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Extreme Networks Data Sheet: 

BlackDiamond X8

Extreme Supported Optics

The BlackDiamond X8 switch supports the optics listed below:

10/100/1000 BASE-T Optics*:

http://www.extremenetworks.com/libraries/products/DSOptic101001000B-T_1374.pdf

1000 BASE-X SFP Optics

http://www.extremenetworks.com/libraries/products/DSOptic1000BASE_1405.pdf

10G BASE-X SFP+ Optics

http://www.extremenetworks.com/libraries/products/ds_10g_sfp.pdf

40G BASE-X QSFP+ Optics

http://www.extremenetworks.com/libraries/products/ds_40g_qsfp.pdf

*NOTE: Only 1000MbE speed supported on a 10GbE port in a BlackDiamond X8 chassis using 10/100/1000 BASE-T Transceiver 

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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE;WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE OR 
OTHERWISE.

Corporate

and North America

Phone +1 408 579 2800

Europe, Middle East, 

and Africa

Phone +31 30 800 5100

Asia Pacific

Phone +65 6586 9200

Latin America

Phone +52 55 5557 6465

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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 ...

Page 9: ...ED IN THIS DATA SHEET INCLUDING ANY A WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR B WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY LAW COURSE OF DEALING COURSE OF PERFORMANCE USAGE OF TRADE OR OTHERWISE Corporate and North America Phone 1 408 579 2800 Europe Middle East and Africa Phone 31 30 800 5100 Asia Pacific Phone 65 6586 9200 Latin America Phone 52 55 5557 6465 extremenetwork...

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