray (Non-port-side exhaust / port-side intake) |
Power supplies and cables
Models of the X7 Directors do not include power supplies - the power supplies must be ordered separately.
Power supply requirements:
- X7-8: Four matching PSUs must be installed to provide power efficiency and 2+2 redundancy.
- X7-4: Two matching PSUs must be installed to provide power efficiency and 1+1 redundancy
The AC power supplies are hot-swap 1450 W (100-120 V AC) / 2870 W (200-240 V AC), and each power supply has an IEC 320-C20 connector. Each power supply has two integrated fans that provide non-port side air intake that matches the airflow of the cooling modules.
The High Voltage (HV) Power Supplies has a HVAC/HVDC power cable receptacle connector. The unique power cords is available from Lenovo and is 6m (19.7 ft.) long and contain three colored 14 AWG unterminated wires.
The following table lists the supported power supplies.
Part number | Feature code | Description |
---|---|---|
Standard AC Power Supplies | ||
4M27A36850 | BBCU | FC SAN Director PSU (Non-Port Side Intake / port side exhaust) |
4XF7A84054 | BR93 | FC SAN Director PSU (Non-port-side exhaust / port-side intake) |
High Voltage (HV) Power Supplies | ||
4XF7A84055 | BR92 | FC SAN Director High Voltage PSU (Non-port-side intake / port-side exhaust) |
4XF7A84057 | BR91 | FC SAN Director High Voltage PSU (Non-port-side exhaust / port-side intake) |
The X7 Directors do not include power cords by default. Up to four rack power cables or line cords should be ordered for the FC SAN Directors depending on the quantity of power supplies.
The following table lists the available power cords.
Part number | Feature code | Description |
---|---|---|
Rack power cables | ||
39Y7916 | 6252 | 2.5m, 16A/125-250V, C19 to IEC 320-C20 Rack Power Cable |
Line cords | ||
40K9777 | 6276 | Argentina 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to IRAM 2073 Line Cord |
40K9775 | 6277 | Brazil 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to NBR 14136 Line Cord |
40K9774 | 6288 | China 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to GB2099.1 Line Cord |
40K9776 | 6285 | India 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to IS6538 Line Cord |
40K9771 | 6282 | Israel 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to SI 32 Line Cord |
40K9768 | 6281 | Italy 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to CEI 23-16 Line Cord |
41Y9232 | 6290 | Japan 4.3m, 15A/100V, C19 to JIS C-8303 Line Cord |
41Y9233 | 6291 | Japan 4.3m, 15A/200V, C19 to JIS C-8303 Line Cord |
41Y9231 | 6289 | Korea 4.3m, 15A/250V, C19 to KSC 8305 Line Cord |
40K9770 | 6280 | South Africa 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to SABS 164 Line Cord |
81Y2391 | 6549 | Switzerland 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to SEV 1011 Line Cord |
41Y9229 | 6286 | Taiwan 4.3m, 16A/125V, C19 to CNS 10917-3 Line Cord |
41Y9230 | 6287 | Taiwan 4.3m, 16A/250V, C19 to CNS 10917-3 Line Cord |
40K9767 | 6278 | United Kingdom 4.3m, 13A/250V, C19 to BS 1363/A Line Cord |
4L67A08372 | B0RV | United States 4.3m, 15A/125V, C19 to NEMA 5-15P Line Cord |
00D7197 | A1NV | United States 4.3m, 15A/250V, C19 to NEMA 6-15P Line Cord |
Power Cord for High Voltage Power Supply | ||
4L67A84075 | BRA7 | Universal Power Cord for High Voltage PSU |
Rack installation
The X7 Directors come standard with the adjustable 27" to 31" rack mount kits that can be used for 4-post rack installations. The X7-4 also comes standard with the 27” to 31” Airflow Diversion Kit that allow to divert the airflow from the side air vent to the port side. In addition, the X7-8 supports 22" rack mount kit for specific racks and the X7-4 offers an optional 18”to 24” Airflow Diversion Kit.
If required, the Brocade FC SAN Directors can be mounted in a 2-post rack cabinet by using the optional mid-mount rack kits.
The following table lists rack-mount options.
Part number | Feature code | Description | Maximum supported |
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X7-4 rack-mount options | |||
01KN874 | AVKB | 4-slot Director mid-mount rack kit | 1 |
01KN880 | AVKD | 18-24" Airflow Diversion Kit for 4-slot Director | 1 |
X7-8 rack-mount options | |||
01KN883 | AVH1 | 8-slot Director 22" rack mount kit | 1 |
01KN886 | AVH2 | 8-slot Director mid-mount rack kit | 1 |
The optional airflow diversion kit for the X7-4 Director is shown in the following figure.
The optional mid-mount rack kits for the X7-4 and X7-8 Directors are shown in the following figure.
Figure 10. X7-4 (left) and X7-8 (right) Mid-mount Rack Kits
In addition, in order for the X7-4 and X7-8 FC SAN Directors to meet FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Physical Security requirements the tamper-evident seals must be installed (see the following table for ordering information).
Part number | Feature code | Description | Maximum supported |
---|---|---|---|
01KN785 | AVGB | Brocade FIPS 140-2 High Security Labels and Seals | 1 |
Physical specifications
The X7 Directors have the following dimensions and weight:
Dimensions:
- X7-8 Director
- Height: 61.23 cm (24.11 in., 14U)
- Width: 43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
- Depth: 61.04 cm (24.04 in.)
- X7-4 Director
- Height: 34.45 cm (13.56 in., 8U)
- Width: 43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
- Depth: 61.04 cm (24.04 in.)
- X7-4 with airflow diversion rack-mount kit
- Height: 40.00 cm (15.75 in., 9U)
- Width: 43.74 cm (17.23 in.)
- Depth: 61.29 cm (24.09 in.)
Weight:
- X7-8 Director
- 61 kg (78.5 lb) for chassis
- 8 kg (321.5 lb) maximum fully populated configuration
- X7-4 Director
- 5 kg (54 lb) for chassis
- 68.95 kg (152.0 lb) maximum fully populated configuration
Operating environment
Temperature and humidity
- Air temperature:
- Operating: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
- Non-operating: -25°C to +70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
- Maximum altitude: Up to 3000 meters (9842 feet).
- Humidity:
- Operating humidity: 5% to 93% RH noncondensing at 40°C (104°F) with a maximum gradient of 10% per hour.
- Non-operating humidity: 10% to 93% RH noncondensing at 70°C (158°F).
Electrical requirements
- Standard AC Power Supplies:
- Input Voltage Standard AC input:
- Range: 90 VAC to 264 VAC auto-volt
- Nominal: 100 VAC to 240 VAC
- Power
- 85 VAC to 132 VAC: 1450W
- 180 VAC to 264 VAC: 2870W
- 80 PLUS Platinum certified
- Input Voltage Standard AC input:
- High Voltage (HV) Power Supplies:
- Input Voltage
- Range: 90 VAC to 132 VAC, Nominal: 100 VAC to 120 VAC
- Range: 180 VAC to 305 VAC, Nominal: 200 VAC to 277 VAC
- Range: 192 VDC to 400 VDC, Nominal: 240 VDC to 380 VDC
- Power
- 90 VAC to 132 VAC: 1450W
- 180 VAC to 305 VAC: 2870W
- 192 VDC to 400 VDC: 2870W
- Input Voltage
- Voltage range: 100 V AC - 240 V AC (nominal)
- Frequency: 50 Hz / 60 Hz (nominal)
- In-rush current: 35A maximum, peak
Heat output
- X7-4:
- 64G 192-port configuration, including ICLs: Typical: 5596 Btu/hr; Max: 7523 Btu/hr.
- Power consumed: Typical: 1640W; Max: 2204W.
- Note: Input power is at 200 VAC with full PSU redundancy.
- X7-8:
- 64G 384-port configuration, including ICLs: Typical: 10,953 Btu/hr; Max: 15,530 Btu/hr.
- Power consumed: Typical: 3210W; Max: 4550W.
- Note: Input power is at 200 VAC with full PSU redundancy
Warranty and support
The X7 Directors have a three-year warranty.
The standard warranty terms are customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite (for field-replaceable units FRUs only) with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.
Lenovo’s additional support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for your data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide. Available offerings include:
- Premier Support
Premier Support provides a Lenovo-owned customer experience and delivers direct access to technicians skilled in hardware, software, and advanced troubleshooting, in addition to the following:
- Direct technician-to-technician access through a dedicated phone line
- 24x7x365 remote support
- Single point of contact service
- End to end case management
- Third-party collaborative software support
- Online case tools and live chat support
- On-demand remote system analysis
- Warranty Upgrade (Preconfigured Support)
Services are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of your systems.
- 3, 4, or 5 years of service coverage
- 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions
- Foundation Service: 9x5 service coverage with next business day onsite response
- Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select markets)
- Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select markets)
- Managed Services
Lenovo Managed Services provides continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center availability) and proactive management of your data center using state-of-the-art tools, systems, and practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.
Quarterly reviews check error logs, verify firmware & OS device driver levels, and software as needed. We’ll also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure you systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
- Technical Account Management (TAM)
A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps you optimize the operation of your data center based on a deep understanding of your business. You gain direct access to your Lenovo TAM, who serves as your single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. In addition, your TAM will help proactively make service recommendations and manage your service relationship with Lenovo to make certain your needs are met.
- Enterprise Server Software Support
Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service providing customers with software support on Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware applications and systems. Around the clock availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address challenges fast, without incremental costs. Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic questions, address product comparability and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more.
- Health Check
Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that your systems and business are always running at their best. Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized Reseller.
Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty.
If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs). Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base warranty.
If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with the spare parts.
Lenovo Service offerings are region-specific. Not all preconfigured support and upgrade options are available in every region. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, refer to the following resources:
- Service part numbers in Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services - Lenovo Services Availability Locator
http://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please refer to the following documents:
- Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System Storage
http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310 - Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628
Services
Lenovo Services is a dedicated partner to your success. Our goal is to reduce your capital outlays, mitigate your IT risks, and accelerate your time to productivity.
Note: Some service options may not be available in all markets or regions. For more information, go to https://www.lenovo.com/services. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, contact your local Lenovo sales representative or business partner.
Here’s a more in-depth look at what we can do for you:
- Asset Recovery Services
Asset Recovery Services (ARS) helps customers recover the maximum value from their end-of-life equipment in a cost-effective and secure way. On top of simplifying the transition from old to new equipment, ARS mitigates environmental and data security risks associated with data center equipment disposal. Lenovo ARS is a cash-back solution for equipment based on its remaining market value, yielding maximum value from aging assets and lowering total cost of ownership for your customers. For more information, see the ARS page, https://lenovopress.com/lp1266-reduce-e-waste-and-grow-your-bottom-line-with-lenovo-ars.
- Assessment Services
An Assessment helps solve your IT challenges through an onsite, multi-day session with a Lenovo technology expert. We perform a tools-based assessment which provides a comprehensive and thorough review of a company's environment and technology systems. In addition to the technology based functional requirements, the consultant also discusses and records the non-functional business requirements, challenges, and constraints. Assessments help organizations like yours, no matter how large or small, get a better return on your IT investment and overcome challenges in the ever-changing technology landscape.
- Design Services
Professional Services consultants perform infrastructure design and implementation planning to support your strategy. The high-level architectures provided by the assessment service are turned into low level designs and wiring diagrams, which are reviewed and approved prior to implementation. The implementation plan will demonstrate an outcome-based proposal to provide business capabilities through infrastructure with a risk-mitigated project plan.
- Basic Hardware Installation
Lenovo experts can seamlessly manage the physical installation of your server, storage, or networking hardware. Working at a time convenient for you (business hours or off shift), the technician will unpack and inspect the systems on your site, install options, mount in a rack cabinet, connect to power and network, check and update firmware to the latest levels, verify operation, and dispose of the packaging, allowing your team to focus on other priorities.
- Deployment Services
When investing in new IT infrastructures, you need to ensure your business will see quick time to value with little to no disruption. Lenovo deployments are designed by development and engineering teams who know our Products & Solutions better than anyone else, and our technicians own the process from delivery to completion. Lenovo will conduct remote preparation and planning, configure & integrate systems, validate systems, verify and update appliance firmware, train on administrative tasks, and provide post-deployment documentation. Customer’s IT teams leverage our skills to enable IT staff to transform with higher level roles and tasks.
- Integration, Migration, and Expansion Services
Move existing physical & virtual workloads easily, or determine technical requirements to support increased workloads while maximizing performance. Includes tuning, validation, and documenting ongoing run processes. Leverage migration assessment planning documents to perform necessary migrations.
Regulatory compliance
The X7 Directors conform to the following regulations which can be found in the Hardware Installation Guide, available from the following web page:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/directors/x7-directors
Interoperability
For end-to-end storage configuration support, refer to the Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC):
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/lsic
Use the LSIC to select the known components of your configuration and then get a list all other supported combinations, with details about supported hardware, firmware, operating systems, and drivers, plus any additional configuration notes. View results on screen or export them to Excel.
External storage systems
Lenovo offers the ThinkSystem DE Series and ThinkSystem DM Series external storage systems for high-performance storage. See the DE Series and DM Series product guides for specific controller models, expansion enclosures and configuration options:
- ThinkSystem DE Series Storage
https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/de-series#rt=product-guide - ThinkSystem DM Series Storage
https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/dm-series#rt=product-guide
External backup units
The following table lists the external backup options that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Lenovo FC SAN solutions.
Note: Information provided in this section is for ordering reference purposes only. End-to-end LTO Ultrium configuration support for a particular tape backup unit must be verified through the System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC):
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic
Part number | Description |
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External tape backup libraries | |
6741A1F | IBM TS4300 3U Tape Library-Base Unit |
Fibre Channel backup drives for TS4300 Tape Library - Full Height | |
01KP935 | LTO 6 FH Fibre Channel Drive |
01KP938 | LTO 7 FH Fibre Channel Drive |
01KP954 | LTO 8 FH Fibre Channel Drive |
02JH837 | LTO 9 FH Fibre Channel Drive |
Fibre Channel backup drives for TS4300 Tape Library - Full Height | |
01KP933 | LTO 6 HH Fibre Channel Drive |
01KP936 | LTO 7 HH Fibre Channel Drive |
01KP952 | LTO 8 HH Fibre Channel Drive |
02JH835 | LTO 9 HH Fibre Channel Drive |
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Tape Autoloaders and Libraries category:
https://lenovopress.com/storage/tape/library
Rack cabinets
The following table lists the supported rack cabinets.
Part number | Description |
---|---|
93072RX | 25U Standard Rack (1000mm) |
93072PX | 25U Static S2 Standard Rack (1000mm) |
7D6DA007WW | ThinkSystem 42U Onyx Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm) |
7D6DA008WW | ThinkSystem 42U Pearl Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm) |
93604PX | 42U 1200mm Deep Dynamic Rack |
93614PX | 42U 1200mm Deep Static Rack |
93634PX | 42U 1100mm Dynamic Rack |
93634EX | 42U 1100mm Dynamic Expansion Rack |
93074RX | 42U Standard Rack (1000mm) |
7D6EA009WW | ThinkSystem 48U Onyx Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm) |
7D6EA00AWW | ThinkSystem 48U Pearl Primary Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet (1200mm) |
Withdrawn rack cabinets | |
201886X | 11U Office Enablement Kit |
93084PX | 42U Enterprise Rack |
93084EX | 42U Enterprise Expansion Rack |
93604EX | 42U 1200mm Deep Dynamic Expansion Rack |
93614EX | 42U 1200mm Deep Static Expansion Rack |
93074XX | 42U Standard Rack Extension |
93634BX | PureFlex System 42U Expansion Rack |
93634DX | PureFlex System 42U Expansion Rack |
93634AX | PureFlex System 42U Rack |
93634CX | PureFlex System 42U Rack |
93624PX | 47U 1200mm Deep Static Rack |
93624EX | 47U 1200mm Deep Static Expansion Rack |
For specifications about these racks, see the Lenovo Rack Cabinet Reference, available from:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1287-lenovo-rack-cabinet-reference
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks
Power distribution units
The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo.
Part number |
Feature code |
Description |
ANZ
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ASEAN
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Brazil
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EET
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MEA
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RUCIS
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WE
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HTK
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INDIA
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JAPAN
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LA
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NA
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PRC
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0U Basic PDUs | |||||||||||||||
00YJ776 | ATZY | 0U 36 C13/6 C19 24A 1 Phase PDU | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
00YJ779 | ATZX | 0U 21 C13/12 C19 48A 3 Phase PDU | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
00YJ777 | ATZZ | 0U 36 C13/6 C19 32A 1 Phase PDU | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
00YJ778 | AU00 | 0U 21 C13/12 C19 32A 3 Phase PDU | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
0U Switched and Monitored PDUs | |||||||||||||||
00YJ783 | AU04 | 0U 12 C13/12 C19 Switched and Monitored 48A 3 Phase PDU | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
00YJ781 | AU03 | 0U 20 C13/4 C19 Switched and Monitored 24A 1 Phase PDU | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
00YJ782 | AU02 | 0U 18 C13/6 C19 Switched and Monitored 32A 3 Phase PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
00YJ780 | AU01 | 0U 20 C13/4 C19 Switched and Monitored 32A 1 Phase PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
1U Switched and Monitored PDUs | |||||||||||||||
4PU7A81117 | BNDV | 1U 18 C19/C13 switched and monitored 48A 3P WYE PDU - ETL | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
4PU7A77467 | BLC4 | 1U 18 C19/C13 Switched and Monitored 80A 3P Delta PDU | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
4PU7A77469 | BLC6 | 1U 12 C19/C13 switched and monitored 60A 3P Delta PDU | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N |
4PU7A77468 | BLC5 | 1U 12 C19/C13 switched and monitored 32A 3P WYE PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
4PU7A81118 | BNDW | 1U 18 C19/C13 switched and monitored 48A 3P WYE PDU - CE | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
46M4002 | 5896 | 1U 9 C19/3 C13 Switched and Monitored DPI PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
46M4004 | 5894 | 1U 12 C13 Switched and Monitored DPI PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
46M4003 | 5897 | 1U 9 C19/3 C13 Switched and Monitored 60A 3 Phase PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
46M4005 | 5895 | 1U 12 C13 Switched and Monitored 60A 3 Phase PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1U Ultra Density Enterprise PDUs (9x IEC 320 C13 + 3x IEC 320 C19 outlets) | |||||||||||||||
71763NU | 6051 | Ultra Density Enterprise C19/C13 PDU 60A/208V/3PH | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
71762NX | 6091 | Ultra Density Enterprise C19/C13 PDU Module | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1U C13 Enterprise PDUs (12x IEC 320 C13 outlets) | |||||||||||||||
39M2816 | 6030 | DPI C13 Enterprise PDU Plus Module (WW) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
39Y8941 | 6010 | DPI C13 Enterprise PDU Module (WW) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1U C19 Enterprise PDUs (6x IEC 320 C19 outlets) | |||||||||||||||
39Y8948 | 6060 | DPI C19 Enterprise PDU Module (WW) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
39Y8923 | 6061 | DPI Three-phase 60A/208V C19 Enterprise PDU (US) | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N |
1U Front-end PDUs (3x IEC 320 C19 outlets) | |||||||||||||||
39Y8938 | 6002 | DPI Single-phase 30A/120V Front-end PDU (US) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
39Y8939 | 6003 | DPI Single-phase 30A/208V Front-end PDU (US) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
39Y8934 | 6005 | DPI Single-phase 32A/230V Front-end PDU (International) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
39Y8940 | 6004 | DPI Single-phase 60A/208V Front-end PDU (US) | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
39Y8935 | 6006 | DPI Single-phase 63A/230V Front-end PDU (International) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
1U NEMA PDUs (6x NEMA 5-15R outlets) | |||||||||||||||
39Y8905 | 5900 | DPI 100-127V NEMA PDU | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Line cords for 1U PDUs that ship without a line cord | |||||||||||||||
40K9611 | 6504 | 4.3m, 32A/380-415V, EPDU/IEC 309 3P+N+G 3ph wye (non-US) Line Cord | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
40K9612 | 6502 | 4.3m, 32A/230V, EPDU to IEC 309 P+N+G (non-US) Line Cord | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
40K9613 | 6503 | 4.3m, 63A/230V, EPDU to IEC 309 P+N+G (non-US) Line Cord | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
40K9614 | 6500 | 4.3m, 30A/208V, EPDU to NEMA L6-30P (US) Line Cord | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
40K9615 | 6501 | 4.3m, 60A/208V, EPDU to IEC 309 2P+G (US) Line Cord | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N |
40K9617 | 6505 | 4.3m, 32A/230V, Souriau UTG Female to AS/NZ 3112 (Aus/NZ) Line Cord | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
40K9618 | 6506 | 4.3m, 32A/250V, Souriau UTG Female to KSC 8305 (S. Korea) Line Cord | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
For more information, see the Lenovo Press documents in the PDU category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu
Uninterruptible power supply units
The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo.
Part number | Description |
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55941AX | RT1.5kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) |
55941KX | RT1.5kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55942AX | RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) |
55942KX | RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55943AX | RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) |
55943KX | RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55945KX | RT5kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55946KX | RT6kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55948KX | RT8kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55949KX | RT11kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) |
55948PX | RT8kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC) |
55949PX | RT11kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC) |
55943KT† | ThinkSystem RT3kVA 2U Standard UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A, 2x GB 10A, 1x C19 16A outlets) |
55943LT† | ThinkSystem RT3kVA 2U Long Backup UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A, 2x GB 10A, 1x C19 16A outlets) |
55946KT† | ThinkSystem RT6kVA 5U UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A outlets, 1x Terminal Block output) |
5594XKT† | ThinkSystem RT10kVA 5U UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A outlets, 1x Terminal Block output) |
† Only available in China and the Asia Pacific market.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the UPS category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following resources:
- Lenovo FC SAN Switches product page:
https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/storage/storage-area-network/fibre-channel-switches/c/san-fibre-channel-switches - Brocade X7-4 and X7-8 FC Director product publications:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/directors/x7-directors- Hardware Installation Guide
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- Fabric OS Extension Configuration Guide
- Fabric OS Command Reference
- Fabric OS Message Reference
- Fabric OS MIB Reference
- Web Tools Administration Guide
- Flow Vision Configuration Guide
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Changes in the April 17, 2023 update:
- Updated transceiver data - Blades section
First published: March 28, 2023.