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Brocade FastIron SX Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide 1

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Chapter

Product Overview

Overview

This chapter contains an overview of the following FastIron X Series® Layer 2 or Layer 3 switches:

• FastIron SX 800 (FSX 800)

• FastIron SX 1600 (FSX 1600)

Designed for medium to large enterprise backbones, FastIron X Series chassis devices are modular

switches that provide the enterprise network with a complete end-to-end Enterprise LAN solution,

ranging from the wiring closet to the LAN backbone.

Hardware benefits

FastIron X Series chassis devices provide the following benefits:

• The FSX management module is non-blocking, with a built-in switch fabric module and twelve

combination Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) copper or fiber ports that provide connectivity to your

existing management network.

• The FSX 800 and FSX 1600 management modules have a console port and a 10/100/1000

port that provide connectivity to your existing management network. The management

modules optionally support 2-port 10-GbE ports or 8-port GbE fiber and copper ports.

• The FSX 800 and FSX 1600 management modules are interchangeable between devices.

However, you cannot mix IPv4 and IPv6 modules together in the same device.

• Optional dual management modules on the FSX 800 and FSX 1600 provide 100% redundancy.

• The crossbar (xbar) architecture enables the management module to switch 30 Gigabits per

second between each interface module and within the management module.

• The interface modules and power supplies are interchangeable among all FastIron X Series

chassis devices. However, you cannot mix IPv4 and IPv6 modules together in the same device.

• The FSX 800 and FSX 1600 management, switch fabric, and interface modules are hot

swappable, which means you can remove and replace them while the device is powered on

and running.

• All FastIron X Series chassis devices have a passive backplane.

• Completely separate data and control planes for uncompromised switching performance,

increased reliability of both planes, and increased security of the control plane in the event of a

Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the data plane.

• Distributed data and control planes, which results in uncompromised wire-speed performance

for the data plane and faster and more efficient performance of management functions for the

control plane.

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