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96 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Enabling and disabling blades
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Port and application blade compatibility
Table 6 on page 94 identifies which port and application blades are supported for each Brocade
Backbone.
NOTE
During power up of a Brocade DCX or DCX-4S Backbone, if an FCOE10-24 is detected first before any
other AP blade, all other AP and FC8-64 blades are faulted. If a non-FCOE10-24 blade is detected
first, then any subsequently-detected FCOE10-24 blades are faulted. Blades are powered up
starting with slot 1.
The maximum number of intelligent blades supported on a Brocade DCX or DCX 8510-8 is eight.
The maximum number of intelligent blades supported on a Brocade DCX-4S or DCX 8510-4 is four.
Table 7 lists the maximum supported limits of each blade for a specific Fabric OS release. Software
functions are not supported across application blades.
FX8-24 compatibility notes
Follow these guidelines when using an FX8-24 in the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Backbones:
• Brocade 7500 GbE ports cannot be connected to either the FX8-24 or Brocade 7800 GbE
ports. The ports may come online, but they will not communicate with each other.
• If an FX8-24 blade is replaced by another FX8-24 blade, the previous IP configuration data
would be applied to the new FX8-24.
• The FX8-24 and FS8-18 blades cannot co-exist with the FCOE10-24 blade.
Enabling and disabling blades
Port blades are enabled by default. In some cases, you will need to disable a port blade to perform
diagnostics. When diagnostics are executed manually (from the Fabric OS command line), many
commands require the port blade to be disabled. This ensures that diagnostic activity does not
interfere with normal fabric traffic.
If you need to replace an application blade with a different application blade, there may be extra
steps you need to take to ensure that the previous configuration is not interfering with your new
application blade.
TABLE 7 Blade compatibility within Brocade Backbone families
Intelligent blade Fabric OS v6.3.0 Fabric OS v6.4.0 Fabric OS v7.0.0
DCX DCX-4S DCX DCX-4S DCX DCX-4S DCX 8510-8 DCX 8510-4
FS8-18 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
FCOE10-24
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1. Not compatible with other application blades or with the FC8-64 in the same chassis.
22 2 2 44 0 0
FX8-24
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2. The hardware limit is enforced by software.
24 4 4 44 4 4