Introduction To Brocade X7 Director Hardware: Student Guide

Introduction to Brocade X7
Director Hardware
HWG7D-120
Student Guide
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HWG7D-120 Welcome to Brocade Education
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The transcript page allows you to view a full listing of completed courses and print
certificates of completion. To access the transcript page, select Transcript from the action bar
at the top of the learning portal page. This will take you to the transcript page. From hear you
will see all of your active training classes. To view your completed classes, select the drop-
down on the left side of the page and change the view from active to completed. The drop on
the right side allows you to view your certificate of completion. The drop-down also lets you
view the class completion page, open the curriculum and view training details.
You can also find a specific class using the search option.
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HWG7D-120 Course Intrduction
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HWG7D-120 Condor 5 Gen 7 ASIC
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Footnote 1: 4 Gbps speed only supported on F-Ports of Condor 5 based 32G Gen 6
platforms. E-Ports of Condor 5 based 32G Gen 6 platforms support 64/32/16/8 Gbps.
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Footnote 1: 4 Gbps speed only supported on F-Ports of Condor 5 based 32G Gen 6
platforms. E-Ports of Condor 5 based 32G Gen 6 platforms support 64/32/16/8 Gbps.
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HWG7D-120 X7 Director Hardware
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Footnote 1: The weight of a configured X7-8 and X7-4 chassis varies depending on which
blade options are installed. The weight referenced above reflects a fully populated X7-8
chassis with four power supplies, three blowers and all blades (CPX7s, CR64-8s, and port
blades). Consult the hardware reference manual for the specific chassis you are configuring
for individual blade chassis and blade weights.
Footnote 2: Heat output varies depending on installed options. The heat output numbers
shown above are based on a full configuration using 48-port blades (all power supplies,
blowers, CPX7s, CR64-8s, and port blades). Consult the hardware reference manual for the
specific chassis you are configuring for more detailed information.
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The X7-8 Director contains 10 full-height slots and two half-height slots, for a total of 12
slots.
Facing the port side of the device, the half-height slots are on the left, numbered 1 (top slot)
and 2 (bottom slot). The remaining full-height slots are numbered 3 through 12, counting
from left to right of chassis.
Slots contain guide pins and connectors designed for specific blade types. Only install the
control processor (CP), core routing (CR), port, and extension blades into slot numbers as
follows:
• Slots 1–2 are restricted to CP blades. Note that the blade installed in slot 1 will be
designated as CP0, while the blade in slot 2 will be designated as CP1 in CLI command
and message output.
• Slots 3–6 and slots 9–12 are restricted to port and extension blades.
• Slots 7–8 are restricted to CR64-8 core blades.
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Depending on fans and power supplies that are installed, airflow can be from the port side to
the nonport side of the chassis or from the nonport side to the port side of chassis.
Although not illustrated, the chassis label that contains the serial number, SKU, and WWN is
located on the lower portion of the chassis, below the fan assemblies.
Footnote 1: All three FRUs are used in both the 4-slot and 8-slot chassis.
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Footnote 1: The weight of a configured X7-8 and X7-4 chassis varies depending on which
blade options are installed. The weight referenced above reflects a fully populated X7-8
chassis with four power supplies, three blowers and all blades (CPX7s, CR64-8s, and port
blades). Consult the hardware reference manual for the specific chassis you are configuring
for individual blade chassis and blade weights.
Footnote 2: Heat output varies depending on installed options. The heat output numbers
shown above are based on a full configuration using 48-port blades (all power supplies,
blowers, CPX7s, CR64-8s, and port blades). Consult the hardware reference manual for the
specific chassis you are configuring for more detailed information.
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The X7-4 Director contains 6 full-width slots and two half-width slots, for a total of 8 slots.
Facing the port side of the device, the half-width slots are on the top, numbered 1 and 2 from
left to right. The remaining full-width slots are numbered 3 through 8, counting from top to
bottom of the chassis.
Slots contain guide pins and connectors designed for specific blade types. Only install the
control processor (CP), core routing (CR), port, and extension blades into slot numbers as
follows:
• Slots 1–2 are restricted to CP blades. Note that the blade installed in slot 1 will be
designated as CP0, while the blade in slot 2 will be designated as CP1 in CLI command
and message output.
• Slots 3–4 and slots 7-8 are restricted to port and extension blades.
• Slots 5–6 are restricted to CR64-4 blades.
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Depending on the fans and the power supplies installed, airflow can be from the port side to
the nonport side or from the nonport side to the port side of the chassis through the side air
vent. Use the Chassis Airflow Diversion and Port Side Exhaust Kit to divert airflow so that air
fully exhausts to the port side of the chassis or is fully drawn from the port side of
the chassis while mounted in a four-post rack.
Although not illustrated, the chassis label that contains the serial number, SKU, and WWN is
located on the upper portion of the chassis to the left of the fan assemblies.
Footnote 1: All three FRUs are used in both the 4-slot and 8-slot chassis.
The arrows in the above diagram represents the general airflow path through the chassis for
blade cooling. Air is drawn into or exits the non-port side by the fans or exhausted out or
enters the side of the chassis depending on airflow direction.
The X7-4 can be installed in equipment racks that support side exhaust. If side
exhaust/intake is not supported by the rack, there is a rack mount package available to divert
the side exhaust/intake to the front of the rack. The package is called the Port Side air Kit,
and was developed for and tested with major OEM equipment racks. With the shelf at 1U, a
total of 9U rack space is required to install the shelf and the X7-4.
The Port Side Air Kit contains two main components: the duct (mounted to the side of the
rack), and the shelf (mounted below the chassis). Additional brackets are available to be
attached to the side exhaust kit for installation in rack mounts to support varying rack mount
depths.
With the Port Side Kit installed air is redirected to or pulled from the front of the chassis.
Airflow is diverted from the side of the chassis up to the power supply exhaust and down to
the air channel in the 1U shelf.
ICL LED Status

GREEN AMBER CONDITION
(Cable is not present) OR (Local end is not ready) OR
OFF OFF
(Far end is not ready)
OFF ON N/A
(Cable is present) AND (Local end is ready) AND
ON OFF
(Far end is ready)
(Cable is present) AND (Local end is ready) AND
ON ON (Blinking)
(Far end is ready) AND (Attention is required)
Footnote 1: A hot swappable field replaceable unit (FRU) is a component that can be
removed or added while the director is powered on. Replacing a FRU while the director is
powered on is called "hot swapping.“
• Each blade is designed with four Condor 5 ASICs

• Blade is hot swappable into chassis
• Each blade supports 16 4xGen7 QSFP links for Gen 7 Ultrascale Inter Chassis FC links
(ICLs); with 2 CR blades in a single Imperial chassis, supporting total of 32 4xGen7 QSFP
links.
• Temperature monitors (inlet and outlet air).
• Voltage Monitors
• Real time Total power monitor
• LED indicators for blade
power and attention.
CR64 Blade LEDs
Footnote 1: Trunk groups on CR64-8 do not have color boundary marks on the front
faceplate of the blade. Colors have been added to the graphic for illustration purposes only.
Actual blade is shown below.
• Each blade is designed with two Condor 5 ASICs

• Blade is hot swappable into chassis
• Each blade supports 8 4xGen7 QSFP links for Gen 7 Ultrascale Inter Chassis FC links
(ICLs); with 2 CR blades in a single Imperial chassis, supporting total of 16 4xGen7 QSFP
links.
• Temperature monitors (inlet and outlet air).
• Voltage Monitors
• Real time Total power monitor
• LED indicators for blade power and
attention.
CR64 Blade LEDs
Footnote 1: Trunk groups on CR64-4 do not have color boundary marks on the front
faceplate of the blade. Colors have been added to the graphic for illustration purposes only.
Actual blade is shown below.
The X7-4 and X7-8 directors use the same CPX7 control processor (CP) blade. The CP
blades provide processing for directors and monitors the overall functionality of the chassis
including hardware functionality and Fabric OS software functionality.
Both directors use two half-height CPX7 control processor blades for redundancy and high
availability. When the chassis is powered on, one CP becomes the active CP blade and the
other is in standby state. If the active CP fails, the standby CP becomes the active CP.
The CPX7 has:

• One green blade status LED
• One amber power LED
• One bright white service / beacon LED
• One 10Gb/s BASE-T RJ-45 Ethernet Port reserved for future use
• One USB port used for firmware download, configuration upload/download, supportsave,
and firmware key updates
• One RJ-45 serial console port
• Two 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Ethernet ports labeled MGMT and SERVICE used for CPX7
blade and chassis management. The two management ports (MGMT and SERVICE) on
the CPX7 blade are bonded into a single logical interface for redundancy and share a
single IP address. The chassis, which has two CPX7 blades, requires a total of three IP
addresses for management; one for each CP (shared between the two bonded
management ports) and one for the chassis management IP.
• Both Ethernet management port have two LEDs.
CPX7 Blade LEDs
Footnote 1: No over-subscription / line rate performance at 64Gbps in both 4-slot and 8-slot
chassis. This equates to 3.1 Tbps of backplane bandwidth per slot.
Footnote 1: No over-subscription / line rate performance at 32Gbps in both 4-slot and 8-slot
chassis. This equates to 1.5Gbps of backplane bandwidth per slot.
Blade and port LEDs:
Footnote 1: Trunk groups on FC64-48 and FC32-X7-48 do not have color boundary marks
on the front faceplate of the blade. Colors have been added to the graphic for illustration
purposes only.
Additional information on these blades is available in the HWG6-120 Introduction to Brocade

Gen 6 Hardware course.
HWG7D-120 Brocade Secure Optics
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Footnote 1: Secure optics listed are examples, other secure optics may be available for the
X7 director blades. 16G SFP+ optics are not supported in 64G Gen 7 blades.
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ICL LED Status

• Each blade is designed with four Condor 5 ASICs

CR64 Blade LEDs

• Each blade is designed with two Condor 5 ASICs

CR64 Blade LEDs

The CPX7 has:

CPX7 Blade LEDs

Additional information on these blades is available in the HWG6-120 Introduction to Brocade

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