Brocade ICX 6650 Hardware Installation Guide 1
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Brocade ICX 6650 Overview
In this chapter
Brocade ICX 6650 overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Views of the Brocade ICX 6650 switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Ports-on-Demand licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Brocade ICX 6650 slot and Ethernet port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Supported transceivers and cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Breakout cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Brocade ICX 6650 overview

The Brocade ICX 6650 is a high density, Top of Rack (ToR) switch that offers both 1/10 and 10/40
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) line rate, low latency cut-through switching, with 1600 Gbps switching
capacity for campus LAN and classic Ethernet data center environments.
The device features:
56 SFP+ front-panel ports which support 1/10 GbE data rate
Six QSFP+ rear-panel ports which support 10/40 GbE data rate
Four 40 GbE ports support optical QSFP+ module (SR only) up to 100 meters
Two 4x10 GbE ports that support QSFP-to-SFP breakout optical modules (SR) and
QSFP-to-SFP breakout active copper 1-meter, 3-meter, and 5-meter cables
SFP+ port support with Brocade 1-meter, 3-meter, 5-meter active copper cables and optical
modules
QSFP+ port support with Brocade 1-meter, 3-meter, 5-meter active copper QSFP-to-SFP
breakout cables, standard SR4 optical modules, and 4x10 GbE SR4 optical modules
Dual redundant, hot-swappable 250W AC power supplies available with Intake or Exhaust
airflow
Dual redundant, hot-swappable fan units available with Intake or Exhaust airflow
One Gigabit Ethernet port (RJ45) and one serial management port to configure and manage
the switch through the CLI.