Brocade FCX-2XG Data Sheet
BROCADE FASTIRON CX SERIES FEATURE COMPARISON
FCX
FCX-S (Dedicated Stacking Ports)
FCX 624
FCX 648
FCX 624S
FCX 648S
FCX 624S-F
FCX
624S-HPOE
624S-HPOE
FCX
648S-HPOE
648S-HPOE
Switching bandwidth (data rate,
full duplex)
128 Gbps
176 Gbps
152 Gbps
200 Gbps
152 Gbps
152 Gbps
200 Gbps
Forwarding bandwidth (data rate,
full duplex)
96 Mpps
132 Mpps
114 Mpps
150 Mpps
114 Mpps
114 Mpps
150 Mpps
Stacking bandwidth (data rate,
full duplex)
40 Gbps
(with optional
10 GbE ports)
40 Gbps
(with optional
10 GbE ports)
64 Gbps
64 Gbps
64 Gbps
64 Gbps
64 Gbps
10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 ports
24
48
24
48
N/A
24
48
100/1000 Mbps SFP ports
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
20
N/A
N/A
1000 Mbps combo ports
4 (optional)
4 (optional)
4
4
4
4
4
10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
4 SFP+
(optional)
4 SFP+
(optional)
2 XFP
(optional)
2 XFP
(optional)
2 XFP
(optional)
2 XFP
(optional)
2 XFP
(optional)
16 Gbps CX4 stacking ports
N/A
N/A
2
2
2
2
2
Maximum PoE Class 3 ports
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
24
48 (two power
supplies)
Maximum PoE+ ports
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
24 (two power
supplies)
26 (two power
supplies)
Internal power supplies
2×210 W
removable
(second
optional)
2×210 W
removable
(second
optional)
2×210 W
removable
(second
optional)
2×210 W
removable
(second
optional)
2×210 W
removable
(second
optional)
2×620 W
removable
(second
optional)
2×620 W
removable
(second
optional)
Optional FRUs
1000 Mbps combo module
1000 Mbps combo module
FCX-4G
FCX-4G
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
10 Gigabit Ethernet module
FCX-4XG
FCX-4XG
FCX-2XG
FCX-2XG
FCX-2XG
FCX-2XG
FCX-2XG
Second power supply
RPS13/
RPS13-I
RPS13/
RPS13-I
RPS13
RPS13
RPS13
RPS14
RPS14
Replacement fan unit
FCX-FAN-E/
FCX-FAN-I
FCX-FAN-E/
FCX-FAN-I
FCX-S-FAN
FCX-S-FAN
FCX-S--FAN
FCX-S-POE-FAN FCX-S-POE-FAN
Advanced Layer 3 software
upgrade adds BGP
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
FCX-ADV-
LIC-SW
BROCADE FCX SERIES SPECIFICATIONS
System Architecture
Connector options
10/100/1000 Mbps ports: RJ-45 (fixed)
1 Gbps SFP combo ports: SX, LX, LHA, LHB,
1 Gbps SFP combo ports: SX, LX, LHA, LHB,
1000Base-BX, CWDM
10 Gbps XFP ports: 1310-MM, SR, LR, ER, ZR, ZRD
10 Gbps SFP+ ports: Direct-Attached Copper
10 Gbps XFP ports: 1310-MM, SR, LR, ER, ZR, ZRD
10 Gbps SFP+ ports: Direct-Attached Copper
(Twinax), SR, LR
Stacking ports: fixed CX4 (fixed)
Out-of-band Ethernet management: RJ-45 (fixed)
Console management: DB9
Stacking ports: fixed CX4 (fixed)
Out-of-band Ethernet management: RJ-45 (fixed)
Console management: DB9
Maximum MAC
addresses
32,000
Maximum VLANs
4096
Maximum STP
(spanning trees)
255
Maximum routes
(in hardware)
16,000
Trunking
Maximum ports per trunk: 8
Maximum trunk groups: 60
Maximum trunk groups: 60
Maximum jumbo
frame size
9000 bytes
IEEE standards
compliance
• 802.1AB LLDP/LLDP-MED
• 802.1D-2004 MAC Bridging
• 802.1p Mapping to Priority Queue
• 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
• 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
• 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
• 802.3 10 Base-T
• 802.3ab 1000 Base-T
• 802.3ad Link Aggregation (Dynamic and Static)
• 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• 802.3af Power over Ethernet
• 802.3ak CX4
• 802.3u 100 Base-TX
• 802.3x Flow Control
• 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX
• 802.3 MAU MIB (RFC 2239)