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Extreme Networks Data Sheet: 

BlackDiamond X8

BlackDiamond X8 Series

General Specifications

Performance

•  20.48 Tbps data switching capacity, 22.8 

BPPS forwarding rate

•  Store-and-Forward and Cut-Through 

switching support

•  2.3 micro-second port-to-port latency 

(64-byte packet)

Density

•  100 MbE Port Density:

 

384 wire-speed 100MBASE-T RJ45 ports 
using 48-port 10 GbE I/O module

•  1 GbE Port Density:

 

384 wire-speed 1GBASE-T RJ45 or 

1GBASE-X SFP ports using 48-port 10 

GbE I/O modules

•  10 GbE Port Density:

 

768 wire-speed 10GBASE-X SFP+ ports 

using 24-port 40 GbE I/O module

 

384 wire-speed 10GBASE-X SFP+ ports 

using 48-port 10 GbE or 12-port 40 GbE 

I/O modules

 

384 wire-speed 10GBASE-T RJ45 ports 

using 48-port 10 GbE modules

•   40 GbE Port Density:

 

192 wire-speed 40GBASE-X QSFP+ ports 

using 24-port 40 GbE I/O module

 

96 wire-speed 40GBASE-X QSFP+ ports 

using 12-port 40 GbE I/O module

•  100 GbE Port Density:

 

32 wire-speed 100GBASE-X CFP2 ports 

using 4-port 100 GbE I/O module (future 

availability)

Scale

Using non-XL and (*XL with future 

availability) modules:

•  MAC Addresses: 128K (1032K with XL*) 
•  IPv4 Host Addresses: 16K, up to 28K per 

switch (268K with XL*)

•  IPv4 LPM Entries: 16K (1024K with XL*)
•  IPv6 Host Addresses: 6K (32K with XL*)
•  IPv6 LPM Entries: 8K (512K with XL*)
•  4,094 VLANs (Port, Protocol, IEEE 802.1Q)
•  9216 Byte maximum packet size (Jumbo 

Frame)

•  384 link aggregation groups, up to 64 

members per trunk

•  2,048 ingress and 1,024 egress ACL rules per 

group of 24 10GbE or 6 40GbE ports (128K 
ingress and 1K egress ACL rules per group of 
3 40Gb ports or 1 100GbE port with XL*)

•  Ingress and egress bandwidth policing/rate 

limiting per flow/ACL

•  Egress bandwidth rate shaping per egress 

queue and per port

•  8 QoS egress queues per port
•  Rate Limiting granularity: 8 Kbps – 1Mbps

CPU, Memory

•  Intel i7 Dual Core 2GHz
•  2GB ECC DDR3 SDRAM
•  1GB Compact Flash

LED Indicators

•  Per port status LED for link/packet activity
•  Per port status LED for link/packet activity 

for breakout (40/100GbE)

•  System Status LEDs: management, fan, fabric 

and interface modules and power supplies

Physical Specifications

Product dimensions and weights without 
packaging:

Chassis

Management Module  Switch Fabric Module Interface Module

Fan Tray

Power Supply

inches

cm

inches

cm

inches

cm

inches

cm

inches

cm

inches

cm

Rack Units

14.5

Height

25

63.5

3

7.6

20

50.8

3

7.6

24

60.9

1.5

3.8

Width

18

45.7

8

20.3

3

7.6

17

43.1

4

10.1

4.2

10.6

Depth

30

76.2

18

45.7

10

25.4

18

45.7

3

7.6

14.5

36.8

lb

kg

lb

kg

lb

kg

lb

kg

lb

kg

lb

kg

Weight (loaded)

420.6

190.7

Weight (regular)

187.4

85.0

5.5

2.5

9.2

4.1

10.9

4.9

6.2

2.8

5.3

2.4

10T SFM

48-Port 10GbE

9.2

4.1

11.0

5.0

20T SFM

12-Port 40GbE

14.0

6.3

24-Port 40GbE

Summary of Contents for BlackDiamond X8 Series

Page 1: ...tes into 1 152 1GbE 2 304 10GbE 576 40GbE or 96 100GbE ports in a single rack or any combination of those The BlackDiamond X8 design leverages an orthogonal direct mating system between the interface and switch fabric modules eliminating the performance bottleneck of backplane or mid plane designs The BlackDiamond X8 offers up to 1 28Tbps capacity per slot with current switch fabric modules with a...

Page 2: ... single converged network With IEEE compliant lossless Ethernet implementation of Priority Flow Control PFC and Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS storage traffic can be prioritized queued and bandwidth guaranteed The BlackDiamond X8 also supports transit Fiber Channel over Ethernet FCoE for carrying converged fiber channel storage traffic In converged networks TRILL enables the building of flat ...

Page 3: ...in real time If any of these processes become unresponsive or stop running they can be automatically restarted without impacting other processes The BlackDiamond X8 supports a set of high availability features including In Service Software Upgrade ISSU future availability Multi Chassis Link Aggregation M LAG and Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching EAPS allowing the network to provide uninterru...

Page 4: ...amond X8 is connected to the core using 40GbE or 100GbE uplinks Features such as VEPA Port Isolation and TRILL can play key role in building a scalable flat network High Performance Compute Cluster In High Performance Computing and Super Computing where large numbers of compute nodes and storage need to be connected using low latency 10 and 40GbE the BlackDiamond X8 provides high density low laten...

Page 5: ...um 192 40GbE or 768 10GbE wire speed ports per system Supports 40GbE QSFP optics and cables Suited for high density low latency edge and core applications Enhanced Blank Panel Module 8 Blank Panels maximum Note Current shipping blank panel has screws instead of thumb levers Picture for future availability Required for the IO and Switch Fabric Modules to maintain proper airflow for cooling If not p...

Page 6: ...ntries 8K 512K with XL 4 094 VLANs Port Protocol IEEE 802 1Q 9216 Byte maximum packet size Jumbo Frame 384 link aggregation groups up to 64 members per trunk 2 048 ingress and 1 024 egress ACL rules per group of 24 10GbE or 6 40GbE ports 128K ingress and 1K egress ACL rules per group of 3 40Gb ports or 1 100GbE port with XL Ingress and egress bandwidth policing rate limiting per flow ACL Egress ba...

Page 7: ... A Safety CNS 14336 1 2010 BSMI Brazil ANATEL China complex equipment exemption CCC Mexico via NRTL Listing South Korea KN22 KN24 KCC Telecommunication Standards ETSI EN 300 386 v1 6 1 2012 09 EMC Telecommunications ETSI EN 300 019 Environmental for Telecommunications IEEE 802 3 Media Access Standards IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE X IEEE 802 3ae 10GBASE X IEEE 802 3ba 40GBASE X IEEE 802 3ac VLAN Tag IEEE 8...

Page 8: ...0GBASE X QSFP module for BlackDiamond X series chassis Up to 8 modules in the BDX8 chassis support up to 96 wirespeed 40GbE or 384 wirespeed 10GbE ports and work with either 2 56 or 5 12Tbps Fabric Modules Optics and cables are not included 48051 BDXA 40G24X 24 Port 40GBASE X QSFP module for BlackDiamond X series chassis Up to 8 modules in the BDX8 chassis support up to 192 wirespeed 40GbE or 768 ...

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