Lenovo X8-4 and X8‑8 Gen 8 Fibre Channel Directors

The Lenovo X8 Directors are a modular platform designed for large-scale storage environments, providing a stable, scalable, and high-performance storage networking foundation. It supports growth, workload consolidation, and reliable operations, making it ideal for mission-critical and enterprise AI workloads.

With up to 384 × 128G ports, the X8-8 Director offers exceptional bandwidth and throughput, crucial for supporting a growing number of devices, applications, and workloads without compromising performance. Its high bandwidth and ultra-low latency eliminate I/O bottlenecks, maximizing performance for high-transaction workloads and next-generation storage. This performance headroom allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto fewer systems. To further maximize utilization, up to 128 UltraScale ICL links allow the director to scale efficiently with fewer chassis by preserving device ports for device connectivity. The X8 Director also provides flexible deployment options, multiprotocol support, and mixed-blade capability, allowing organizations to adapt their infrastructure to optimize resources and meet evolving storage and server requirements.

Figure 1. Lenovo Gen 8 Director X8-8 (left) and X8-4 (right)

The Lenovo X8 Directors boasts a cyber-resilient, quantum-safe architecture, protecting SAN data and applications from quantum computing and cybersecurity threats. Lenovo and Brocade secure storage traffic with Fibre Channel isolation and role-based access controls, preventing unauthorized access. The switch uses hardened Fabric OS and hardware, validating hardware and software roots of trust to ensure only authenticated components operate, reducing the risk of hijacking and malicious software installation.

The X8 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 X8 Directors offer the following features and benefits:

• Scale more devices, applications, and workloads with up to 384 x 128G ports per chassis
• Maximize VM and application density with industry-leading 128G bandwidth for unmatched efficiency and utilization
• Enable faster response time and enhance user experience of enterprise AI and critical workloads with unmatched low latency
• Scale out efficiently using fewer chassis with up to 128 UltraScale ICL links, without sacrificing device ports
• Protect critical information from quantum computing and cybersecurity threats with advanced cryptographic algorithms, enhanced access controls, and integrated security
• Eliminate time-consuming, manual correlation of all application resources
• Learn and adapt to changing application demands by dynamic load balancing across virtual channels
• Simplify complex telemetry into actionable insights to improve performance, reduce downtime, and simplify operations
• Automatically monitor fabric behavior, detect anomalies, and self-correct before issues impact performance
• Design flexible architectures to increase agility with concurrent Fibre Channel, NVMe, or FICON storage connectivity

Additionally benefits of the X8 Directors are:

As workloads become more demanding and cyber threats more sophisticated, fortifying the storage network against hidden risks is essential. The network must deliver optimal performance, operate autonomously, streamline management, and protect critical data.

The X8 Directors, featuring Brocade Gen 8 technology, combines 128G performance, quantum-safe security, and AI-powered autonomy, creating a robust foundation for modern data center architectures. Integrated quantum-resistant encryption safeguards SAN fabrics against cybersecurity threats in the era of quantum computing. Embedded SAN AI technology modernizes SAN management, enabling autonomous and efficient SAN operations.

By hardening the SAN against evolving security risks and enabling AI-powered autonomy to learn, adapt, and respond, Brocade Gen 8 delivers the most secure, intelligent, and high-performance network for storage. This leads to faster decision-making, improved operational efficiency, and high levels of resiliency.

Engineered to meet continuous data growth and demanding application requirements, the X8 Director's modular design provides the capacity, throughput, and resiliency needed for all-flash and NVMe workloads in large-scale Fibre Channel storage environments, while enabling flexible, scalable SAN architectures.

The X8 Directors safeguard SAN fabrics with quantum-resistant 256-bit encryption and advanced cryptographic algorithms. Its Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms resist quantum attacks, protecting sensitive data from future quantum computers. Brocade Gen 8 also hardens the SAN hardware and software, minimizing attack surfaces with strong access controls and limited privileges using the principle of least privilege. This architecture grants minimal necessary access, strengthening security and reducing vulnerabilities.

Brocade SANnav Management Portal enhances security by capturing MAPS alerts for real-time monitoring of SAN security configuration, fabric health, and performance. It automates security assessments and maintains best practices, alerting on inconsistencies.

Brocade Gen 8 technology maximizes network uptime, simplifies SAN management, and provides unprecedented visibility and insight. The X8 Director, with embedded SAN AI, automates application infrastructure management and offers a robust analytics architecture, reducing manual administration. This ensures a resilient network that remains stable and efficient as workloads and infrastructure complexity grow. Brocade Gen 8 modernizes SAN management with AI-powered autonomy developed over three decades.

The Brocade SAN Fabric Intelligence (SAN FI) feature eliminates manual correlation of application resources by combining monitoring, troubleshooting, and cross-correlation of servers, storage, VMs, and fabric connections. This provides end-to-end visibility for all connected devices and components, accelerating troubleshooting and driving smarter management decisions. This automation aids understaffed IT teams, providing faster response times than humans.

Gen 8 self-optimizing capabilities use actionable intelligence to maximize performance. Real-time monitoring enables smarter decisions on traffic prioritization, congestion management, and notification, ensuring optimal network performance. Brocade Adaptive Traffic Optimizer guarantees critical application performance by automatically prioritizing traffic. It dynamically adapts to traffic changes, classifying and separating traffic with similar characteristics and isolating adversely impacting flows to avoid application performance issues.

Gen 8 leverages extensive data collection and powerful analytics to understand environment health and performance, identifying potential impacts or trending problems. Built-in intelligence collates millions of data points into actionable insights, improving performance, reducing downtime, and simplifying operations. Autonomous SAN features monitor fabric behavior, detect anomalies, and self-correct before performance is impacted.

The X8-4 Director is a 9U rack mount chassis that is built for midsize networks. It has four horizontal blade slots to provide up to 192 ports for device connectivity. The optional X8-4 UltraScale ICL blades provide the equivalent to 64 x Gen 8 ports for chassis-to-chassis interconnect.

The X8-8 Director is a 14U rack mount chassis that is built for large enterprise networks. It has eight horizontal blade slots to provide up to 384 ports for device connectivity. The optional X8-8 UltraScale ICL blades provide the equivalent to 128 x Gen 8 ports for chassis-to-chassis interconnect.

In this section:

• X8-4 Chassis
• X8-8 Chassis
• Port Blades Blades

The port side of the X8-4 chassis has the following components:

• Four blade slots within the X8-4 chassis can be populated with optional port blades. The chassis comes without port blades, see Blades for ordering information.
• Two redundant hot-swap active/standby Control Processor blades (CP blades come with the chassis). The Control Processor (CP) blade operates the control plane for the director, hosts the Fabric OS (FOS) that manages all Director hardware, and provides the following external connections for device configuration, firmware downloads, service, management, and monitoring functions:USB port for firmware downloads 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 Core routing blades (CR128-4) come standard and allow switching between the port blades. They are installed on the non-port side of the chassis, behind the fans. Core routing blades contain ASICs that allow switching up to four port blades. Core routing blades connect to port blades through Fibre Channel ports through a high-speed connector. Each core routing blade provides 96 Gen 8 FC ports for the port blade connection.

• Two optional ICL (Inter-Chassis Links) Blades are available and provide chassis-to-chassis connections without using devices ports. ICL slots to ship from factory with filler panels installed.

• Four modular, hot-swappable 3000W AC power supplies (100–240 VAC autosensing), 2+2 or N+N redundancy. Choice of airflow Non-Port side Intake (NPI) or Non-Port side Exhaust (NPE):
  • AC power supply model supporting NPI provides up to 3000W (100–240 VAC). This assembly has one fan that moves the air from the port-side to the port side of the device.
  • AC power supply model supporting NPE provides up to 3000W (100–240 VAC). This assembly has one fan that moves the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.

The non-port side of the X8-4 chassis requires three hot-swappable rear-mounted Fan Assemblies for 2+1 redundancy, which must be ordered together with the chassis. Each fan assembly contains two fans for a total of six fans for three installed fan assemblies. One fan assembly can be hot swapped at a time. Customers have the choice of airflow NPI or NPE but they must match the power supplies selected.

• 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. More common in Telco deployments.

The port side of the X8-8 chassis has the following components:

• Eight blade slots within the X8-8 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 Core routing blades (CR128-8) come standard and allow switching between the port blades. They are installed on the non-port side of the chassis, behind the fans. Core routing blades contain ASICs that allow switching up to eight port blades. Core routing blades connect to port blades through Fibre Channel ports through a high-speed connector. Each core routing blade provides 192 Gen 8 FC ports for the port blade connection.

• Two Optional ICL (Inter-Chassis Links) Blades are available and provide chassis-to-chassis connections without using devices ports. ICL slots to ship from factory with filler panels installed.
• Six modular, hot-swappable 3000W AC power supplies (100–240 VAC autosensing), 3+3 or N+N redundancy. Choice of airflow NPI or NPE.

  • AC power supply model supporting NPI provides up to 3000W (100–240 VAC). This assembly has one fan that moves the air from the port-side to the port side of the device.

  • AC power supply model supporting NPE provides up to 3000W (100–240 VAC). This assembly has one fan that moves the air from the port side to the non-port side of the device.

The following figure shows the non-port side view of the X8-8 FC SAN Director.

Figure 5. X8-8 FC SAN Director non-port side view

The non-port side of the X8-8 chassis requires three hot-swappable rear-mounted Fan Assemblies for 2+1 redundancy, which must be ordered together with the chassis. Each assembly contains four fans for a total of 12. One fan assembly can be hot swapped at a time. Customers have the choice of airflow NPI or NPE but they must match the power supplies selected.

• 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. More common in Telco deployments.

The following table lists the X8-4 and X8-8 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 10.X.

he following table lists the X8-4 and X8-8 FC SAN Director Models.

The X8-4 and X8-8 Gen 8 FC SAN Director part numbers include the following items:

• One Director chassis that contains the following components:
  • Two Control Processing (CP) blades
  • Two Core Routing (CR) blades Internally Mounted
• Enterprise Bundle & Integrated Routing SW license installed
• Ground lug kit
• Wrist strap
• 4-post adjustable (27"-31") rack mount Kit
• X8-4 or X8-8 specific vertical cable management comb

Configuration notes:

• Models come standard with CR blades, however in order to leverage the ICLs, optional ICL blades are required. See the Inter-Chassis Links section for details.
• Models do not include port 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.

The X8-4 and X8-8 FC SAN Directors support the port blade options that are listed in the following table.

Blades can be mixed, but the maximum is four for the X8-4 and eight for the X8-8.

Port 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.

ICL blades are optional for the X8 Directors. These blades allow organizations to seamlessly scale out their storage environments. Brocade UltraScale chassis connectivity leverages optical inter-chassis links (ICLs). These links can connect up to 12 Brocade Gen 7 or Gen 8 directors, enabling flatter, faster, and simpler fabrics that increase consolidation while reducing network complexity and costs.

UltraScale ICLs use Octal Small Form-factor Pluggable (OSFP) media and enable scalable core-edge and active-active full mesh chassis topologies. These high-density chassis topologies reduce Interswitch cabling by 87.5%. UltraScale ICL connections reside on the core routing blades instead of consuming ports on the port blades, enabling up to 33% more device ports for server and storage connectivity. This maximizes overall port density within the smallest amount of rack space while freeing up front-facing device ports for server and storage connectivity.

ICL blades are sold in pairs and include transceivers that populate half of the ports. ICL upgrade kits are available for those wanting more ports (4 OSP transceivers are included, no POD licenses are required for any ports for simpler deployment). Clients have a choice of 100M or 2KM.

The following table lists ordering information for the optional blades and upgrades for the X8-4 and X8-8 Directors.

Blades can be mixed, but the maximum is four for the X8-4 and eight for the X8-8.

In this section:

• Connectivity choices
• Transceivers
• Cables
• Cabling requirements

Connectivity choices

With the flexibility of the X8-4 and X8-8 Directors, customers can choose the following connectivity technologies:

• SFP+ ports on the FC128-48-port blades
  • For 128 Gbps FC links, customers can use 128 Gbps 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 64 Gbps FC links, customers can use 128 Gbps or 64 Gbps 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 Gbps 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 Gbps FC ELW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 25 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
  • For 32 Gbps FC links, customers can use 128 Gbps or 64 Gbps 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 Gbps 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 Gbps FC ELW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 25 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
  • For 16 Gbps FC links (Must use 64 Gbps transceivers), customers can use 64 Gbps 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 Gbps FC LW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 10 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables. For extended distances, the 16 Gbps FC ELW SFP+ optical transceivers can support up to 25 kilometers on 9 µ SMF cables.
• OSFP ports on the Inter-Chassis Links (ICL) blades:
  • For Gen 8 ICL OSFP customers can use OSFP optical transceivers for distances up to 100 meters on OM4 or up to 70 meters on OM3 50 µ MMF cables. For longer distances, we can support up to 2 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.

All port-blades come standard with transceivers that you see reflected in the descriptions. The optional ICL blades include four or two Gen 8 FC OSFP transceivers each. Additional or different Fibre Channel transceivers can be ordered, if required.

Transceivers

The following table lists the supported transceiver options and optical cables.

Cabling requirements

The following table lists the cabling requirements for the directors.

For details on the latest features supported with the X8-4 & X8-8 FC SAN Directors, see the Administration Guide for the latest available Fabric OS version 10.0 and above:
https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/software/fabric-operating-system

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.

SANnav Management Portal supports all Brocade SAN switches and platforms that run the Fabric OS® version 7.4 or above, including Lenovo DB610S, DB620S, DB630S, DB400D, DB710S, DB720S, DB730S, DB820S, DB800D, Brocade Directors X7 and X8. SANNav Version 3.X to manage Gen 8 switches.

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.

The SAN Directors supports the standards listed at the following web page:

https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/san-standards/standards-compliance

The X8 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

The X8 Directors do not include cooling modules (fan assemblies) - the THREE cooling modules must be ordered as with both the X8-4 and X8-8. Each cooling module has integrated fans. Cooling Fan assembly modules provide 2+1 fan redundancy, and the device can continue operation while one fan assembly is replaced if the fan assembly is replaced immediately.

The following table lists the supported cooling modules.

Models of the X8 Directors do not include power supplies - the power supplies must be ordered separately.

The AC power supplies hot-swappable 3000W AC power supplies (100–240 VAC autosensing) 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 following table lists the supported power supplies.

The X8 Directors do not include power cords by default. 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.

Both X8 Directors come standard with a four-post adjustable 27" to 31" rack mount kit. For clients that might require short rack depths an optional four-post adjustable 22" to 27" rack mount kit is available (Part # 4XF7B07478). No mid-mount kit offering for Gen 8 Directors.

The X8 Director rack mount kits are shown in the following figure.

The X8 Directors have the following dimensions and weight:

Dimensions:

• X8-8 Director
  • Height: 61.8 cm (24.3 in., 14U)
  • Width: 44.2 cm (17.4 in.)
  • Depth: 68.7 cm (27 in.)
• X8-4 Director
  • Height: 39.6 cm (15.6 in., 9U)
  • Width: 44.2 cm (17.4 in.)
  • Depth: 68.7 cm (27 in.)

Temperature and humidity, Electrical requirements, and Heat output Information can be found in the X8-4 and X8-8 Director Hardware Installation Guide. https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/directors/x8-directors

The X8 Directors have a three-year warranty.

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The X8 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/x8-directors

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.

Lenovo offers the ThinkSystem DE Series, ThinkSystem DG Series, ThinkSystem DM Series and ThinkSystem DS Series external storage systems for high-performance storage. See the DE Series, DG 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 DS Series Storage
  https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/storage/thinksystem/ds-series
• ThinkSystem DM Series Storage
  https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/dm-series#rt=product-guide
• ThinkSystem DG Series Storage
  https://lenovopress.com/storage/thinksystem/dg-series#rt=product-guide

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

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Tape Autoloaders and Libraries category:
https://lenovopress.com/storage/tape/library

The following table lists the supported rack cabinets.

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

The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo.

For more information, see the Lenovo Press documents in the PDU category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu